What a buyer sees
WARNERS (MIDLANDS)PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Printing n.e.c. · Bourne · 00223519
187staff · FY2023
99years trading
59oldest owner on file
£8.6Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£36Mfor 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
Staff187
2021178 → 1872023
Cash at bank£8.6M
2021£6.6M → £8.6M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£192,566in the middle half
£74,379£150,833£233,031
Debtor daysdays39in the bottom quarter
306192
Creditor daysdays57
214569
Stock daysdays19in the middle half
81939
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 36 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- 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
- 99 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 39 against 61 for the middle of 52 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 59since 2016
Directors
- 61since 2009
- 35since 2020
- 33since 2022
- 59
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-30 | £36M | 187 | £8.6M |
| 2022-09-30 | £33M | 185 | £7.3M |
| 2021-09-30 | £26M | 178 | £6.6M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£14M£32M
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.