What a buyer sees
SACLA UK LIMITED
Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Beaconsfield · 02609524
22staff · FY2023
35years trading
—oldest owner on file
£796kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£25Mfor 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
Staff22
202118 → 222023
Cash at bank£796k
2021£-94k → £796k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£1,156,909in the top quarter
£182,670£452,690£2,036,556
Debtor daysdays27in the middle half
113164
Creditor daysdays6
143057
Stock daysdays60in the top quarter
112968
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 4
- 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.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 60 against 28 for the middle of 74 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 3
- 35 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 17 to 22Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1,156,909 against 452,690 for the middle of 73 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 43since 2014
- 57since 2025
- since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £25M | 22 | £796k |
| 2022-12-31 | £24M | 17 | £1.2M |
| 2021-12-31 | £26M | 18 | £-94k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£8.9M£14M
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.