What a buyer sees
COTSWOLD TOOL AND PRESS LIMITED
Forging, pressing, stamping and roll-forming of metal; powder metallurgy · Witney · 01181327
18staff · FY2023
52years trading
—oldest owner on file
£13kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£1.5Mfor 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
Staff18
202119 → 182023
Cash at bank£13k
2021£103k → £13k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£84,761in the bottom quarter
£75,818£268,200£906,093
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
225592
Creditor daysdays41
113064
Stock daysdays40in the middle half
1049126
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 34 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 1
- 52 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 53since 2026
- 59since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-31 | £1.5M | 18 | £13k |
| 2022-10-31 | not filed | 19 | £39k |
| 2021-10-31 | not filed | 19 | £103k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£610k£1.4M
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.