What a buyer sees
R S PLANT HIRE LIMITED
Other specialised construction activities n.e.c. · Devon · 05350439
2staff · FY2026
21years trading
83oldest owner on file
£17kcash at bank
Nobody can see what you turn over
10.2× spread£68k£694k
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 113 companies in the same trade and size. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
Staff2
20223 → 22026
Cash at bank£17k
2022£16k → £17k2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£14,600£57,538£486,310
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
1236117
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
72065
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
618143
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 £68k and £694k. An opening offer is built on the low end of whatever they guess.
- The register shows an owner past retirement age and little elseWithout directors on file, a buyer cannot tell who actually runs the business day to day.
- Headcount fell from 3 to 2A 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
- 21 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
What the register says
Owners
- 83since 2016
- 76since 2016
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-28 | 2026-07-22 | not filed | 2 | £17k |
| 2024-02-29 | — | not filed | 3 | £31k |
| 2023-02-28 | — | not filed | 3 | £23k |
| 2022-02-28 | — | not filed | 3 | £16k |