What a buyer sees
METAL (K) TRADING LTD
Wholesale of textiles · Brentford · 09827929
3staff · FY2025
11years trading
73oldest owner on file
£6.2Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£131Mfor the year to 2025
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
Staff3
20212 → 32025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£43,559,733above almost all
£104,681£344,882£1,047,246
Debtor daysdays38in the middle half
2850110
Creditor daysdays53
153287
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
2381213
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 register shows an owner past retirement age and little elseWithout directors on file, a buyer cannot tell who actually runs the business day to day.
- 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 1
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 43,559,733 against 344,882 for the middle of 37 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 73since 2016
- 43since 2024
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 2026-07-31 | £131M | 3 | £6.2M |
| 2023-10-30 | — | not filed | 0 | — |
| 2022-10-31 | — | not filed | 0 | — |
| 2021-10-31 | — | not filed | 2 | — |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£46M£72M
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.