What a buyer sees
NORTHERN CONFECTIONERS LTD
Wholesale of sugar and chocolate and sugar confectionery · Dungannon · NI614585
30staff · FY2023
14years trading
46oldest owner on file
£2.4Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£22Mfor 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
Staff30
202123 → 302023
Cash at bank£2.4M
2021£3.4M → £2.4M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£718,413in the middle half
£87,459£464,006£1,513,474
Debtor daysdays22in the bottom quarter
154790
Creditor daysdays21
102974
Stock daysdays33in the middle half
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
- 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 3
- Headcount grew from 23 to 30Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 22 against 47 for the middle of 1,452 comparable companies.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 46since 2024
Directors
- since 2012
- 84since 2012
- 46since 2012
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £22M | 30 | £2.4M |
| 2021-12-31 | £19M | 23 | £3.4M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£7.5M£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.