What a buyer sees
GCU (UK) LIMITED
Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Derry · NI620995
116staff · FY2023
13years trading
—oldest owner on file
£4.6Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£64Mfor 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
Staff116
202155 → 1162023
Cash at bank£4.6M
2021£5.3M → £4.6M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£554,626in the top quarter
£37,358£250,019£950,229
Debtor daysdays29in the middle half
183586
Creditor daysdays15
163564
Stock daysdays11in the middle half
51785
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 34 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- One director on the registerA buyer's first question about a company run by one person is what happens to it if that person stops. It is usually the first thing priced.
- 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 86 to 116Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 554,626 against 250,019 for the middle of 40 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 56since 2013
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-31 | £64M | 116 | £4.6M |
| 2022-10-31 | £58M | 86 | £6.9M |
| 2021-10-31 | not filed | 55 | £5.3M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£26M£58M
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.