What a buyer sees
SCHAEFFLER (UK) LIMITED
Manufacture of bearings, gears, gearing and driving elements · Sheffield · 00556493
240staff · FY2025
71years trading
62oldest owner on file
—cash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£92Mfor 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
Staff240
2023328 → 2402025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£381,771above almost all
£88,871£162,513£362,127
Debtor daysdays37in the bottom quarter
265687
Creditor daysdays7
143363
Stock daysdays20in the bottom quarter
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
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Headcount fell from 328 to 240A 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 4
- 71 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 381,771 against 162,513 for the middle of 2,152 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 37 against 56 for the middle of 2,030 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 20 against 45 for the middle of 2,028 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 62since 2016
- 60since 2016
Directors
- 48since 2016
- 48since 2021
- 34since 2026
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2026-07-09 | £92M | 240 | — |
| 2023-12-31 | — | £128M | 328 | £1.3M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£37M£82M
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.