What a buyer sees
OPICO LIMITED
Wholesale of agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies · Bourne · 06175803
42staff · FY2023
19years trading
—oldest owner on file
£326kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£19Mfor 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
Staff42
202141 → 422023
Cash at bank£326k
2021£486k → £326k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£447,707in the middle half
£249,366£499,300£1,125,928
Debtor daysdays20in the bottom quarter
153453
Creditor daysdays12
1644109
Stock daysdays82in the bottom quarter
5399183
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 1
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 20 against 34 for the middle of 51 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 55since 2007
- 55since 2017
- 36since 2024
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £19M | 42 | £326k |
| 2022-12-31 | £18M | 42 | £227k |
| 2021-12-31 | £18M | 41 | £486k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£6.6M£10M
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.