What a buyer sees
FOURWAY PALLET RECYCLING LTD
Other accommodation · Ipswich · 07203165
2staff · FY2024
16years trading
48oldest owner on file
£26kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£865kfor 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
Staff2
20222 → 22024
Cash at bank£26k
2022£373k → £26k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£432,300above almost all
£9,360£51,725£222,059
Debtor daysdays87in the top quarter
1035125
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
731170
Stock daysdays0below almost all
51168
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 29 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Headcount fell from 3 to 2A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 87 against 34 for the middle of 33 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 2
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 432,300 against 51,725 for the middle of 35 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 0 against 11 for the middle of 257 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 48since 2026
- 47since 2016
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £865k | 2 | £26k |
| 2023-03-31 | £940k | 3 | £321k |
| 2022-03-31 | £1.1M | 2 | £373k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£350k£780k
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.