What a buyer sees
APC (GB) LIMITED
Other manufacturing n.e.c. · Doncaster · 03354916
30staff · FY2023
29years trading
76oldest owner on file
£1.1Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£16Mfor 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
Staff30
202124 → 302023
Cash at bank£1.1M
2021£189k → £1.1M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£521,487in the top quarter
£90,438£219,207£692,212
Debtor daysdays37in the bottom quarter
205395
Creditor daysdays21
133060
Stock daysdays127above almost all
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 4
- The newest accounts on file are 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 127 against 44 for the middle of 103 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 4
- 29 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 26 to 30Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 521,487 against 219,207 for the middle of 109 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 37 against 53 for the middle of 94 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 76since 2016
Directors
- 63since 2010
- 61since 2018
- 46since 2020
- 40since 2022
- 47since 2026
- 53since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £16M | 30 | £1.1M |
| 2022-12-31 | £14M | 26 | £40k |
| 2021-12-31 | £9.9M | 24 | £189k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£6.3M£14M
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.