What a buyer sees
ETHOS FARM LIMITED
Other business support service activities n.e.c. · Aylesbury · 10378647
598staff · FY2023
10years trading
47oldest owner on file
£341kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£21Mfor 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
Staff598
2022284 → 5982023
Cash at bank£341k
2022£907k → £341k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£34,907in the middle half
£20,226£55,834£257,410
Debtor daysdays60in the middle half
133977
Creditor daysdays4
81552
Stock daysdays0below almost all
635154
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 2
- Headcount grew from 284 to 598Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 0 against 34 for the middle of 466 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 47since 2016
Directors
- 47since 2016
- 42since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £21M | 598 | £341k |
| 2022-12-31 | not filed | 284 | £907k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£8.3M£19M
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.