What a buyer sees
W. STEVENSON & SONS LIMITED
Marine fishing · Penzance · 03569268
63staff · FY2025
28years trading
—oldest owner on file
£328kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£9.1Mfor 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
Staff63
202150 → 632025
Cash at bank£328k
2021£87k → £328k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£144,940in the middle half
£67,121£151,072£330,129
Debtor daysdays13below almost all
133559
Creditor daysdays73
132962
Stock daysdays8below almost all
942145
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
- 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 4
- 28 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 50 to 63Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 13 against 35 for the middle of 113 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 8 against 42 for the middle of 113 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 45since 2019
- 51since 2021
- 65since 2025
- 46since 2025
- 60since 2026
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 2026-08-29 | £9.1M | 63 | £328k |
| 2021-11-30 | — | £8.1M | 50 | £87k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£3.6M£8.2M
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.