What a buyer sees
CRYSTAL AIR CONDITIONING AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED
Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c. · Eastbourne · 07168209
5staff · FY2024
16years trading
69oldest owner on file
£381kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£981kfor 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
Staff5
20223 → 52024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£196,220in the top quarter
£16,659£68,533£504,176
Debtor daysdays14in the bottom quarter
1350225
Creditor daysdays14
931155
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
931365
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.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 196,220 against 68,533 for the middle of 122 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 14 against 50 for the middle of 153 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 42since 2016
- 69since 2016
- 63since 2024
Directors
- 69since 2010
- 42since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £981k | 5 | £381k |
| 2023-03-31 | not filed | 5 | — |
| 2022-03-31 | not filed | 3 | — |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£390k£880k
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.