What a buyer sees
SALEM TUBE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Other manufacturing n.e.c. · Northumberland · 02781763
32staff · FY2023
33years trading
40oldest owner on file
£1.6Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£19Mfor 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
Staff32
202136 → 322023
Cash at bank£1.6M
2021£1.1M → £1.6M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£587,503in the top quarter
£90,438£219,207£692,212
Debtor daysdays66in the middle half
205395
Creditor daysdays65
133060
Stock daysdays50in the middle half
1144103
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 36 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 3
- 33 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 28 to 32Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 587,503 against 219,207 for the middle of 109 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 38since 2024
- 40since 2024
Directors
- 38since 2025
- 40since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-30 | £19M | 32 | £1.6M |
| 2022-09-30 | £15M | 28 | £1.9M |
| 2021-09-30 | £8.9M | 36 | £1.1M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£7.5M£17M
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.