What a buyer sees
COBB FARMING LIMITED
Support activities for animal production (other than farm animal boarding and care) n.e.c. · Dorchester · 10395910
97staff · FY2024
10years trading
53oldest owner on file
£133kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£23Mfor 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
Staff97
202176 → 972024
Cash at bank£133k
2021£59k → £133k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£233,035in the top quarter
£67,121£151,072£330,129
Debtor daysdays32in the middle half
133559
Creditor daysdays1
132962
Stock daysdays159above almost all
942145
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 29 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 159 against 42 for the middle of 113 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 87 to 97Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 233,035 against 151,072 for the middle of 127 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
- 50since 2023
- 53since 2024
Directors
- 72since 2016
- 78since 2016
- 50since 2016
- 53since 2016
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £23M | 97 | £133k |
| 2023-04-30 | £28M | 87 | £1.6M |
| 2022-04-30 | £6.9M | 82 | £227k |
| 2021-04-30 | £4.8M | 76 | £59k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£9.0M£20M
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.