What a buyer sees
CM STEEL BUILDINGS LTD
Other specialised construction activities n.e.c. · Bathgate · SC334367
9staff · FY2025
19years trading
46oldest owner on file
£10Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£20Mfor the year to 2025
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
Staff9
20217 → 92025
Cash at bank£10M
2021£493k → £10M2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£2,253,078above almost all
£14,600£57,538£486,310
Debtor daysdays16in the bottom quarter
1236117
Creditor daysdays48
72065
Stock daysdays1below almost all
618143
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 1
- 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
- Headcount grew from 7 to 9Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2,253,078 against 57,538 for the middle of 126 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 16 against 36 for the middle of 124 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1 against 18 for the middle of 47 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 46since 2018
Directors
- since 2007
- 46since 2007
- 41since 2024
- 49since 2024
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2026-09-08 | £20M | 9 | £10M |
| 2022-12-31 | — | not filed | 7 | £3.3M |
| 2021-12-31 | — | not filed | 7 | £493k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£8.1M£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.