What a buyer sees
BARNES WILLIAMS (UK & FAR EAST) LIMITED
Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Evesham · 02479877
4staff · FY2024
36years trading
—oldest owner on file
£194kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£14Mfor 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
Staff4
20234 → 42024
Cash at bank£194k
2023£18k → £194k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£3,482,025above almost all
£182,670£452,690£2,036,556
Debtor daysdays62in the top quarter
113164
Creditor daysdays27
143057
Stock daysdays68in 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 29 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 62 against 31 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.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 68 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 2
- 36 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 3,482,025 against 452,690 for the middle of 73 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £14M | 4 | £194k |
| 2023-03-31 | not filed | 4 | £18k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£4.9M£7.7M
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.