What a buyer sees
SORBET TOPCO LIMITED
Manufacture of other food products n.e.c. · Bath · 14975762
96staff · FY2025
3years trading
52oldest owner on file
£12Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£74Mfor the year to 2025
Unusual at this size, and it works in your favour: a buyer is reading your number rather than guessing at one.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£766,225above almost all
£95,089£228,153£441,871
Debtor daysdays72in the top quarter
355672
Creditor daysdays42
193359
Stock daysdays85above almost all
183978
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 last accounts went in 11 months after year endThe allowance is nine. A buyer reads a late filing as a question about the finance function rather than about the trading.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 72 against 56 for the middle of 51 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 85 against 39 for the middle of 52 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 1
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 766,225 against 228,153 for the middle of 54 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 52since 2023
Directors
- 42since 2023
- 38since 2023
- 61since 2023
- 63since 2024
- 63since 2024
- 64since 2024
- 57since 2024
- 60since 2024
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-31 | 2026-08-06 | £74M | 96 | £12M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£29M£66M
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.