What a buyer sees
SILVACO EUROPE LTD
Business and domestic software development · St Ives · 03207883
31staff · FY2023
30years trading
77oldest owner on file
£366kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£4.8Mfor 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
Staff31
202128 → 312023
Cash at bank£366k
2021£420k → £366k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£154,690in the middle half
£39,439£129,316£520,956
Debtor daysdays42in the middle half
1953147
Creditor daysdays1
920145
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
71975
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 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- 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
- 30 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 28 to 31Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
- 77since 2016
Directors
- 42since 2025
- 52since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £4.8M | 31 | £366k |
| 2022-12-31 | not filed | 28 | £253k |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 28 | £420k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
1–3× sales£4.8M£14M
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.