What a buyer sees
MAVANA LIMITED
Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Nottingham · 12403686
5staff · FY2024
6years trading
42oldest owner on file
£320kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£4.1Mfor 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
Staff5
20223 → 52024
Cash at bank£320k
2022£22k → £320k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£824,140above almost all
£113,986£253,764£722,745
Debtor daysdays108in the top quarter
3062109
Creditor daysdays1
103775
Stock daysdays17below almost all
2062141
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 31 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.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 108 against 62 for the middle of 81 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 3 to 5Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 824,140 against 253,764 for the middle of 78 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 17 against 62 for the middle of 74 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 42since 2020
Directors
- 42since 2020
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-31 | £4.1M | 5 | £320k |
| 2023-01-31 | not filed | 3 | £105k |
| 2022-01-31 | not filed | 3 | £22k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£1.4M£2.3M
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.