What a buyer sees
PENDLE SPORTSWEAR LIMITED
Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores · Ilkley · 07584466
86staff · FY2023
15years trading
49oldest owner on file
£3.6Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£8.7Mfor 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
Staff86
202280 → 862023
Cash at bank£3.6M
2022£899k → £3.6M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£100,880in the bottom quarter
£69,332£168,369£415,182
Debtor daysdays2below almost all
819116
Creditor daysdays20
1029107
Stock daysdays82in the middle half
2250139
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
- 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.
- 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 2 against 19 for the middle of 40 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 49since 2024
Directors
- 49since 2011
- 47since 2024
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £8.7M | 86 | £3.6M |
| 2022-12-31 | £7.0M | 80 | £899k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£2.2M£4.3M
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.