What a buyer sees
AMERICAN PAN UK LTD
Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. · Manchester · 02826812
41staff · FY2025
33years trading
—oldest owner on file
£2.1Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£15Mfor 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
Staff41
202137 → 412025
Cash at bank£2.1M
2021£1.4M → £2.1M2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£373,534in the top quarter
£80,443£190,781£597,990
Debtor daysdays81in the top quarter
366288
Creditor daysdays19
133671
Stock daysdays15in the bottom quarter
1038101
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 3
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 81 against 62 for the middle of 43 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
- 33 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 373,534 against 190,781 for the middle of 48 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 15 against 38 for the middle of 46 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 67since 2017
- 52since 2017
- 45since 2017
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2026-07-30 | £15M | 41 | £2.1M |
| 2023-12-31 | — | £13M | 41 | £2.2M |
| 2021-12-31 | — | £9.3M | 37 | £1.4M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£6.1M£14M
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.