What a buyer sees
HAIRLAND LIMITED
Wholesale of fruit and vegetables · Cardiff · 10413685
5staff · FY2024
10years trading
—oldest owner on file
£181kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£2.9Mfor 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
Staff5
20214 → 52024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£578,320in the middle half
£130,794£490,650£2,548,261
Debtor daysdays69in the top quarter
223970
Creditor daysdays5
92555
Stock daysdays37above almost all
41134
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 22 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.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 69 against 39 for the middle of 37 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 37 against 11 for the middle of 68 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
- Headcount grew from 3 to 5Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 49since 2024
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-31 | £2.9M | 5 | £181k |
| 2023-10-31 | not filed | 3 | — |
| 2022-10-31 | not filed | 4 | — |
| 2021-10-31 | not filed | 4 | — |
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.