What a buyer sees
RUDDLESDEN GEOTECHNICAL LTD
Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities · Exeter · 05046906
7staff · FY2026
22years trading
51oldest owner on file
£81kcash at bank
Nobody can see what you turn over
8.0× spread£203k£1.6M
You file abbreviated accounts, as almost every company your size does, so the profit and loss account is not on public record. That band is what your balance sheet implies to anyone who looks: 3 figures against 42 companies in the same trade. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
Staff7
20217 → 72026
Cash at bank£81k
2021£316k → £81k2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£18,395£105,468£330,411
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
1241104
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
112881
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
632182
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 2
- Your turnover is not on fileYou file abbreviated accounts, as most companies your size do, so a buyer cannot see what the business turns over and has to estimate it. Working only from what you filed, the range lands between £203k and £1.6M. An opening offer is built on the low end of whatever they guess.
- 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
- 22 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 51since 2016
- 49since 2016
Directors
- since 2004
- 51since 2004
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | 2026-09-08 | not filed | 7 | £81k |
| 2024-04-30 | — | not filed | 7 | £121k |
| 2023-04-30 | — | not filed | 7 | £237k |
| 2022-04-30 | — | not filed | 7 | £233k |
| 2021-04-30 | — | not filed | 7 | £316k |