What a buyer sees
B & A QUILTING (UK) LIMITED
Manufacture of other textiles n.e.c. · Manchester · 07723683
84staff · FY2025
15years trading
57oldest owner on file
£2.0Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£13Mfor 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
Staff84
202177 → 842025
Cash at bank£2.0M
2021£146k → £2.0M2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£157,329in the middle half
£88,871£162,513£362,127
Debtor daysdays39in the bottom quarter
265687
Creditor daysdays7
143363
Stock daysdays63in the middle half
1245115
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 last accounts went in 11 months after year endThe allowance is nine. A buyer reads a late filing as a question about the finance function rather than about the trading.
- 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.
- Headcount fell from 98 to 84A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- 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 1
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 38 against 56 for the middle of 2,030 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 57since 2016
Directors
- 57since 2011
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-31 | 2026-08-29 | £13M | 84 | £2.0M |
| 2023-08-31 | — | £20M | 98 | £134k |
| 2022-08-31 | — | £18M | 89 | £685k |
| 2021-08-31 | — | not filed | 77 | £146k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£5.3M£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.