What a buyer sees
OTTOLENGHI LIMITED
Other retail sale of food in specialised stores · London · 04393165
310staff · FY2022
24years trading
—oldest owner on file
£3.7Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£22Mfor the year to 2022
Unusual at this size, and it works in your favour: a buyer is reading your number rather than guessing at one.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£70,170in the middle half
£20,033£44,900£155,638
Debtor daysdays7below almost all
92670
Creditor daysdays24
133365
Stock daysdays7below almost all
72486
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 53 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
- 24 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 7 against 26 for the middle of 121 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 7 against 24 for the middle of 36 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-31 | £22M | 310 | £3.7M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£5.4M£11M
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.