What a buyer sees
THANET EARTH PEPPERS LIMITED
Growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers · Paddock Wood · 06554305
5staff · FY2022
18years trading
—oldest owner on file
£641kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£2.6Mfor the year to 2022
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
Staff5
20215 → 52022
Cash at bank£641k
2021£352k → £641k2022
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£511,880above almost all
£26,317£143,602£453,023
Debtor daysdays1below almost all
123162
Creditor daysdays96
163375
Stock daysdays70in the top quarter
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 3
- The newest accounts on file are 44 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 70 against 24 for the middle of 39 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 511,880 against 143,602 for the middle of 44 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1 against 31 for the middle of 44 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-31 | £2.6M | 5 | £641k |
| 2021-12-31 | £3.0M | 5 | £352k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£1.0M£2.3M
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.