What a buyer sees
GILBERT FARMS LLP
Lincoln · OC345017
7staff · FY2024
17years trading
—oldest owner on file
£83kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£380kfor 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
Staff7
20226 → 72024
Cash at bank£83k
2022£158k → £83k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£54,271in the middle half
£19,100£114,401£651,101
Debtor daysdays159above almost all
1245110
Creditor daysdays168
102888
Stock daysdays155above almost all
738149
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 159 against 45 for the middle of 24,350 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 155 against 38 for the middle of 14,704 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
- Headcount grew from 6 to 7Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 54since 2009
- since 2009
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-05 | £380k | 7 | £83k |
| 2023-04-05 | not filed | 6 | £208k |
| 2022-04-05 | not filed | 6 | £158k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£150k£340k
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.