What a buyer sees
ASTRAL MARINE SERVICES LIMITED
Other business support service activities n.e.c. · Ascot · 03522485
13staff · FY2024
28years trading
54oldest owner on file
£333kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£1.3Mfor 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
Staff13
202214 → 132024
Cash at bank£333k
2022£268k → £333k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£96,169in the middle half
£41,286£229,589£1,187,347
Debtor daysdays1below almost all
1451109
Creditor daysdays33
92679
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
744146
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 28 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
- 28 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 0 against 51 for the middle of 254 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 54since 2021
- 51since 2026
Directors
- 54since 2020
- 42since 2026
- 51since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-30 | £1.3M | 13 | £333k |
| 2023-04-30 | £1.2M | 14 | £411k |
| 2022-04-30 | £1.0M | 14 | £268k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£500k£1.1M
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.