What a buyer sees
OVERSEAS TRADING LIMITED
Other retail sale in non-specialised stores · Leeds · 04442532
69staff · FY2024
24years trading
—oldest owner on file
£371kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£28Mfor 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
Staff69
202166 → 692024
Cash at bank£371k
2021£311k → £371k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£411,696above almost all
£61,651£116,680£308,862
Debtor daysdays75in the top quarter
82777
Creditor daysdays61
143162
Stock daysdays92in the top quarter
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 5
- The newest accounts on file are 27 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 75 against 27 for the middle of 76 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 92 against 69 for the middle of 38 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
- 24 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 411,696 against 116,680 for the middle of 40 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 55since 2002
- 68since 2006
- 54since 2024
- 57since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-31 | £28M | 69 | £371k |
| 2023-05-31 | £27M | 69 | £68k |
| 2022-05-31 | £24M | 72 | £906k |
| 2021-05-31 | £22M | 66 | £311k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£7.1M£14M
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.