What a buyer sees
SYDNEY FOOD LIMITED
Other business support service activities n.e.c. · Borehamwood · 07443090
374staff · FY2023
16years trading
64oldest owner on file
£1.0Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£18Mfor 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
Staff374
2021222 → 3742023
Cash at bank£1.0M
2021£2.5M → £1.0M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£48,307in the middle half
£20,226£55,834£257,410
Debtor daysdays5below almost all
133977
Creditor daysdays13
81552
Stock daysdays2below almost all
635154
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 newest accounts on file are 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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 3
- Headcount grew from 325 to 374Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 4 against 39 for the middle of 59 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 34 for the middle of 466 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 57since 2025
- 64since 2025
Directors
- 87since 2011
- 49since 2011
- 48since 2011
- 57since 2013
- 48since 2017
- 62since 2022
- 64since 2023
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £18M | 374 | £1.0M |
| 2022-12-31 | £16M | 325 | £1.7M |
| 2021-12-31 | £9.3M | 222 | £2.5M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£7.2M£16M
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.