What a buyer sees
G T M (EUROPE) LIMITED
Wholesale of textiles · Stockport · 04687174
18staff · FY2024
23years trading
—oldest owner on file
£258kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£18Mfor 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
Staff18
202212 → 182024
Cash at bank£258k
2022£716k → £258k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£989,289in the top quarter
£104,681£344,882£1,047,246
Debtor daysdays139above almost all
2850110
Creditor daysdays2
153287
Stock daysdays3below almost all
2381213
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 26 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 139 against 50 for the middle of 38 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 5
- 23 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 12 to 18Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 989,289 against 344,882 for the middle of 37 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 3 against 81 for the middle of 36 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
- 79since 2003
- since 2003
- 51since 2003
- 44since 2011
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-30 | £18M | 18 | £258k |
| 2023-06-30 | £15M | 12 | £249k |
| 2022-06-30 | £11M | 12 | £716k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£6.2M£9.8M
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.