What a buyer sees
NORTH STREET CHEESE COMPANY LTD
Other retail sale of food in specialised stores · Ivybridge · 13412258
6staff · FY2024
5years trading
63oldest owner on file
£19kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£257kfor 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
Staff6
20221 → 62024
Cash at bank£19k
2022£27k → £19k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£42,850in the middle half
£16,320£34,693£133,160
Debtor daysdays3below almost all
1042130
Creditor daysdays31
929126
Stock daysdays20in the middle half
72486
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 3
- 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.
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- 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
- Headcount grew from 4 to 6Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 3 against 42 for the middle of 1,141 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 63since 2026
- 58since 2026
Directors
- since 2021
- 63since 2021
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £257k | 6 | £19k |
| 2023-03-31 | £168k | 4 | £14k |
| 2022-03-31 | not filed | 1 | £27k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£60k£130k
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.