What a buyer sees
NEOPERL U.K. LIMITED
Manufacture of other plastic products · Malvern · 02535431
155staff · FY2023
36years trading
—oldest owner on file
£1.1Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£14Mfor the year to 2023
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
Staff155
2021178 → 1552023
Cash at bank£1.1M
2021£2.2M → £1.1M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£93,395in the bottom quarter
£92,437£147,669£271,488
Debtor daysdays39in the bottom quarter
325682
Creditor daysdays17
143154
Stock daysdays38in the middle half
163978
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 32 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 2
- 36 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 39 against 56 for the middle of 104 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 63since 1994
- 57since 1999
- 42since 2023
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £14M | 155 | £1.1M |
| 2022-12-31 | £15M | 163 | £554k |
| 2021-12-31 | £17M | 178 | £2.2M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£5.8M£13M
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.