What a buyer sees
STOWEN OIL & GAS LTD
Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction · Great Yarmouth · 09245515
11staff · FY2023
12years trading
—oldest owner on file
£485kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£5.1Mfor the year to 2023
Unusual at this size, and it works in your favour: a buyer is reading your number rather than guessing at one.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£466,782in the top quarter
£106,674£319,065£519,851
Debtor daysdays60in the middle half
3063122
Creditor daysdays18
113162
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
618122
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
- The newest accounts on file are 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 466,782 against 319,065 for the middle of 36 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 50since 2014
- 37since 2023
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £5.1M | 11 | £485k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£2.0M£4.6M
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.