What a buyer sees
W.P.BROWN LIMITED
Other retail sale in non-specialised stores · 00247461
186staff · FY2024
96years trading
—oldest owner on file
£136kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£12Mfor 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
Staff186
2023172 → 1862024
Cash at bank£136k
2023£831k → £136k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£62,107in the bottom quarter
£61,651£116,680£308,862
Debtor daysdays1below almost all
82777
Creditor daysdays16
143162
Stock daysdays80in the middle half
196993
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 31 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- 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 3
- 96 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 1 against 27 for the middle of 76 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
- 69since 1998
- 67
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-27 | £12M | 186 | £136k |
| 2023-01-28 | £11M | 172 | £831k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£2.9M£5.8M
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.