What a buyer sees
THE FUEL GROUP LIMITED
Management consultancy activities other than financial management · Leamington Spa · 04677878
14staff · FY2026
23years trading
—oldest owner on file
£35kcash at bank
Nobody can see what you turn over
8.2× spread£2.7M£22M
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 82 companies in the same trade and size. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
Staff14
202228 → 142026
Cash at bank£35k
2022£93k → £35k2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£37,742£169,393£792,873
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
1550108
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
81877
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
525155
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
- 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 £2.7M and £22M. An opening offer is built on the low end of whatever they guess.
- Headcount fell from 18 to 14A 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
- 23 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- since 2003
- 53since 2003
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 2026-07-22 | not filed | 14 | £35k |
| 2024-03-31 | — | not filed | 18 | £450k |
| 2023-03-31 | — | not filed | 25 | £345k |
| 2022-03-31 | — | not filed | 28 | £93k |