What a buyer sees
CONSOLIDATED STEEL PRODUCTS LTD.
Casting of steel · West Midlands · 03480979
16staff · FY2026
29years trading
48oldest owner on file
£281kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£13Mfor the year to 2026
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
Staff16
202218 → 162026
Cash at bank£281k
2022£181k → £281k2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£793,538in the top quarter
£75,818£268,200£906,093
Debtor daysdays474above almost all
225592
Creditor daysdays0
113064
Stock daysdays19in the bottom quarter
1049126
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
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 474 against 55 for the middle of 905 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 3
- 29 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 793,538 against 268,200 for the middle of 1,029 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 19 against 48 for the middle of 890 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 43since 2016
- 48since 2024
Directors
- 74since 1998
- 71since 2009
- 43since 2017
- 48since 2020
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 2026-07-01 | £13M | 16 | £281k |
| 2024-03-31 | — | not filed | 15 | £175k |
| 2023-03-31 | — | not filed | 19 | £137k |
| 2022-03-31 | — | not filed | 18 | £181k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£5.1M£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.