What a buyer sees
CHILLY'S BOTTLES LIMITED
Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c. · London · 07326177
57staff · FY2023
16years trading
38oldest owner on file
£7.3Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£24Mfor 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
Staff57
202137 → 572023
Cash at bank£7.3M
2021£9.7M → £7.3M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£429,609in the middle half
£179,345£328,550£565,072
Debtor daysdays15below almost all
225072
Creditor daysdays18
111947
Stock daysdays114in the top quarter
3774132
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 37 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 114 against 74 for the middle of 43 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 3
- Headcount grew from 45 to 57Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 15 against 50 for the middle of 41 comparable companies.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 37since 2016
- 38since 2016
Directors
- 37since 2010
- 38since 2016
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-31 | £24M | 57 | £7.3M |
| 2022-07-31 | £29M | 45 | £3.7M |
| 2021-07-31 | £34M | 37 | £9.7M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£8.6M£13M
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.