What a buyer sees
SMITHY MUSHROOMS LIMITED
Growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers · Ormskirk · 02480783
60staff · FY2023
36years trading
—oldest owner on file
£141kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£7.7Mfor 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
Staff60
202152 → 602023
Cash at bank£141k
2021£780k → £141k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£127,820in the middle half
£26,317£143,602£453,023
Debtor daysdays29in the middle half
123162
Creditor daysdays24
163375
Stock daysdays19in the middle half
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 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- 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.
- Headcount grew from 54 to 60Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 63since 1999
- 61since 2011
- since 2012
- 42since 2020
- 53since 2026
- 45since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £7.7M | 60 | £141k |
| 2022-12-31 | not filed | 54 | £115k |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 52 | £780k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£3.1M£6.9M
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.