What a buyer sees
VIVALDA SCOTLAND LIMITED
Wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment · Glasgow · SC443467
6staff · FY2023
13years trading
—oldest owner on file
£195kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£1.6Mfor 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
Staff6
20214 → 62023
Cash at bank£195k
2021£246k → £195k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£262,533in the bottom quarter
£183,318£399,877£1,103,511
Debtor daysdays90above almost all
235379
Creditor daysdays45
93667
Stock daysdays50in the middle half
2244112
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 90 against 53 for the middle of 76 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 1
- Headcount grew from 4 to 6Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 57since 2021
- 45since 2023
- 52since 2024
- 32since 2025
- 37since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £1.6M | 6 | £195k |
| 2022-12-31 | £1.9M | 4 | £517k |
| 2021-12-31 | £1.7M | 4 | £246k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£550k£870k
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.