What a buyer sees
SCP GROUP ADVISORY LIMITED
Other service activities n.e.c. · London · 08285871
8staff · FY2023
14years trading
52oldest owner on file
£626kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£3.5Mfor 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
Staff8
202110 → 82023
Cash at bank£626k
2021£99k → £626k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£431,988above almost all
£10,500£42,667£293,310
Debtor daysdays13in the bottom quarter
1141156
Creditor daysdays11
1033152
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
823163
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 4
- 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.
- One director on the registerA buyer's first question about a company run by one person is what happens to it if that person stops. It is usually the first thing priced.
- Headcount fell from 10 to 8A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 431,988 against 42,667 for the middle of 325 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 13 against 40 for the middle of 262 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 52since 2022
Directors
- 52since 2012
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £3.5M | 8 | £626k |
| 2021-12-31 | £3.5M | 10 | £99k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£1.4M£3.1M
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.