What a buyer sees
F & S ENERGY LIMITED
Trade of electricity · Chelmsford · 07524841
14staff · FY2024
15years trading
56oldest owner on file
£11Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£64Mfor 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
Staff14
202111 → 142024
Cash at bank£11M
2021£2.9M → £11M2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£4,552,600above almost all
£25,066£196,968£1,815,512
Debtor daysdays32in the middle half
1129169
Creditor daysdays7
724163
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
537167
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 29 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
- Headcount grew from 11 to 14Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 4,552,600 against 196,968 for the middle of 104 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 56since 2016
- 45since 2016
Directors
- 56since 2011
- 59since 2026
- 29since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £64M | 14 | £11M |
| 2023-03-31 | £69M | 11 | £18M |
| 2022-03-31 | £38M | 12 | £6.5M |
| 2021-03-31 | £28M | 11 | £2.9M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£25M£57M
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.