What a buyer sees
WILLETT AND SON (BRISTOL) LIMITED
Manufacture of prepared feeds for farm animals · Bristol · 00652625
8staff · FY2023
66years trading
81oldest owner on file
£34kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£64Mfor 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£34k
2021£10k → £34k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£8,004,925above almost all
£19,570£79,800£652,860
Debtor daysdays19in the bottom quarter
1552127
Creditor daysdays17
1033119
Stock daysdays9in the bottom 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 3
- The newest accounts on file are 40 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- The register shows an owner past retirement age and little elseWithout directors on file, a buyer cannot tell who actually runs the business day to day.
- 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 4
- 66 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 8,004,925 against 79,800 for the middle of 697 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 19 against 52 for the middle of 557 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 9 against 44 for the middle of 533 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 81since 2016
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-30 | £64M | 8 | £34k |
| 2022-04-30 | £53M | 8 | £32k |
| 2021-04-30 | £50M | 7 | £10k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£26M£58M
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.