What a buyer sees
A.W. (EUROPE) LIMITED
Manufacture of woven or tufted carpets and rugs · Halifax · 01517140
70staff · FY2023
46years trading
49oldest owner on file
£1.6Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£58Mfor 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.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£824,767above almost all
£88,871£162,513£362,127
Debtor daysdays49in the middle half
265687
Creditor daysdays8
143363
Stock daysdays18in the bottom quarter
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 2
- 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.
- 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
- 46 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 824,767 against 162,513 for the middle of 2,152 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 18 against 45 for the middle of 2,028 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 49since 2018
Directors
- 63since 2008
- 49since 2018
- 55since 2018
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £58M | 70 | £1.6M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£23M£52M
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.