What a buyer sees
RIDLEY MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED
Other building completion and finishing · Weybridge · 07569345
92staff · FY2022
15years trading
63oldest owner on file
£207kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£12Mfor the year to 2022
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
Staff92
202178 → 922022
Cash at bank£207k
2021£560k → £207k2022
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£130,641in the bottom quarter
£118,630£231,385£685,088
Debtor daysdays151above almost all
113991
Creditor daysdays26
163663
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
522265
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 5
- The newest accounts on file are 53 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.
- 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.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 150 against 39 for the middle of 149 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
- Headcount grew from 78 to 92Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
- 63since 2016
Directors
- 63since 2011
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-31 | £12M | 92 | £207k |
| 2021-03-31 | £11M | 78 | £560k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.7× sales£4.8M£8.4M
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.