What a buyer sees
E.G. LEWIS & COMPANY LIMITED
Painting · Neath · 01179246
20staff · FY2024
52years trading
57oldest owner on file
£235kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£11Mfor the year to 2024
Unusual at this size, and it works in your favour: a buyer is reading your number rather than guessing at one.
What your filings show moving
Staff20
202229 → 202024
Cash at bank£235k
2022£177k → £235k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£527,030above almost all
£20,454£61,553£302,831
Debtor daysdays77in the top quarter
1138100
Creditor daysdays12
133369
Stock daysdays4below almost all
622228
Each spread is companies in the same trade and size that did publish a turnover. Creditor days are shown but not marked: neither end of that one is plainly good.
What a buyer would ask 3
- The newest accounts on file are 31 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 77 against 38 for the middle of 34 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- No website on file against the companyThe first thing anyone does with a company number is look for the business behind it. Finding nothing is its own answer.
What a buyer would like 3
- 52 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 527,030 against 61,553 for the middle of 36 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 4 against 22 for the middle of 362 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 57since 2016
Directors
- 57since 2005
- 52since 2020
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-31 | £11M | 20 | £235k |
| 2023-01-31 | not filed | 21 | £221k |
| 2022-01-31 | not filed | 29 | £177k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£4.2M£7.4M
The turnover range is fitted on UK companies that did file one. The multiple is a published sector average from Dutch mid-market deals, not from your own numbers and not from your own market. Treat this as the opening bracket of a conversation, not a valuation.