What a buyer sees
POLARSEAL TAPES AND CONVERSIONS LIMITED
Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Farnham · 10164939
94staff · FY2023
10years trading
—oldest owner on file
£523kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£12Mfor 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
Staff94
202281 → 942023
Cash at bank£523k
2022£498k → £523k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£128,653in the middle half
£43,609£140,313£461,328
Debtor daysdays105above almost all
335399
Creditor daysdays37
1231116
Stock daysdays76in the middle half
2676206
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 4
- 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.
- 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 105 against 53 for the middle of 40 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 1
- Headcount grew from 81 to 94Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 58since 2026
- 67since 2026
- 52since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £12M | 94 | £523k |
| 2022-12-31 | £11M | 81 | £498k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£4.8M£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.