What a buyer sees
CALDERDALE CARPETS LIMITED
Manufacture of woven or tufted carpets and rugs · Dewsbury · 02151352
35staff · FY2023
39years trading
—oldest owner on file
£94kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£2.9Mfor 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
Staff35
202137 → 352023
Cash at bank£94k
2021£123k → £94k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£81,934in the bottom quarter
£75,818£268,200£906,093
Debtor daysdays33in the bottom quarter
225592
Creditor daysdays23
113064
Stock daysdays93in the top quarter
1049126
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 38 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 93 against 48 for the middle of 890 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 4
- 39 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 31 to 35Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 33 against 55 for the middle of 905 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
- 87since 1994
- 55since 2002
- since 2004
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-30 | £2.9M | 35 | £94k |
| 2022-06-30 | not filed | 31 | £81k |
| 2021-06-30 | £1.4M | 37 | £123k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£1.1M£2.6M
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.