What a buyer sees
HAMLET AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles · Neston · 07071608
6staff · FY2023
17years trading
58oldest owner on file
£434kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£3.4Mfor 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
Staff6
20216 → 62023
Cash at bank£434k
2021£605k → £434k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£571,067in the top quarter
£20,851£143,100£1,531,640
Debtor daysdays5below almost all
72180
Creditor daysdays6
71393
Stock daysdays96in the middle half
2165265
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 33 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- One director on the registerA buyer's first question about a company run by one person is what happens to it if that person stops. It is usually the first thing priced.
- 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 571,067 against 143,100 for the middle of 75 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 5 against 21 for the middle of 55 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 58since 2016
Directors
- 58since 2009
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-30 | £3.4M | 6 | £434k |
| 2022-11-30 | not filed | 6 | £365k |
| 2021-11-30 | not filed | 6 | £605k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£1.4M£3.1M
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.