What a buyer sees
GFW HOLDINGS LIMITED
Activities of other holding companies n.e.c. · Darwen · 12503150
2staff · FY2023
6years trading
—oldest owner on file
£677kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£19Mfor 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.
What your filings show moving
Staff2
20212 → 22023
Cash at bank£677k
2021£541k → £677k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£9,732,350above almost all
£24,753£133,750£579,220
Debtor daysdays52in the middle half
1247263
Creditor daysdays8
929180
Stock daysdays59in the middle half
655130
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 33 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Headcount fell from 50 to 2A 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 9,732,350 against 133,750 for the middle of 453 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-30 | £19M | 2 | £677k |
| 2022-11-30 | £19M | 50 | £-436k |
| 2021-11-30 | £19M | 2 | £541k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
1.5–4× sales£29M£78M
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.