What a buyer sees
S. LESTER PACKING MATERIALS LIMITED
Manufacture of other paper and paperboard containers · Burntwood · 06526504
59staff · FY2024
18years trading
39oldest owner on file
£836kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£15Mfor 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
Staff59
202245 → 592024
Cash at bank£836k
2022£1.7M → £836k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£258,975above almost all
£122,304£165,819£227,047
Debtor daysdays49in the bottom quarter
486398
Creditor daysdays49
224265
Stock daysdays7below almost all
92248
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 29 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 5
- Headcount grew from 46 to 59Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 258,975 against 165,819 for the middle of 30 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 49 against 63 for the middle of 30 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 7 against 22 for the middle of 30 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
- 39since 2020
Directors
- since 2008
- 69since 2008
- 43since 2008
- 39since 2008
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £15M | 59 | £836k |
| 2023-03-31 | £14M | 46 | £1.6M |
| 2022-03-31 | not filed | 45 | £1.7M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£6.1M£14M
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.