What a buyer sees
WHITMORE EUROPE LIMITED
Activities of other holding companies n.e.c. · London · 08038592
9staff · FY2024
14years trading
—oldest owner on file
£2.2Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£9.5Mfor 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
Staff9
202212 → 92024
Cash at bank£2.2M
2022£1.5M → £2.2M2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£1,055,933above almost all
£24,753£133,750£579,220
Debtor daysdays85in the middle half
1247263
Creditor daysdays15
929180
Stock daysdays100in the top quarter
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 4
- The newest accounts on file are 29 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Headcount fell from 13 to 9A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 100 against 55 for the middle of 31 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 1
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1,055,933 against 133,750 for the middle of 453 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 54since 2020
- 57since 2021
- 55since 2023
- 43since 2024
- 63since 2024
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £9.5M | 9 | £2.2M |
| 2023-03-31 | £8.6M | 13 | £1.2M |
| 2022-03-31 | £6.9M | 12 | £1.5M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
1.5–4× sales£14M£38M
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.