What a buyer sees
ELCOCK ASSOCIATES LTD
Other engineering activities · Christchurch · 06252442
Nobody can see what you turn over
4.2× spreadYou 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: 4 figures against 114 companies in the same trade. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youEach 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 £56k and £233k. An opening offer is built on the low end of whatever they guess.
- The last accounts went in 14 months after year endThe allowance is nine. A buyer reads a late filing as a question about the finance function rather than about the trading.
- 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
- Headcount grew from 7 to 8Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- 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
- 47since 2007
- 46since 2011
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-31 | 2026-08-28 | not filed | 8 | £152k |
| 2023-05-31 | — | not filed | 7 | £56k |
| 2022-05-31 | — | not filed | 7 | — |
| 2021-05-31 | — | not filed | 7 | — |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.6–1.5× salesThe 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.