What a buyer sees
LYNDHURST SHOE COMPANY LIMITED
Non-specialised wholesale trade · Rossendale · 03280008
10staff · FY2024
30years trading
—oldest owner on file
£25Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£11Mfor the year to 2024
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
Staff10
202113 → 102024
Cash at bank£25M
2021£4.4M → £25M2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£1,099,630above almost all
£165,955£424,674£1,097,429
Debtor daysdays69in the middle half
225791
Creditor daysdays8
92661
Stock daysdays11below almost all
2262151
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 31 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.
- 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 3
- 30 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1,099,630 against 424,674 for the middle of 224 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 11 against 62 for the middle of 208 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 60since 1996
- 35since 2013
- 41since 2013
- 38since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-29 | £11M | 10 | £25M |
| 2023-02-28 | £10M | 10 | £16M |
| 2022-02-28 | £12M | 11 | £5.4M |
| 2021-02-28 | £10M | 13 | £4.4M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£3.9M£6.0M
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.