What a buyer sees
FOOTSURE WESTERN LIMITED
Wholesale of clothing and footwear · Stonehouse · 01505399
15staff · FY2023
46years trading
—oldest owner on file
—cash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£43Mfor 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.
What your filings show moving
Staff15
202112 → 152023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£2,882,307above almost all
£91,097£489,234£1,487,511
Debtor daysdays68in the middle half
2051105
Creditor daysdays3
163782
Stock daysdays146in the top quarter
1473151
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 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 146 against 73 for the middle of 46 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 3
- 46 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 12 to 15Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2,882,307 against 489,234 for the middle of 52 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 51since 2003
- 51since 2004
- 53since 2010
- 57since 2012
- 62since 2021
- 58since 2021
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £43M | 15 | — |
| 2021-12-31 | £40M | 12 | £1.3M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£15M£24M
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.