What a buyer sees
SDM FABRICATION LIMITED
Other specialised construction activities n.e.c. · Norwich · 07585493
94staff · FY2023
15years trading
—oldest owner on file
£980kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£21Mfor 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
Staff94
202168 → 942023
Cash at bank£980k
2021£1.0M → £980k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£222,949in the middle half
£103,011£208,651£541,022
Debtor daysdays48in the middle half
155092
Creditor daysdays50
143162
Stock daysdays6in the bottom quarter
51549
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 36 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.
- 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 2
- Headcount grew from 80 to 94Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 6 against 15 for the middle of 86 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 49since 2011
- 62since 2023
- 47since 2023
- 42since 2024
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-31 | £21M | 94 | £980k |
| 2022-08-31 | £18M | 80 | £1.1M |
| 2021-08-31 | not filed | 68 | £1.0M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£8.4M£15M
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.