What a buyer sees
TRACTEL (UK) LIMITED
Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment · Sheffield · 00533669
42staff · FY2021
72years trading
—oldest owner on file
£488kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£6.1Mfor the year to 2021
Unusual at this size, and it works in your favour: a buyer is reading your number rather than guessing at one.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£145,126in the middle half
£92,111£158,144£384,364
Debtor daysdays61in the middle half
335796
Creditor daysdays13
143588
Stock daysdays56in the middle half
1850100
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
- The newest accounts on file are 56 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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 1
- 72 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 55since 2009
- 57since 2025
- since 2025
- 56since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-31 | £6.1M | 42 | £488k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£2.4M£5.5M
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.