What a buyer sees
ANATOLIAN FOODS LTD
Wholesale of fruit and vegetable juices, mineral water and soft drinks · London · 05821475
39staff · FY2025
20years trading
—oldest owner on file
£792kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£18Mfor the year to 2025
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
Staff39
202130 → 392025
Cash at bank£792k
2021£1.3M → £792k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£466,695in the middle half
£87,459£464,006£1,513,474
Debtor daysdays21in the bottom quarter
154790
Creditor daysdays31
102974
Stock daysdays16in the bottom quarter
1150141
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 last accounts went in 12 months after year endThe allowance is nine. A buyer reads a late filing as a question about the finance function rather than about the trading.
- 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 5
- 20 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 31 to 39Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 21 against 47 for the middle of 1,452 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 16 against 50 for the middle of 1,657 comparable companies.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 52since 2007
- since 2008
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-29 | 2026-06-25 | £18M | 39 | £792k |
| 2023-05-31 | — | £15M | 31 | £359k |
| 2022-05-31 | — | not filed | 29 | £640k |
| 2021-05-31 | — | not filed | 30 | £1.3M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£6.4M£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.