What a buyer sees
MORTON'S ROLLS LIMITED
Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes · 176 St Vincent Street · SC351766
248staff · FY2021
18years trading
83oldest owner on file
£37kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£12Mfor the year to 2021
Unusual at this size, and it works in your favour: a buyer is reading your number rather than guessing at one.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£47,749in the bottom quarter
£42,178£76,351£155,157
Debtor daysdays32in the middle half
84266
Creditor daysdays36
132443
Stock daysdays8in the bottom quarter
71939
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 65 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 1
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 8 against 19 for the middle of 32 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 83since 2018
- 70since 2018
Directors
- 65since 2018
- 83since 2018
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £12M | 248 | £37k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£4.7M£11M
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.