What a buyer sees
DRB UK MAINTENANCE LIMITED
Electrical installation · Edinburgh · SC315812
62staff · FY2023
19years trading
—oldest owner on file
£1.6Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£13Mfor 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
Staff62
202250 → 622023
Cash at bank£1.6M
2022£323k → £1.6M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£210,053in the middle half
£102,858£198,982£467,730
Debtor daysdays81in the top quarter
184694
Creditor daysdays44
214071
Stock daysdays0below almost all
52349
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 40 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 81 against 46 for the middle of 94 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 50 to 62Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 0 against 23 for the middle of 37 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- since 2021
- 57since 2021
- 60since 2021
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-30 | £13M | 62 | £1.6M |
| 2022-04-30 | not filed | 50 | £323k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£5.2M£9.1M
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.