What a buyer sees
COALVILLE TIMES LIMITED
Printing n.e.c. · Leicestershire · 00392864
11staff · FY2024
81years trading
—oldest owner on file
£939kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£333kfor 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
Staff11
202212 → 112024
Cash at bank£939k
2022£1.4M → £939k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£30,300below almost all
£30,879£136,964£284,063
Debtor daysdays23in the bottom quarter
215996
Creditor daysdays12
194486
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
71960
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 4
- 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.
- One director on the registerA buyer's first question about a company run by one person is what happens to it if that person stops. It is usually the first thing priced.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- 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 2
- 81 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 23 against 59 for the middle of 96 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 46since 2012
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-31 | £333k | 11 | £939k |
| 2023-01-31 | not filed | 12 | £910k |
| 2022-01-31 | not filed | 12 | £1.4M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£130k£300k
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.