What a buyer sees
COMMUNITY FOODS LIMITED
Non-specialised wholesale trade · Witham · 01328083
186staff · FY2026
49years trading
—oldest owner on file
£769kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£106Mfor the year to 2026
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
Staff186
2022157 → 1862026
Cash at bank£769k
2022£471k → £769k2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£567,767above almost all
£121,758£262,690£455,471
Debtor daysdays69in the top quarter
195078
Creditor daysdays40
113257
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
2052120
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
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 69 against 50 for the middle of 118 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
- 49 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 153 to 186Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 567,767 against 262,690 for the middle of 130 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 65since 2010
- 52since 2017
- 43since 2022
- 54since 2023
- 47since 2024
- 63since 2026
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | 2026-07-15 | £106M | 186 | £769k |
| 2024-03-30 | — | not filed | 153 | £1.1M |
| 2023-03-25 | — | not filed | 166 | £95k |
| 2022-03-26 | — | £68M | 157 | £471k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£37M£58M
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.