What a buyer sees
J.T.ELLIS AND COMPANY LIMITED
Manufacture of other furniture · 00075269
210staff · FY2021
124years trading
—oldest owner on file
£1.5Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£19Mfor the year to 2021
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£91,935below almost all
£92,426£123,071£219,747
Debtor daysdays76above almost all
204873
Creditor daysdays22
142849
Stock daysdays50in the middle half
93773
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 63 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 76 against 48 for the middle of 45 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
- 124 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 58since 2005
- 53since 2005
- 38since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-30 | £19M | 210 | £1.5M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£7.7M£17M
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.