What a buyer sees
SOUTH COAST INSULATION SERVICES LIMITED
Other construction installation · Leeds · 07210512
78staff · FY2024
16years trading
—oldest owner on file
£963kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£36Mfor the year to 2024
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
Staff78
202287 → 782024
Cash at bank£963k
2022£7.0M → £963k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£462,136in the top quarter
£123,898£231,728£516,284
Debtor daysdays15below almost all
164396
Creditor daysdays33
193351
Stock daysdays87in the top quarter
52189
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 4
- The newest accounts on file are 29 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Headcount fell from 87 to 78A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 87 against 20 for the middle of 85 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 462,136 against 231,728 for the middle of 57 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 15 against 43 for the middle of 53 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- since 2010
- 37since 2018
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £36M | 78 | £963k |
| 2023-03-31 | £22M | 87 | £2.5M |
| 2022-03-31 | £34M | 87 | £7.0M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£14M£25M
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.