What a buyer sees
ENVIRON CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED
Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c. · Northampton · 09131501
7staff · FY2024
12years trading
38oldest owner on file
£715kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£10Mfor 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
Staff7
20222 → 72024
Cash at bank£715k
2022£275k → £715k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£1,459,214in the top quarter
£18,480£140,450£1,909,224
Debtor daysdays61in the top quarter
934138
Creditor daysdays20
832147
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
61569
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 4
- 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.
- 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.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 61 against 34 for the middle of 41 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 3 to 7Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1,459,214 against 140,450 for the middle of 33 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 38since 2022
Directors
- 38since 2022
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £10M | 7 | £715k |
| 2023-03-31 | not filed | 3 | £334k |
| 2022-06-30 | £80k | 2 | £275k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£4.1M£9.2M
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.