What a buyer sees
SUNMAGIC JUICES LIMITED
Manufacture of other food products n.e.c. · London · 10291211
172staff · FY2023
10years trading
—oldest owner on file
£218kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£73Mfor 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
Staff172
2021170 → 1722023
Cash at bank£218k
2021£2k → £218k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£425,906in the top quarter
£95,089£228,153£441,871
Debtor daysdays60in the middle half
355672
Creditor daysdays38
193359
Stock daysdays28in the middle half
183978
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.
- 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.
- 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 425,906 against 228,153 for the middle of 54 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 63since 2016
- 61since 2022
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £73M | 172 | £218k |
| 2022-12-31 | £62M | 172 | £513k |
| 2021-12-31 | £50M | 170 | £2k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£29M£66M
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.