What a buyer sees
PLATER CHEMICALS LIMITED
Manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicals · Glossop · 03218866
61staff · FY2026
30years trading
—oldest owner on file
£12Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£17Mfor 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
Staff61
202453 → 612026
Cash at bank£12M
2024£6.7M → £12M2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£273,293in the top quarter
£88,871£162,513£362,127
Debtor daysdays49in the middle half
265687
Creditor daysdays33
143363
Stock daysdays51in 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 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 30 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 53 to 61Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 273,293 against 162,513 for the middle of 2,152 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 69since 1997
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 2026-07-08 | £17M | 61 | £12M |
| 2024-03-31 | — | £13M | 53 | £6.7M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£6.7M£15M
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.