What a buyer sees
ALTON CARS LIMITED
Other manufacturing n.e.c. · Leeds · 01469019
440staff · FY2023
47years trading
—oldest owner on file
£247kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£64Mfor 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
Staff440
2021369 → 4402023
Cash at bank£247k
2021£792k → £247k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£145,820in the middle half
£69,194£153,490£521,487
Debtor daysdays34in the bottom quarter
205490
Creditor daysdays28
113260
Stock daysdays16in the bottom quarter
1344109
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.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- 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
- 47 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 34 against 54 for the middle of 409 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 16 against 44 for the middle of 414 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 59since 2018
- 44since 2022
- 38since 2022
- 44since 2024
- 53since 2025
- 47since 2026
- 51since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £64M | 440 | £247k |
| 2022-12-31 | £52M | 440 | £297k |
| 2021-12-31 | £44M | 369 | £792k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£26M£58M
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.