What a buyer sees
STERLING COMPUTERS CORPORATION (UK) LTD
Other information technology service activities · Staines-Upon-Thames · 13862089
9staff · FY2025
4years trading
61oldest owner on file
£8.7Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£6.8Mfor the year to 2025
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
Staff9
20234 → 92025
Cash at bank£8.7M
2023£2.8M → £8.7M2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£751,400above almost all
£14,220£78,467£526,038
Debtor daysdays27in the middle half
1145153
Creditor daysdays29
928172
Stock daysdays28in the top quarter
516110
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
- 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.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 28 against 16 for the middle of 34 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- 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 4 to 9Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 751,400 against 78,467 for the middle of 127 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 61since 2022
Directors
- 60since 2022
- 61since 2022
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2026-07-31 | £6.8M | 9 | £8.7M |
| 2023-12-31 | — | £3.1M | 4 | £2.8M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
1–3× sales£6.8M£20M
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.