What a buyer sees
FOLESHILL PLATING CO. LIMITED
Treatment and coating of metals · Coventry · 01656795
120staff · FY2023
44years trading
—oldest owner on file
£3.2Mcash 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
Staff120
202197 → 1202023
Cash at bank£3.2M
2021£2.3M → £3.2M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£101,442in the bottom quarter
£88,871£162,513£362,127
Debtor daysdays67in the middle half
265687
Creditor daysdays24
143363
Stock daysdays5below almost all
1245115
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 36 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- 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
- 44 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 103 to 120Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 5 against 45 for the middle of 2,028 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 67since 2025
- 68since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-31 | £12M | 120 | £3.2M |
| 2022-08-31 | not filed | 103 | £3.0M |
| 2021-08-31 | not filed | 97 | £2.3M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£4.9M£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.