What a buyer sees
OAK AND SMOKE LTD
Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes · Pinner · 09251485
1staff · FY2024
12years trading
48oldest owner on file
£131kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£305kfor the year to 2024
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
Staff1
20221 → 12024
Cash at bank£131k
2022£26k → £131k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£305,200in the top quarter
£19,570£79,800£652,860
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
1552127
Creditor daysdays21
1033119
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
944216
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 29 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 305,200 against 79,800 for the middle of 697 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 48since 2016
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £305k | 1 | £131k |
| 2023-03-31 | £333k | 1 | £107k |
| 2022-03-31 | £162k | 1 | £26k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£120k£270k
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.