What a buyer sees
NORTHWEST GUITARS LIMITED
Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet · Warrington · 07861752
6staff · FY2024
15years trading
53oldest owner on file
£252kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£1.2Mfor 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
Staff6
20226 → 62024
Cash at bank£252k
2022£197k → £252k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£202,033in the top quarter
£10,768£61,150£492,693
Debtor daysdays39in the middle half
823149
Creditor daysdays23
1024128
Stock daysdays45in the middle half
1279468
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 29 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.
- 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 1
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 202,033 against 61,150 for the middle of 108 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 53since 2016
Directors
- 53since 2011
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £1.2M | 6 | £252k |
| 2023-03-31 | £1.1M | 6 | £199k |
| 2022-03-31 | £1.3M | 6 | £197k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£300k£610k
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.