What a buyer sees
ALESSI (UK) LIMITED
Retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store · London · 03851912
10staff · FY2023
27years trading
60oldest owner on file
£184kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£3.9Mfor 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
Staff10
20218 → 102023
Cash at bank£184k
2021£380k → £184k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£389,940above almost all
£41,236£153,377£363,317
Debtor daysdays126above almost all
154790
Creditor daysdays29
92281
Stock daysdays15in the bottom quarter
1258209
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 32 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 126 against 47 for the middle of 1,452 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
- 27 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 8 to 10Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 389,940 against 153,377 for the middle of 57 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 15 against 58 for the middle of 51 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 60since 2025
Directors
- 44since 2014
- 56since 2018
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £3.9M | 10 | £184k |
| 2022-12-31 | £4.3M | 8 | £183k |
| 2021-12-31 | £4.8M | 8 | £380k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£970k£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.