What a buyer sees
STARBANK PANEL PRODUCTS LIMITED
Manufacture of veneer sheets and wood-based panels · Newton Le Willows · 03219930
76staff · FY2025
30years trading
—oldest owner on file
£1.5Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£11Mfor 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
Staff76
202377 → 762025
Cash at bank£1.5M
2023£1.7M → £1.5M2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£143,259in the middle half
£88,871£162,513£362,127
Debtor daysdays65in the middle half
265687
Creditor daysdays37
143363
Stock daysdays17in the bottom quarter
1245115
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 2
- 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 3
- 30 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 17 against 45 for the middle of 2,028 comparable companies.
- 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
- 85since 1996
- 53since 2000
- 57since 2000
- 56since 2005
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 2026-07-23 | £11M | 76 | £1.5M |
| 2023-11-30 | — | £10M | 77 | £1.7M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£4.4M£9.8M
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.