What a buyer sees
ARDALE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c. · Knutsford · 03443642
11staff · FY2025
29years trading
—oldest owner on file
£14Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£32Mfor the year to 2025
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
Staff11
202111 → 112025
Cash at bank£14M
2021£3.6M → £14M2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£2,930,646above almost all
£173,168£386,924£904,422
Debtor daysdays54in the middle half
164677
Creditor daysdays11
112453
Stock daysdays38in the bottom quarter
2161142
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 1
- 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 4
- 29 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2,930,646 against 386,924 for the middle of 84 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 38 against 61 for the middle of 91 comparable companies.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 61since 1997
- since 2005
- 52since 2006
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 2026-08-26 | £32M | 11 | £14M |
| 2023-11-30 | — | £36M | 12 | £4.2M |
| 2022-11-30 | — | £37M | 12 | £219k |
| 2021-11-30 | — | £32M | 11 | £3.6M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£11M£18M
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.