What a buyer sees
NICHE COFFEE LIMITED
Manufacture of electric domestic appliances · Fareham · 08566128
9staff · FY2024
13years trading
—oldest owner on file
£1.0Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£9.6Mfor 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
Staff9
20225 → 92024
Cash at bank£1.0M
2022£1.6M → £1.0M2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£1,069,722above almost all
£19,570£79,800£652,860
Debtor daysdays13below almost all
1552127
Creditor daysdays3
1033119
Stock daysdays131in the top quarter
944216
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 5
- 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.
- One director on the registerA buyer's first question about a company run by one person is what happens to it if that person stops. It is usually the first thing priced.
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 131 against 44 for the middle of 533 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 3
- Headcount grew from 6 to 9Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1,069,722 against 79,800 for the middle of 697 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 13 against 52 for the middle of 557 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 62since 2013
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £9.6M | 9 | £1.0M |
| 2023-03-31 | £14M | 6 | £4.7M |
| 2022-03-31 | not filed | 5 | £1.6M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£3.9M£8.7M
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.