What a buyer sees
FRIMPEKS LIMITED
Manufacture of other articles of paper and paperboard n.e.c. · Market Harborough · 09390816
74staff · FY2023
11years trading
—oldest owner on file
£385kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£22Mfor 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
Staff74
202163 → 742023
Cash at bank£385k
2021£369k → £385k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£294,899in the top quarter
£88,871£162,513£362,127
Debtor daysdays58in the middle half
265687
Creditor daysdays45
143363
Stock daysdays63in the middle half
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
- 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.
- 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 1
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 294,899 against 162,513 for the middle of 2,152 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 49since 2016
- 50since 2018
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £22M | 74 | £385k |
| 2022-12-31 | £29M | 76 | £429k |
| 2021-12-31 | £19M | 63 | £369k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£8.7M£20M
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.