What a buyer sees
AMBROSE HIRE LIMITED
Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment · Preston · 01414350
13staff · FY2026
47years trading
62oldest owner on file
£231kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£2.2Mfor the year to 2026
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
Staff13
202214 → 132026
Cash at bank£231k
2022£653k → £231k2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£167,000in the middle half
£114,646£198,081£570,143
Debtor daysdays77in the middle half
286189
Creditor daysdays19
1331102
Stock daysdays3below almost all
637138
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 1
- 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
- 47 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 3 against 37 for the middle of 188 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 62since 2021
- 44since 2023
Directors
- since 2003
- 48since 2020
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 2026-07-10 | £2.2M | 13 | £231k |
| 2024-03-31 | — | £1.8M | 14 | £653k |
| 2023-03-31 | — | £2.1M | 14 | £314k |
| 2022-03-31 | — | £2.1M | 14 | £653k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£870k£1.9M
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.