What a buyer sees
BROTHERWOOD HOLDINGS LIMITED
Activities of other holding companies n.e.c. · Sherborne · 11102408
57staff · FY2023
9years trading
81oldest owner on file
£3.9Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£11Mfor the year to 2023
Unusual at this size, and it works in your favour: a buyer is reading your number rather than guessing at one.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£184,774in the middle half
£58,281£126,361£389,887
Debtor daysdays5below almost all
1142221
Creditor daysdays14
835271
Stock daysdays91in the top quarter
637132
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 43 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 91 against 37 for the middle of 50 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 1
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 5 against 42 for the middle of 72 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 81since 2018
- 52since 2018
- 55since 2017
Directors
- 55since 2017
- 81since 2018
- 52since 2018
- since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-31 | £11M | 57 | £3.9M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
1.5–4× sales£16M£42M
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.