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Title: How much is my round worth
Post by: Afterglow Window Cleaners on July 19, 2018, 10:09:56 am
Hi guys, due to divorce and moving away at some point this n the future, I may need to sell my round.

I currently have about 400 customers with possible income of 38000 per year if all are done on time.

If I sold up, what would my round be worth?

Many thanks, Gary
Title: Re: How much is my round worth
Post by: Stoots on July 19, 2018, 11:53:58 am
Depends mate.

It's only my worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

How long does it take to get round, wfp or trad, cash or online etc etc, so many factors

Personally I would start at 10x and reduce it until someone buys it, but depends how desperate you are to sell and the quality


400 customers for 38k seems a bit on the low side price per property but again it depends where abouts you are.
Title: Re: How much is my round worth
Post by: Shrek on July 19, 2018, 12:01:15 pm
Yeah what Gomo said - have you got 400 £8 custards?
Title: Re: How much is my round worth
Post by: High-Tower on July 19, 2018, 12:45:37 pm
3-5x the monthly value, depending on the quality of the work.
Title: Re: How much is my round worth
Post by: Smudger on July 19, 2018, 03:10:26 pm
What’s the average earnings p/h ?

How long has the round been going?

Darran
Title: Re: How much is my round worth
Post by: dazmond on July 19, 2018, 04:19:43 pm
Hi guys, due to divorce and moving away at some point this n the future, I may need to sell my round.

I currently have about 400 customers with possible income of 38000 per year if all are done on time.

If I sold up, what would my round be worth?

Many thanks, Gary

take at least 4k off for holidays/sick/bad weather days per year(5 weeks earnings)so your down to 34k(ish)

how long you ve been established will be a big factor and how long itll take to earn your 3k+ a month turnover.if its an easyish 4 or 5 day week working 4 or 5 hours a day will be a lot more attractive than  40+ hours a week hard slog to get the work cleaned....

if its mainly WFP and electronic payments then this will also make it more attractive IMO...

if your well established and been going 10 years or more then you should be looking at more than the average 3 x the monthly value....
Title: Re: How much is my round worth
Post by: dazmond on July 21, 2018, 09:57:13 am
sometimes if your struggling to sell a large round like yours its more attractive to sell bits of it off and split it into 3 or 4 rounds......
Title: Re: How much is my round worth
Post by: Perfect Windows on July 21, 2018, 12:40:46 pm
You'll be able to charge a great deal more if you sell it as a running business, ready to go, than as a list of names.

Vin
Title: Re: How much is my round worth
Post by: tony day on July 21, 2018, 09:49:36 pm
Hi guys, due to divorce and moving away at some point this n the future, I may need to sell my round.

I currently have about 400 customers with possible income of 38000 per year if all are done on time.

If I sold up, what would my round be worth?

Many thanks, Gary
Title: Re: How much is my round worth
Post by: LT carpet cleaning on July 22, 2018, 08:05:18 am
Depends mate.

It's only my worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

How long does it take to get round, wfp or trad, cash or online etc etc, so many factors

Personally I would start at 10x and reduce it until someone buys it, but depends how desperate you are to sell and the quality


400 customers for 38k seems a bit on the low side price per property but again it depends where abouts you are.

380K?  ;D
Title: Re: How much is my round worth
Post by: Shrek on July 22, 2018, 08:06:25 am
Depends mate.

It's only my worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

How long does it take to get round, wfp or trad, cash or online etc etc, so many factors

Personally I would start at 10x and reduce it until someone buys it, but depends how desperate you are to sell and the quality


400 customers for 38k seems a bit on the low side price per property but again it depends where abouts you are.

380K?  ;D

No x10 monthly value  ;D
Title: Re: How much is my round worth
Post by: LT carpet cleaning on July 22, 2018, 08:32:14 am
Depends mate.

It's only my worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

How long does it take to get round, wfp or trad, cash or online etc etc, so many factors

Personally I would start at 10x and reduce it until someone buys it, but depends how desperate you are to sell and the quality


400 customers for 38k seems a bit on the low side price per property but again it depends where abouts you are.

380K?  ;D

No x10 monthly value  ;D

Ah right. Apologies  :)
Title: Re: How much is my round worth
Post by: Simon Trapani on July 22, 2018, 09:08:19 am
So £31.666 ???

Good luck with that ::)roll
Title: Re: How much is my round worth
Post by: John Mart on July 22, 2018, 10:50:11 am
I’d have said it was worth a few k to someone on a minimum wage job but not much. Your prices are too low. Put all your prices up by 50% and see what’s left.
Title: Re: How much is my round worth
Post by: Simon Trapani on July 22, 2018, 11:13:14 am
As Gomo said at the beginning, like anything it's only worth as much as someone is willing to pay. My guess would be it's worth a few thousand at best but I've never bought any work. If it is just basically a list of customers and they don't take a liking to the buyer for whatever reason, the customer(s) could go elsewhere, and they have effectively bought nothing.
Title: Re: How much is my round worth
Post by: dazmond on July 22, 2018, 08:43:10 pm
As Gomo said at the beginning, like anything it's only worth as much as someone is willing to pay. My guess would be it's worth a few thousand at best but I've never bought any work. If it is just basically a list of customers and they don't take a liking to the buyer for whatever reason, the customer(s) could go elsewhere, and they have effectively bought nothing.

That's the risk you take.....someone WILL buy it..
Title: Re: How much is my round worth
Post by: Stoots on July 22, 2018, 09:34:17 pm
I’d have said it was worth a few k to someone on a minimum wage job but not much. Your prices are too low. Put all your prices up by 50% and see what’s left.


Very true

To someone on a low income or maybe in a difficult area like the north east 38k a year even for a full weeks worth of work sounds attractive.

For others it's probably worth next to nothing as prices are too low.
Title: Re: How much is my round worth
Post by: Marc Stock on July 23, 2018, 01:37:38 pm
I would look at what your actual business turnover was last year using your accounting records and bank statements and base any round valuations on that; instead of simply buying a list if contacts on a spreadsheet.

So you say you have 38k of customer work for sale? What was your actual business turnover for the last working year?

Say in 2017 you put through an actual turnover of £30k

To work out a good starting point to market the goodwill i would start at a multiple of 9:

Turnover/12*9 £22,000

But of course it doesn't mean you will get that.
Title: Re: How much is my round worth
Post by: Susan Dean (1stclean) on July 24, 2018, 08:45:25 pm
ive bought 12 rounds in the last five years and paid 1x-5x per monthly value for them  depending on what there like so just put it up for sale and see what you get offered but be warned brace yourself for a load of nutters ringing you up offing you 5p for it
Title: Re: How much is my round worth
Post by: John Mart on July 24, 2018, 09:13:04 pm
In general a business is worth about 3-5 x annual profit. From your £38k, take away the salary of someone to do it (say £25-30K) then take all your other costs off and multiply by 3 to 5. 
Title: Re: How much is my round worth
Post by: Dave66 on July 24, 2018, 10:03:37 pm
As Gomo said at the beginning, like anything it's only worth as much as someone is willing to pay. My guess would be it's worth a few thousand at best but I've never bought any work. If it is just basically a list of customers and they don't take a liking to the buyer for whatever reason, the customer(s) could go elsewhere, and they have effectively bought nothing.

That's the risk you take.....someone WILL buy it..
you might lose 5 maybe 10 but that’s about it