What a buyer sees
SWANSEA SERVICES LTD
Wholesale of waste and scrap · Cardiff · 14071468
21staff · FY2023
4years trading
32oldest owner on file
£257kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£22Mfor 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£1,049,800in the top quarter
£87,459£464,006£1,513,474
Debtor daysdays9below almost all
154790
Creditor daysdays1
102974
Stock daysdays6below almost all
1150141
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 2
- The newest accounts on file are 40 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1,049,800 against 464,006 for the middle of 1,880 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 9 against 47 for the middle of 1,452 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 6 against 50 for the middle of 1,657 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 32since 2025
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-30 | £22M | 21 | £257k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£7.7M£12M
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.