What a buyer sees
RIVA FOODS LIMITED
Manufacture of other food products n.e.c. · Kingston Upon Hull · 06798694
62staff · FY2024
17years trading
—oldest owner on file
£24kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£11Mfor 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
Staff62
202365 → 622024
Cash at bank£24k
2023£64k → £24k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£182,768in the middle half
£95,089£228,153£441,871
Debtor daysdays52in the middle half
355672
Creditor daysdays25
193359
Stock daysdays23in the bottom quarter
183978
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 2
- 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.
- 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 23 against 39 for the middle of 52 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 48since 2024
- 48since 2024
- 31since 2024
- 63since 2024
- 54since 2024
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £11M | 62 | £24k |
| 2023-03-31 | not filed | 65 | £64k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£4.5M£10M
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.