What a buyer sees
PERRYS RECYCLING LIMITED
Recovery of sorted materials · Yeovil · 01195655
76staff · FY2023
51years trading
—oldest owner on file
£1.9Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£7.6Mfor 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
Staff76
202163 → 762023
Cash at bank£1.9M
2021£1.6M → £1.9M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£100,009below almost all
£103,767£334,257£1,115,355
Debtor daysdays54in the top quarter
154161
Creditor daysdays19
102751
Stock daysdays16in the middle half
61791
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 3
- 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.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 54 against 41 for the middle of 62 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
- 51 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 67 to 76Growth 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
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- since 1998
- 56since 1998
- 67since 1998
- 52since 2000
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £7.6M | 76 | £1.9M |
| 2022-12-31 | not filed | 67 | £1.7M |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 63 | £1.6M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£3.0M£6.8M
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.