What a buyer sees
ALTERNATIVE WINDOWS (LEEDS) LIMITED
Other manufacturing n.e.c. · Cross Green Industrial Estate · 02752345
84staff · FY2024
34years trading
—oldest owner on file
£460kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£13Mfor 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
Staff84
202285 → 842024
Cash at bank£460k
2022£118k → £460k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£160,037in the middle half
£87,990£159,029£330,355
Debtor daysdays35in the bottom quarter
215488
Creditor daysdays33
133355
Stock daysdays76in the top quarter
1445103
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 28 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 76 against 45 for the middle of 225 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
- 34 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 35 against 54 for the middle of 223 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 55since 2024
- 65since 2024
- 39since 2024
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-30 | £13M | 84 | £460k |
| 2023-04-30 | £12M | 81 | £648k |
| 2022-04-30 | not filed | 85 | £118k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£5.4M£12M
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.