What a buyer sees
COPLEY SCIENTIFIC LIMITED
Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control · Nottingham · 01390012
34staff · FY2023
48years trading
—oldest owner on file
£3.4Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£16Mfor 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.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£471,088above almost all
£69,612£139,091£471,088
Debtor daysdays37in the middle half
2251107
Creditor daysdays10
112356
Stock daysdays66in the middle half
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 2
- 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.
- 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
- 48 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 471,088 against 139,091 for the middle of 41 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 48since 2007
- 52since 2023
- 78
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £16M | 34 | £3.4M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£6.4M£14M
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.