What a buyer sees
JAMES BRIGGS LIMITED
Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c. · Oldham · 08435139
274staff · FY2024
13years trading
—oldest owner on file
£4.7Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£74Mfor 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
Staff274
2023291 → 2742024
Cash at bank£4.7M
2023£3.6M → £4.7M2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£270,759in the middle half
£106,175£327,862£821,214
Debtor daysdays40in the bottom quarter
315790
Creditor daysdays55
113264
Stock daysdays49in the middle half
234875
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 29 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- 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
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 40 against 57 for the middle of 41 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 53since 2018
- 65since 2019
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £74M | 274 | £4.7M |
| 2023-03-31 | £71M | 291 | £3.6M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£30M£67M
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.