What a buyer sees
TETROSYL LIMITED
Manufacture of cleaning and polishing preparations · Rochdale · 00537855
438staff · FY2024
72years trading
—oldest owner on file
£4.0Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£96Mfor 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
Staff438
2023467 → 4382024
Cash at bank£4.0M
2023£298k → £4.0M2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£219,628in the top quarter
£79,504£145,354£269,861
Debtor daysdays85above almost all
234984
Creditor daysdays65
133264
Stock daysdays95in the top quarter
940100
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
- 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.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 85 against 49 for the middle of 206 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 95 against 40 for the middle of 212 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
- 72 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 219,628 against 145,354 for the middle of 196 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 53since 2021
- 65
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £96M | 438 | £4.0M |
| 2023-03-31 | £98M | 467 | £298k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£38M£87M
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.