What a buyer sees
BURNS PET NUTRITION LTD
Manufacture of prepared pet foods · London · 04181441
88staff · FY2023
25years trading
—oldest owner on file
£2.3Mcash 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
Staff88
2021109 → 882023
Cash at bank£2.3M
2021£4.9M → £2.3M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£269,189in the top quarter
£88,871£162,513£362,127
Debtor daysdays27in the bottom quarter
265687
Creditor daysdays19
143363
Stock daysdays24in 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 4
- 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.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Headcount fell from 126 to 88A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- 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 4
- 25 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 269,189 against 162,513 for the middle of 2,152 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 26 against 56 for the middle of 2,030 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 24 against 45 for the middle of 2,028 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 52since 2024
- 48since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-31 | £24M | 88 | £2.3M |
| 2022-07-31 | £21M | 126 | £2.6M |
| 2021-07-31 | £22M | 109 | £4.9M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£9.5M£21M
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.