What a buyer sees
PORTOBELLO OLIVE (MARKETS ) LIMITED
Take-away food shops and mobile food stands · London · 09463835
6staff · FY2024
11years trading
65oldest owner on file
—cash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£486kfor 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
Staff6
20225 → 62024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£80,967above almost all
£15,977£30,223£79,527
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
832166
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
91547
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
51274
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 newest accounts on file are 29 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- Headcount fell from 8 to 6A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- 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 80,967 against 30,222 for the middle of 180 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 60since 2016
- 65since 2025
Directors
- 60since 2015
- 65since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £486k | 6 | — |
| 2023-03-31 | £397k | 8 | — |
| 2022-03-31 | £276k | 5 | — |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£190k£440k
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.