What a buyer sees
BRIDGEWATER BLINDS LIMITED
Other manufacturing n.e.c. · Leigh-On-Sea · 05026184
6staff · FY2025
22years trading
48oldest owner on file
£229kcash at bank
Nobody can see what you turn over
11.4× spread£120k£1.4M
You file abbreviated accounts, as almost every company your size does, so the profit and loss account is not on public record. That band is what your balance sheet implies to anyone who looks: 4 figures against 69 companies in the same trade and size. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
Staff6
20214 → 62025
Cash at bank£229k
2022£384k → £229k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£25,073£79,800£740,133
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
145398
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
82689
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
1245266
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
- Your turnover is not on fileYou file abbreviated accounts, as most companies your size do, so a buyer cannot see what the business turns over and has to estimate it. Working only from what you filed, the range lands between £120k and £1.4M. An opening offer is built on the low end of whatever they guess.
- 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
- 22 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 48since 2017
- 41since 2017
Directors
- 48since 2004
- since 2008
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 2026-07-30 | not filed | 6 | £229k |
| 2023-10-31 | — | not filed | 6 | £236k |
| 2022-10-31 | — | not filed | 6 | £384k |
| 2021-10-31 | — | not filed | 4 | — |