What a buyer sees
KIVETON PARK STEEL AEROSPACE MATERIALS LIMITED
Cold drawing of bars · Kiveton Park · 09996838
56staff · FY2025
10years trading
—oldest owner on file
£1.5Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£18Mfor 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
Staff56
202249 → 562025
Cash at bank£1.5M
2022£108k → £1.5M2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£321,036in the top quarter
£88,871£162,513£362,127
Debtor daysdays97above almost all
265687
Creditor daysdays22
143363
Stock daysdays32in the middle half
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 5
- The last accounts went in 12 months after year endThe allowance is nine. A buyer reads a late filing as a question about the finance function rather than about the trading.
- 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.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 97 against 56 for the middle of 2,030 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 1
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 321,036 against 162,513 for the middle of 2,152 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 64since 2016
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 2026-07-01 | £18M | 56 | £1.5M |
| 2023-06-30 | — | not filed | 55 | £876k |
| 2022-06-30 | — | not filed | 49 | £108k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£7.2M£16M
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.