What a buyer sees
STAPLES BROTHERS LIMITED
Growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers · Near Boston · 00568996
2staff · FY2023
70years trading
—oldest owner on file
£52kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£46Mfor 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
Staff2
20222 → 22023
Cash at bank£52k
2022£641k → £52k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£22,969,100above almost all
£26,317£143,602£453,023
Debtor daysdays65above almost all
123162
Creditor daysdays34
163375
Stock daysdays76in the top quarter
92483
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 41 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 65 against 31 for the middle of 44 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 76 against 24 for the middle of 39 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
- 70 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 22,969,100 against 143,602 for the middle of 44 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-05 | £46M | 2 | £52k |
| 2022-04-05 | £40M | 2 | £641k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£18M£41M
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.