What a buyer sees
ECOTRADE EUROPE LTD
Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c. · Cheadle · 07094786
94staff · FY2023
17years trading
—oldest owner on file
£5.8Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£41Mfor 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
Staff94
202180 → 942023
Cash at bank£5.8M
2021£5.1M → £5.8M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£436,048in the middle half
£179,345£328,550£565,072
Debtor daysdays32in the middle half
225072
Creditor daysdays10
111947
Stock daysdays85in the middle half
3774132
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 32 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 0
Nothing stands out yet from the filings alone.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 47since 2025
- 49since 2025
- 68since 2025
- 43since 2025
- 67since 2026
- 60since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £41M | 94 | £5.8M |
| 2022-12-31 | £39M | 95 | £5.1M |
| 2021-12-31 | £43M | 80 | £5.1M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£14M£23M
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.