What a buyer sees
PARKSIDE STEEL (STOCKHOLDERS) LIMITED
Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. · London · 01325509
32staff · FY2024
49years trading
—oldest owner on file
£749kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£12Mfor the year to 2024
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
Staff32
202232 → 322024
Cash at bank£749k
2022£1.4M → £749k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£370,391in the middle half
£80,443£190,781£597,990
Debtor daysdays75in the middle half
366288
Creditor daysdays64
133671
Stock daysdays74in the middle half
1038101
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 29 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 2
- 49 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- 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
- 35since 2016
- 59since 2016
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £12M | 32 | £749k |
| 2023-03-31 | £12M | 32 | £2.1M |
| 2022-03-31 | not filed | 32 | £1.4M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£4.7M£11M
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.