What a buyer sees
MBJSC PRODUCE LIMITED
Wholesale of fruit and vegetables · Nazeing · 07047795
68staff · FY2023
17years trading
—oldest owner on file
£72kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£26Mfor 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
Staff68
202168 → 682023
Cash at bank£72k
2021£30k → £72k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£383,559in the middle half
£130,794£490,650£2,548,261
Debtor daysdays33in the middle half
203668
Creditor daysdays45
133456
Stock daysdays11in the middle half
41134
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 34 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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.
- 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
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- since 2009
- 75since 2009
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-31 | £26M | 68 | £72k |
| 2022-10-31 | £31M | 68 | £109k |
| 2021-10-31 | £40M | 68 | £30k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£9.1M£14M
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.