What a buyer sees
PARKFIELD ELECTRO-PLATING COMPANY LIMITED
Other manufacturing n.e.c. · Park Lane · 02646182
28staff · FY2025
35years trading
57oldest owner on file
£33kcash at bank
Nobody can see what you turn over
8.5× spread£496k£4.2M
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 96 companies in the same trade and size. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
Staff28
202129 → 282025
Cash at bank£33k
2021£283k → £33k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£90,438£219,207£692,212
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
205395
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
133060
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
1144103
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
- 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 £496k and £4.2M. An opening offer is built on the low end of whatever they guess.
- 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
- 35 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 24 to 28Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 57since 2017
Directors
- 57since 1996
- 54since 2006
- 37since 2013
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 2026-07-29 | not filed | 28 | £33k |
| 2023-10-31 | — | not filed | 24 | £282k |
| 2022-10-31 | — | not filed | 29 | £324k |
| 2021-10-31 | — | not filed | 29 | £283k |