What a buyer sees
POLTI (UK) LIMITED
Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices · Salford · 06248335
8staff · FY2023
19years trading
—oldest owner on file
£145kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£3.0Mfor 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
Staff8
20217 → 82023
Cash at bank£145k
2021£218k → £145k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£371,825in the top quarter
£19,007£90,760£837,682
Debtor daysdays89in the top quarter
1042130
Creditor daysdays11
929126
Stock daysdays56in the middle half
1051263
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 32 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.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 89 against 42 for the middle of 1,141 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 7 to 8Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 371,825 against 90,760 for the middle of 1,713 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 49since 2009
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £3.0M | 8 | £145k |
| 2021-12-31 | £3.9M | 7 | £218k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£1.0M£1.6M
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.