What a buyer sees
J J SEARLE (BUILDERS) LIMITED
Other building completion and finishing · Swanley Village · 01359045
—staff · FY2026
48years trading
51oldest owner on file
£615kcash at bank
Nobody can see what you turn over
7.9× spread£230k£1.8M
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 140 companies in the same trade. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
Staff1
20221 → 12024
Cash at bank£615k
2022£16k → £615k2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£18,127£134,900£942,583
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
113991
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
93163
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
522265
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 £230k and £1.8M. 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 1
- 48 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
What the register says
Owners
- 51since 2017
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 2026-07-28 | not filed | — | £615k |
| 2024-03-31 | — | not filed | 1 | £35k |
| 2023-03-31 | — | not filed | 1 | £53k |
| 2022-03-31 | — | not filed | 1 | £16k |