What a buyer sees
SCOTLAND FOOD & DRINK
Other business support service activities n.e.c. · Edinburgh · SC329083
36staff · FY2024
19years trading
—oldest owner on file
£1.2Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£6.7Mfor 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
Staff36
202331 → 362024
Cash at bank£1.2M
2023£1.7M → £1.2M2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£184,789in the middle half
£41,286£229,589£1,187,347
Debtor daysdays12below almost all
1451109
Creditor daysdays26
92679
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
744146
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.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- 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 31 to 36Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 12 against 51 for the middle of 254 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- since 2018
- 53since 2020
- 51since 2020
- 52since 2021
- 52since 2022
- 64since 2024
- 56since 2024
- 57since 2024
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £6.7M | 36 | £1.2M |
| 2023-03-31 | £5.4M | 31 | £1.7M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£2.7M£6.0M
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.