What a buyer sees
COLUMBUS MANAGEMENT GROUP LTD
Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities · Stockport · 14171168
1staff · FY2023
4years trading
59oldest owner on file
—cash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£265kfor 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£265,300in the top quarter
£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
- The newest accounts on file are 38 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 265,300 against 105,468 for the middle of 65 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 59since 2022
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-30 | £265k | 1 | — |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.6–1.5× sales£160k£400k
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.