What a buyer sees
UNITECH INNOVATIONS LIMITED
Manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, mastics and sealants · Ipswich · 08843714
43staff · FY2025
12years trading
—oldest owner on file
£7.1Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£18Mfor 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
Staff43
20216 → 432025
Cash at bank£7.1M
2021£2.2M → £7.1M2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£413,223in the middle half
£75,818£268,200£906,093
Debtor daysdays136above almost all
225592
Creditor daysdays43
113064
Stock daysdays20in the bottom quarter
1049126
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 4
- The last accounts went in 12 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.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 136 against 55 for the middle of 905 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 3
- Headcount grew from 6 to 43Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 20 against 48 for the middle of 890 comparable companies.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 72since 2014
- 78since 2015
- 78since 2015
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 2026-07-03 | £18M | 43 | £7.1M |
| 2021-06-30 | — | not filed | 6 | £2.2M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£7.1M£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.