What a buyer sees
KALE & DAMSON LIMITED
Wholesale of fruit and vegetables · Papworth Everard · 09116500
68staff · FY2023
12years trading
41oldest owner on file
£1.4Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£13Mfor 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
Staff68
202143 → 682023
Cash at bank£1.4M
2021£1.0M → £1.4M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£185,557in the bottom quarter
£130,794£490,650£2,548,261
Debtor daysdays27in the bottom quarter
203668
Creditor daysdays42
133456
Stock daysdays4below almost all
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 2
- 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.
- 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
- Headcount grew from 58 to 68Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 27 against 36 for the middle of 97 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 4 against 11 for the middle of 68 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 41since 2016
Directors
- 41since 2014
- 63since 2024
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £13M | 68 | £1.4M |
| 2022-12-31 | not filed | 58 | £970k |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 43 | £1.0M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£4.4M£6.9M
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.