What a buyer sees
AQUADISTRI UK LIMITED
Non-specialised wholesale trade · Sandy · 03905566
17staff · FY2023
26years trading
—oldest owner on file
£35kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£5.4Mfor 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
Staff17
202117 → 172023
Cash at bank£35k
2021£15k → £35k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£318,453in the middle half
£165,955£424,674£1,097,429
Debtor daysdays75in the top quarter
225791
Creditor daysdays38
92661
Stock daysdays68in the middle half
2262151
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 32 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.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 75 against 57 for the middle of 200 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 2
- 26 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 15 to 17Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- since 2008
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £5.4M | 17 | £35k |
| 2022-12-31 | £4.5M | 15 | £46k |
| 2021-12-31 | £5.5M | 17 | £15k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£1.9M£3.0M
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.