What a buyer sees
PUNJAB PAPER CONVERTERS LIMITED
Other manufacturing n.e.c. · Darwen · 03949982
51staff · FY2023
26years trading
64oldest owner on file
£173kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£14Mfor 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
Staff51
202154 → 512023
Cash at bank£173k
2021£270k → £173k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£281,047in the top quarter
£87,990£159,029£330,355
Debtor daysdays54in the middle half
215488
Creditor daysdays50
133355
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
1445103
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 35 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 3
- 26 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 281,047 against 159,029 for the middle of 237 comparable companies.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 64since 2017
Directors
- 64since 2000
- 39since 2016
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-30 | £14M | 51 | £173k |
| 2022-08-31 | not filed | 50 | £352k |
| 2021-08-31 | £7.3M | 54 | £270k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£5.7M£13M
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.