What a buyer sees
LLOYDS CARAVAN SALES CO. LIMITED
Sale of other motor vehicles · Abergele · 02666858
19staff · FY2023
35years trading
55oldest owner on file
£2.2Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£10Mfor 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
Staff19
202113 → 192023
Cash at bank£2.2M
2021£2.2M → £2.2M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£544,584in the middle half
£336,913£806,870£1,935,113
Debtor daysdays87above almost all
122174
Creditor daysdays267
1142120
Stock daysdays256above almost all
3682242
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 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 87 against 21 for the middle of 59 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 256 against 82 for the middle of 38 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 2
- 35 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 55since 2016
Directors
- 55since 2006
- 67since 2013
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £10M | 19 | £2.2M |
| 2022-12-31 | £13M | 19 | £3.0M |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 13 | £2.2M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£4.1M£9.3M
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.