What a buyer sees
GOOSEMOOR FOODSERVICE LIMITED
Wholesale of fruit and vegetables · Exmouth · 10953859
68staff · FY2024
9years trading
—oldest owner on file
£339kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£16Mfor 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
Staff68
202247 → 682024
Cash at bank£339k
2022£1.6M → £339k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£237,304in the middle half
£130,794£490,650£2,548,261
Debtor daysdays22in the bottom quarter
203668
Creditor daysdays21
133456
Stock daysdays10in the middle half
41134
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 31 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- 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
- Headcount grew from 59 to 68Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 22 against 36 for the middle of 97 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 60since 2017
- 41since 2021
- 29since 2021
- 31since 2023
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-29 | £16M | 68 | £339k |
| 2023-02-28 | not filed | 59 | £591k |
| 2022-02-28 | not filed | 47 | £1.6M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£5.7M£8.9M
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.