What a buyer sees
ENERGY COMPARE LIMITED
Activities of call centres · Altrincham · 08445039
731staff · FY2023
13years trading
—oldest owner on file
£3.7Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£26Mfor 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.
What your filings show moving
Staff731
2021441 → 7312023
Cash at bank£3.7M
2021£648k → £3.7M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£35,877in the middle half
£16,354£35,295£151,371
Debtor daysdays9below almost all
195382
Creditor daysdays3
81852
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
4933
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 35 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- 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
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 9 against 53 for the middle of 207 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 67since 2013
- 61since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-30 | £26M | 731 | £3.7M |
| 2022-09-30 | £22M | 680 | £1.1M |
| 2021-09-30 | not filed | 441 | £648k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£10M£24M
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.