What a buyer sees
SK PETROLEUM LIMITED
Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores · Isleworth · 06839420
149staff · FY2023
17years trading
59oldest owner on file
£1.3Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£19Mfor 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
Staff149
2021136 → 1492023
Cash at bank£1.3M
2021£992k → £1.3M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£127,545in the bottom quarter
£93,012£394,088£1,366,320
Debtor daysdays0below almost all
123977
Creditor daysdays16
122037
Stock daysdays12in the top quarter
5818
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.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 12 against 8 for the middle of 34 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- 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
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 0 against 39 for the middle of 1,162 comparable companies.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 59since 2017
Directors
- since 2009
- 59since 2009
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £19M | 149 | £1.3M |
| 2021-12-31 | £17M | 136 | £992k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£4.8M£9.5M
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.