What a buyer sees
KATAMAN UK LIMITED
Wholesale of metals and metal ores · London · 12826611
7staff · FY2023
6years trading
—oldest owner on file
£112kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£108Mfor the year to 2023
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
Staff7
20212 → 72023
Cash at bank£112k
2021£487k → £112k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£15,490,871above almost all
£256,021£747,322£2,586,870
Debtor daysdays73in the middle half
416798
Creditor daysdays3
115196
Stock daysdays0below almost all
2260169
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
- The newest accounts on file are 34 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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 4 to 7Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 15,490,871 against 747,322 for the middle of 66 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 0 against 60 for the middle of 75 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 63since 2020
- 51since 2024
- 41since 2024
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-31 | £108M | 7 | £112k |
| 2022-10-31 | £117M | 4 | £1.7M |
| 2021-10-31 | £60M | 2 | £487k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£38M£60M
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.