What a buyer sees
ENERGYSYS LIMITED
Business and domestic software development · Liphook · 03487903
18staff · FY2023
28years trading
—oldest owner on file
£506kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£2.8Mfor 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
Staff18
202113 → 182023
Cash at bank£506k
2021£754k → £506k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£155,778in the middle half
£39,439£129,316£520,956
Debtor daysdays5below almost all
1953147
Creditor daysdays3
920145
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
71975
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.
- 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 3
- 28 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 15 to 18Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 5 against 53 for the middle of 112 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 42since 2025
- 45since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £2.8M | 18 | £506k |
| 2022-12-31 | £2.0M | 15 | £749k |
| 2021-12-31 | £1.7M | 13 | £754k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
1–3× sales£2.8M£8.4M
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.