What a buyer sees
S JAMES PRESTIGE LTD
Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles · Stamford · 08921181
29staff · FY2024
12years trading
—oldest owner on file
£256kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£43Mfor 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
Staff29
202231 → 292024
Cash at bank£256k
2022£1.1M → £256k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£1,498,472in the top quarter
£91,534£651,449£2,137,086
Debtor daysdays2below almost all
72180
Creditor daysdays2
92152
Stock daysdays41in the middle half
2460148
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 29 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 3
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1,498,472 against 651,449 for the middle of 56 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 21 for the middle of 55 comparable companies.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 41since 2014
- 44since 2015
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £43M | 29 | £256k |
| 2023-03-31 | not filed | 0 | £105k |
| 2022-03-31 | not filed | 31 | £1.1M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£17M£39M
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.