What a buyer sees
GOOCH ORIENTAL CARPETS LIMITED
Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c. · Milton Keynes · 04672780
8staff · FY2024
23years trading
—oldest owner on file
£1.7Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£5.3Mfor 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
Staff8
20227 → 82024
Cash at bank£1.7M
2022£683k → £1.7M2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£667,113in the top quarter
£173,168£386,924£904,422
Debtor daysdays42in the middle half
164677
Creditor daysdays15
112453
Stock daysdays10below almost all
2161142
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 28 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- One director on the registerA buyer's first question about a company run by one person is what happens to it if that person stops. It is usually the first thing priced.
- 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
- 23 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 667,112 against 386,924 for the middle of 84 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 10 against 61 for the middle of 91 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 27since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-30 | £5.3M | 8 | £1.7M |
| 2023-04-30 | not filed | 8 | £1.0M |
| 2022-04-30 | not filed | 7 | £683k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£1.9M£2.9M
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.