What a buyer sees
ASHLAND SPECIALTIES UK LIMITED
Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c. · London · 07816571
17staff · FY2025
15years trading
—oldest owner on file
£26kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£35Mfor the year to 2025
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
Staff17
202175 → 172025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£2,050,529above almost all
£106,175£327,862£821,214
Debtor daysdays5below almost all
315790
Creditor daysdays1
113264
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
234875
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
- Headcount fell from 75 to 17A 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 2
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2,050,529 against 327,862 for the middle of 51 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 5 against 57 for the middle of 41 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 41since 2016
- 65since 2021
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 2026-06-30 | £35M | 17 | £26k |
| 2021-09-30 | — | £84M | 75 | — |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£14M£31M
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.