What a buyer sees
KELSTON SPARKES (GROUP) LIMITED
Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment · Bristol · 08385193
126staff · FY2025
13years trading
—oldest owner on file
£7.6Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£19Mfor 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
Staff126
2021131 → 1262025
Cash at bank£7.6M
2021£4k → £7.6M2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£149,539in the middle half
£115,778£166,099£408,981
Debtor daysdays61in the middle half
346698
Creditor daysdays15
132973
Stock daysdays6in the bottom quarter
62077
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 1
- 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 20 for the middle of 194 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- since 2013
- 73since 2013
- 67since 2013
- 32since 2020
- 45since 2020
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2026-09-02 | £19M | 126 | £7.6M |
| 2023-12-31 | — | £18M | 0 | £2.2M |
| 2022-12-31 | — | £17M | 126 | £6k |
| 2021-12-31 | — | £19M | 131 | £4k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£7.5M£17M
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.