What a buyer sees
KERFOOT METALS LIMITED
Recovery of sorted materials · St. Helens · 07493171
9staff · FY2026
15years trading
44oldest owner on file
£753kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£6.2Mfor the year to 2026
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
Staff9
202212 → 92026
Cash at bank£753k
2022£1.2M → £753k2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£693,178in the top quarter
£103,767£334,257£1,115,355
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
154161
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
102751
Stock daysdays6below almost all
61791
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
- 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.
- Headcount fell from 11 to 9A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- 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
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 6 against 17 for the middle of 43 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 44since 2016
Directors
- 44since 2011
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 2026-08-06 | £6.2M | 9 | £753k |
| 2024-03-31 | — | not filed | 11 | £612k |
| 2023-03-31 | — | £15M | 12 | £553k |
| 2022-03-31 | — | £14M | 12 | £1.2M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£2.5M£5.6M
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.