What a buyer sees
PAT MUNRO (ALNESS) LIMITED
Operation of gravel and sand pits; mining of clays and kaolin · Alness · SC033294
192staff · FY2023
68years trading
72oldest owner on file
£1.6Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£31Mfor 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£161,037in the middle half
£102,684£207,025£441,872
Debtor daysdays29below almost all
335787
Creditor daysdays56
152872
Stock daysdays145above almost all
721111
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 41 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 145 against 21 for the middle of 31 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 2
- 68 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 29 against 57 for the middle of 40 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 72since 2016
- 59since 2016
- 63since 2024
Directors
- 59since 1994
- 66since 2022
- 27since 2025
- 72
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-31 | £31M | 192 | £1.6M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£12M£28M
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.