What a buyer sees
BRITANNIA WINDOWS (UK) LIMITED
Other specialised construction activities n.e.c. · Clevedon · 01641907
68staff · FY2023
44years trading
—oldest owner on file
£87kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£6.0Mfor 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
Staff68
202269 → 682023
Cash at bank£87k
2022£359k → £87k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£87,738below almost all
£103,011£208,651£541,022
Debtor daysdays17in the bottom quarter
155092
Creditor daysdays38
143162
Stock daysdays33in the top quarter
51549
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 4
- 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.
- One director on the registerA buyer's first question about a company run by one person is what happens to it if that person stops. It is usually the first thing priced.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 33 against 15 for the middle of 86 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
- 44 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 17 against 50 for the middle of 164 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 50since 2004
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-31 | £6.0M | 68 | £87k |
| 2022-03-31 | £12M | 69 | £359k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£2.4M£4.2M
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.