What a buyer sees
ELECTRO-RENTALS LIMITED
Repair of other equipment · Sutton · 00266221
8staff · FY2022
94years trading
71oldest owner on file
£45kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£1.0Mfor 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
Staff8
202110 → 82022
Cash at bank£45k
2021£60k → £45k2022
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£130,488in the middle half
£38,928£121,744£272,757
Debtor daysdays28in the bottom quarter
2347131
Creditor daysdays9
112574
Stock daysdays14in the middle half
636127
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 44 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- The register shows an owner past retirement age and little elseWithout directors on file, a buyer cannot tell who actually runs the business day to day.
- Headcount fell from 10 to 8A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- 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
- 94 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 28 against 47 for the middle of 55 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 71since 2016
- 70since 2016
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-31 | £1.0M | 8 | £45k |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 10 | £60k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£420k£940k
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.