What a buyer sees
ALLIANCE FINANCE LIMITED
Activities of other holding companies n.e.c. · Bristol · 09340368
38staff · FY2025
12years trading
62oldest owner on file
£11Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£81Mfor the year to 2025
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
Staff38
202226 → 382025
Cash at bank£11M
2022£6.8M → £11M2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£2,126,992above almost all
£65,401£187,221£689,307
Debtor daysdays26in the middle half
1148227
Creditor daysdays44
925293
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
637132
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 4
- The last accounts went in 16 months after year endThe allowance is nine. A buyer reads a late filing as a question about the finance function rather than about the trading.
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- Headcount fell from 44 to 38A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2,126,992 against 187,221 for the middle of 282 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 62since 2016
Directors
- 62since 2014
- 62since 2014
- since 2024
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-31 | 2026-08-08 | £81M | 38 | £11M |
| 2024-03-31 | — | £108M | 44 | £6.1M |
| 2023-03-31 | — | £78M | 34 | £7.8M |
| 2022-03-31 | — | £71M | 26 | £6.8M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
1.5–4× sales£121M£323M
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.