What a buyer sees
WINDWARD MARINE LIMITED
Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores · Stonehouse · 01013726
76staff · FY2023
55years trading
70oldest owner on file
£602kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£13Mfor 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
Staff76
202183 → 762023
Cash at bank£602k
2021£2.2M → £602k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£176,887in the middle half
£69,332£168,369£415,182
Debtor daysdays5below almost all
819116
Creditor daysdays34
1029107
Stock daysdays139above almost all
2250139
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 34 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 139 against 50 for the middle of 30 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
- 55 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 5 against 19 for the middle of 40 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 70since 2016
- 69since 2025
Directors
- 70since 2002
- 45since 2012
- 67since 2013
- 55since 2017
- 57since 2018
- 43since 2021
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-31 | £13M | 76 | £602k |
| 2022-10-31 | £16M | 83 | £98k |
| 2021-10-31 | £15M | 83 | £2.2M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£3.4M£6.7M
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.