What a buyer sees
OLIVE CATERING SERVICES LIMITED
Other food services · Atherstone · 05076235
797staff · FY2023
22years trading
59oldest owner on file
£3.3Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£43Mfor 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
Staff797
2022685 → 7972023
Cash at bank£3.3M
2022£2.3M → £3.3M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£53,829in the middle half
£16,840£57,235£478,161
Debtor daysdays60in the top quarter
93884
Creditor daysdays44
92761
Stock daysdays3below almost all
51656
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 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 60 against 38 for the middle of 95 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- 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 4
- 22 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 685 to 797Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 3 against 16 for the middle of 82 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
- 56since 2016
- 59since 2016
- 55since 2016
Directors
- since 2004
- 55since 2004
- 59since 2004
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £43M | 797 | £3.3M |
| 2022-12-31 | £34M | 685 | £2.3M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£17M£39M
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.