What a buyer sees
FRESH GROWERS LIMITED
Growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers · Newark · 03533436
28staff · FY2023
28years trading
—oldest owner on file
£794kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£15Mfor 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
Staff28
202130 → 282023
Cash at bank£794k
2021£787k → £794k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£547,200above almost all
£26,317£143,602£453,023
Debtor daysdays67above almost all
123162
Creditor daysdays23
163375
Stock daysdays2below almost all
92483
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.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 67 against 31 for the middle of 44 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
- 28 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 547,200 against 143,602 for the middle of 44 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 24 for the middle of 39 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 80since 2006
- 57since 2011
- 62since 2013
- 47since 2016
- 41since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £15M | 28 | £794k |
| 2022-12-31 | £15M | 28 | £663k |
| 2021-12-31 | £13M | 30 | £787k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£6.1M£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.