What a buyer sees
R.A. TRADING LIMITED
Wholesale of fruit and vegetable juices, mineral water and soft drinks · London · 03981617
13staff · FY2025
26years trading
—oldest owner on file
£1.2Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£22Mfor 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
Staff13
202118 → 132025
Cash at bank£1.2M
2021£968k → £1.2M2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£1,667,454above almost all
£87,459£464,006£1,513,474
Debtor daysdays43in the middle half
154790
Creditor daysdays39
102974
Stock daysdays20in the bottom quarter
1150141
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
- One director on the registerA buyer's first question about a company run by one person is what happens to it if that person stops. It is usually the first thing priced.
- 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
- 26 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1,667,454 against 464,006 for the middle of 1,880 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 20 against 50 for the middle of 1,657 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- since 2003
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 2026-08-01 | £22M | 13 | £1.2M |
| 2023-10-31 | — | not filed | 12 | £618k |
| 2022-10-31 | — | not filed | 12 | £722k |
| 2021-10-31 | — | not filed | 18 | £968k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£7.6M£12M
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.