What a buyer sees
NATIONAL FLEXIBLE LIMITED
Packaging activities · Bradford · 03486101
51staff · FY2023
29years trading
—oldest owner on file
£5.3Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£23Mfor 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.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£445,896in the top quarter
£43,601£164,155£516,372
Debtor daysdays49in the middle half
165092
Creditor daysdays61
92573
Stock daysdays44in the middle half
62077
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 3
- 29 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 445,896 against 164,155 for the middle of 732 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 1997
- 53since 2003
- since 2005
- 53since 2008
- 49since 2015
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £23M | 51 | £5.3M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£9.1M£20M
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.