What a buyer sees
R.I.A.S. SERVICES LIMITED
Architectural activities · SC090513
7staff · FY2025
42years trading
—oldest owner on file
£10kcash at bank
Nobody can see what you turn over
9.5× spread£160k£1.5M
You file abbreviated accounts, as almost every company your size does, so the profit and loss account is not on public record. That band is what your balance sheet implies to anyone who looks: 3 figures against 34 companies in the same trade and size. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
Staff7
20238 → 72025
Cash at bank£10k
2023£10k → £10k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£15,658£46,667£132,687
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
939131
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
81773
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 4
- Your turnover is not on fileYou file abbreviated accounts, as most companies your size do, so a buyer cannot see what the business turns over and has to estimate it. Working only from what you filed, the range lands between £160k and £1.5M. An opening offer is built on the low end of whatever they guess.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Headcount fell from 8 to 7A 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 1
- 42 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 76since 1998
- 49since 2018
- 78since 2021
- 74since 2021
- 62since 2023
- 49since 2026
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2026-07-10 | not filed | 7 | £10k |
| 2023-12-31 | — | not filed | 8 | £10k |