What a buyer sees
MASS SPECTROMETRY INSTRUMENTS LIMITED
Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c. · Dewsbury · 05576203
10staff · FY2025
21years trading
69oldest owner on file
£488kcash at bank
Nobody can see what you turn over
9.8× spread£925k£9.0M
You file abbreviated accounts, as almost every company your size does, so the profit and loss account is not on public record. That band is what your balance sheet implies to anyone who looks: 2 figures against 95 companies in the same trade. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
Staff10
202110 → 102025
Cash at bank£488k
2021£671k → £488k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£86,387£161,407£453,678
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
2255106
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
132560
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
2472158
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 5
- Your turnover is not on fileYou file abbreviated accounts, as most companies your size do, so a buyer cannot see what the business turns over and has to estimate it. Working only from what you filed, the range lands between £925k and £9.0M. An opening offer is built on the low end of whatever they guess.
- One director on the registerA buyer's first question about a company run by one person is what happens to it if that person stops. It is usually the first thing priced.
- 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 2
- 21 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 9 to 10Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
- 69since 2016
Directors
- 69since 2005
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 2026-08-27 | not filed | 10 | £488k |
| 2023-11-30 | — | not filed | 9 | £118k |
| 2022-11-30 | — | not filed | 8 | £326k |
| 2021-11-30 | — | not filed | 10 | £671k |