What a buyer sees
EUROPEAN FOODS IMPORTS AND EXPORTS LTD
Other food services · Bradley Stoke · 10391030
12staff · FY2023
10years trading
—oldest owner on file
£129kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£4.9Mfor 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
Staff12
20216 → 122023
Cash at bank£129k
2022£91k → £129k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£411,558in the middle half
£22,589£226,441£957,062
Debtor daysdays33in the middle half
93884
Creditor daysdays21
92761
Stock daysdays39in the top quarter
51656
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 6
- The newest accounts on file are 36 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.
- 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.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 38 against 16 for the middle of 82 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 1
- Headcount grew from 10 to 12Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 63since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-30 | £4.9M | 12 | £129k |
| 2022-09-30 | £3.1M | 10 | £91k |
| 2021-09-30 | not filed | 6 | — |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£2.0M£4.4M
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.