What a buyer sees
NOVA OF LONDON LIMITED
Wholesale of clothing and footwear · London · 01497069
65staff · FY2023
46years trading
—oldest owner on file
£6.5Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£36Mfor 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.
What your filings show moving
Staff65
202179 → 652023
Cash at bank£6.5M
2021£9.4M → £6.5M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£548,223in the top quarter
£91,939£272,287£584,230
Debtor daysdays72above almost all
143468
Creditor daysdays25
102367
Stock daysdays35in the bottom quarter
2275158
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 38 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 72 against 34 for the middle of 40 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 4
- 46 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 58 to 65Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 548,223 against 272,287 for the middle of 43 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 34 against 75 for the middle of 40 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- since 2021
- 55since 2021
- 49since 2021
- 66since 2021
- 72
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-30 | £36M | 65 | £6.5M |
| 2022-06-30 | £41M | 58 | £7.0M |
| 2021-06-30 | £31M | 79 | £9.4M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£12M£20M
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.