What a buyer sees
OIL & GAS SYSTEMS LIMITED
Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control · Ely · 02167775
43staff · FY2023
39years trading
54oldest owner on file
£1.3Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£4.9Mfor 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
Staff43
202152 → 432023
Cash at bank£1.3M
2021£359k → £1.3M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£114,000in the bottom quarter
£69,612£139,091£471,088
Debtor daysdays171above almost all
2251107
Creditor daysdays58
112356
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
1766186
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 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 171 against 51 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 1
- 39 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
What the register says
Owners
- 40since 2025
- 54since 2025
Directors
- 68since 1996
- since 2007
- 40since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £4.9M | 43 | £1.3M |
| 2022-12-31 | £6.7M | 44 | £2.4M |
| 2021-12-31 | £15M | 52 | £359k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£2.0M£4.4M
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.