What a buyer sees
SPELLER METCALFE LIMITED
Activities of head offices · Malvern · 06740881
262staff · FY2026
18years trading
—oldest owner on file
£25Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£159Mfor the year to 2026
Unusual at this size, and it works in your favour: a buyer is reading your number rather than guessing at one.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£606,646above almost all
£31,909£92,188£176,046
Debtor daysdays43in the middle half
1857111
Creditor daysdays30
91949
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
731142
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 1
- 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 606,646 against 92,188 for the middle of 75 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- since 2008
- 70since 2008
- 57since 2021
- 66since 2021
- 42since 2022
- 44since 2024
- 61since 2026
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 2026-07-11 | £159M | 262 | £25M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.8–2× sales£127M£318M
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.