What a buyer sees
BENTLEYS CASTLE FRUIT FARM LTD
Growing of pome fruits and stone fruits · Newent · 08612081
7staff · FY2025
13years trading
75oldest owner on file
£209kcash at bank
Nobody can see what you turn over
8.6× spread£70k£600k
You file abbreviated accounts, as almost every company your size does, so the profit and loss account is not on public record. That band is what your balance sheet implies to anyone who looks: 4 figures against 142 companies in the same sector and size. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
Staff7
20218 → 72025
Cash at bank£209k
2021£161k → £209k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£9,630£78,587£1,849,584
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
1032134
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
1030116
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
1163329
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 5
- Your turnover is not on fileYou file abbreviated accounts, as most companies your size do, so a buyer cannot see what the business turns over and has to estimate it. Working only from what you filed, the range lands between £70k and £600k. An opening offer is built on the low end of whatever they guess.
- The last accounts went in 10 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.
- 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.
- Headcount fell from 10 to 7A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- 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
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 74since 2016
- 75since 2026
Directors
- 75since 2013
- 74since 2013
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 2026-08-04 | not filed | 7 | £209k |
| 2024-03-31 | — | not filed | 10 | £203k |
| 2023-03-31 | — | not filed | 10 | £140k |
| 2022-03-31 | — | not filed | 8 | £225k |
| 2021-03-31 | — | not filed | 8 | £161k |