What a buyer sees
CONSTRUCTION METAL FORMING LIMITED
Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. · Pontypool · 05579683
78staff · FY2026
21years trading
—oldest owner on file
£-1,442kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£21Mfor the year to 2026
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
Staff78
202152 → 782026
Cash at bank£-1,442k
2021£0k → £-1,442k2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£272,365in the top quarter
£86,854£141,664£294,750
Debtor daysdays75in the top quarter
325886
Creditor daysdays55
153455
Stock daysdays110in the top quarter
1350112
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 5
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Headcount fell from 88 to 78A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 75 against 58 for the middle of 131 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 110 against 50 for the middle of 126 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 2
- 21 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 272,365 against 141,664 for the middle of 135 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 57since 2005
- 35since 2025
- 41since 2025
- 42since 2025
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 2026-07-09 | £21M | 78 | £-1,442k |
| 2023-12-31 | — | £31M | 88 | — |
| 2021-12-31 | — | £29M | 52 | £0k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£8.5M£19M
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.