What a buyer sees
ALAN POULTON LIMITED
Other retail sale in non-specialised stores · London · 01580851
5staff · FY2023
45years trading
—oldest owner on file
£2.3Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£1.6Mfor 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
Staff5
20215 → 52023
Cash at bank£2.3M
2021£1.6M → £2.3M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£328,980above almost all
£12,743£42,800£180,348
Debtor daysdays80above almost all
82777
Creditor daysdays12
922138
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
1264245
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 80 against 27 for the middle of 76 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 2
- 45 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 328,980 against 42,800 for the middle of 73 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-30 | £1.6M | 5 | £2.3M |
| 2022-06-30 | £1.6M | 5 | £2.1M |
| 2021-06-30 | £45k | 5 | £1.6M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£410k£820k
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.