What a buyer sees
ACCURATE CUTTING SERVICES LIMITED
Other engineering activities · Redditch · 00948502
18staff · FY2026
57years trading
64oldest owner on file
£714kcash at bank
Nobody can see what you turn over
11.1× spread£746k£8.3M
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: 2 figures against 40 companies in the same trade and size. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
Staff18
202334 → 182026
Cash at bank£714k
2023£768k → £714k2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£81,769£150,730£471,809
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
1566140
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
102550
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
63197
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 £746k and £8.3M. An opening offer is built on the low end of whatever they guess.
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- Headcount fell from 25 to 18A 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
- 57 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
- 64since 2016
- 62since 2022
- 61since 2022
Directors
- 64since 1994
- 61since 2005
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 2026-07-17 | not filed | 18 | £714k |
| 2024-03-31 | — | not filed | 25 | £889k |
| 2023-03-31 | — | not filed | 34 | £768k |