What a buyer sees
SOUTHERN ELECTRICAL SERVICES LIMITED
Electrical installation · Gerrards Cross · 03281403
12staff · FY2024
30years trading
62oldest owner on file
£115kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£837kfor the year to 2024
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
Staff12
202212 → 122024
Cash at bank£115k
2022£58k → £115k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£69,758below almost all
£72,755£207,543£632,083
Debtor daysdays32in the middle half
184695
Creditor daysdays18
133173
Stock daysdays3below almost all
62172
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 29 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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.
- 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
- 30 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 3 against 21 for the middle of 123 comparable companies.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 62since 2016
Directors
- 62since 1996
- 63since 2001
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £837k | 12 | £115k |
| 2023-03-31 | £846k | 13 | £94k |
| 2022-03-31 | £739k | 12 | £58k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£330k£590k
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.