What a buyer sees
MARCH FOODS LIMITED
Manufacture of breakfast cereals and cereals-based food · March · 06801592
187staff · FY2024
17years trading
—oldest owner on file
£165kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£16Mfor 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.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£84,410below almost all
£88,871£162,513£362,127
Debtor daysdays44in the middle half
265687
Creditor daysdays29
143363
Stock daysdays16in the bottom quarter
1245115
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 27 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- 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
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 16 against 45 for the middle of 2,028 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 69since 2023
- 38since 2023
- 56since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-31 | £16M | 187 | £165k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£6.3M£14M
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.