What a buyer sees
IKON INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION LTD
Non-specialised wholesale trade · Stockport · 03947475
12staff · FY2023
26years trading
67oldest owner on file
£265kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£3.1Mfor 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
Staff12
202211 → 122023
Cash at bank£265k
2022£198k → £265k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£261,025in the bottom quarter
£165,955£424,674£1,097,429
Debtor daysdays24in the bottom quarter
225791
Creditor daysdays66
92661
Stock daysdays21below almost all
2262151
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 41 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- The register shows an owner past retirement age and little elseWithout directors on file, a buyer cannot tell who actually runs the business day to day.
- 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
- 26 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 24 against 57 for the middle of 200 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 21 against 62 for the middle of 208 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 67since 2017
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-31 | £3.1M | 12 | £265k |
| 2022-03-31 | £4.0M | 11 | £198k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£1.1M£1.7M
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.