What a buyer sees
CREW CLOTHING CO. LIMITED
Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores · Kingston Upon Thames · 03265824
847staff · FY2023
30years trading
66oldest owner on file
£35Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£117Mfor 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
Staff847
2021698 → 8472023
Cash at bank£35M
2021£25M → £35M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£138,328in the middle half
£29,088£117,250£383,903
Debtor daysdays26in the middle half
819116
Creditor daysdays18
1029107
Stock daysdays62in the middle half
1853200
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 2
- 30 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 698 to 847Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
- 66since 2017
Directors
- 66since 2017
- 68since 2023
- 45since 2024
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £117M | 847 | £35M |
| 2021-12-26 | £83M | 698 | £25M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£29M£59M
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.