What a buyer sees
SPARTAN MF LIMITED
Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Rochdale · 09436089
249staff · FY2024
11years trading
—oldest owner on file
£410kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£24Mfor 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
Staff249
2023239 → 2492024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£97,394in the middle half
£27,673£136,871£442,483
Debtor daysdays46in the middle half
124381
Creditor daysdays22
173673
Stock daysdays190above almost all
1343106
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 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.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 190 against 43 for the middle of 57 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 0
Nothing stands out yet from the filings alone.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 53since 2021
- 65since 2022
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £24M | 249 | £410k |
| 2023-03-31 | £20M | 239 | — |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£9.7M£22M
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.