What a buyer sees
MIRPA LIMITED
Wholesale of fruit and vegetable juices, mineral water and soft drinks · London · 08287161
26staff · FY2024
14years trading
—oldest owner on file
£3.9Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£32Mfor 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
Staff26
202230 → 262024
Cash at bank£3.9M
2022£2.2M → £3.9M2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£1,224,146in the top quarter
£87,459£464,006£1,513,474
Debtor daysdays38in the middle half
154790
Creditor daysdays45
102974
Stock daysdays2below almost all
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 6
- 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.
- One director on the registerA buyer's first question about a company run by one person is what happens to it if that person stops. It is usually the first thing priced.
- 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.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Headcount fell from 39 to 26A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1,224,146 against 464,006 for the middle of 1,880 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 50 for the middle of 1,657 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 60since 2012
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £32M | 26 | £3.9M |
| 2023-03-31 | £30M | 39 | £2.9M |
| 2022-03-31 | £26M | 30 | £2.2M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£11M£18M
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.