What a buyer sees
TRUCKEAST LIMITED
Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · Milton Keynes · 02771432
414staff · FY2023
34years trading
—oldest owner on file
£5.6Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£159Mfor 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.
What your filings show moving
Staff414
2021360 → 4142023
Cash at bank£5.6M
2021£1.8M → £5.6M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£385,116above almost all
£25,170£78,402£190,443
Debtor daysdays20in the bottom quarter
113579
Creditor daysdays81
112870
Stock daysdays75in the top quarter
52094
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 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 75 against 20 for the middle of 143 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 3
- 34 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 385,116 against 78,402 for the middle of 306 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 20 against 35 for the middle of 160 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 51since 2015
- 57since 2025
- 52since 2025
- 38since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £159M | 414 | £5.6M |
| 2022-12-31 | £145M | 0 | £3.1M |
| 2021-12-31 | £128M | 360 | £1.8M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£64M£143M
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.