What a buyer sees
REDGATE LODGE LIMITED
Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles · Whitley Bay · 08274506
49staff · FY2025
14years trading
57oldest owner on file
£773kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£26Mfor the year to 2025
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
Staff49
20218 → 492025
Cash at bank£773k
2021£315k → £773k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£528,098in the middle half
£91,534£651,449£2,137,086
Debtor daysdays2below almost all
72180
Creditor daysdays4
92152
Stock daysdays57in 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
- 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 2
- Headcount grew from 18 to 49Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 21 for the middle of 55 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 54since 2016
- 57since 2016
Directors
- 57since 2012
- 54since 2012
- 56since 2025
- 30since 2025
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 2026-06-27 | £26M | 49 | £773k |
| 2023-10-31 | — | not filed | 18 | £266k |
| 2022-10-31 | — | not filed | 14 | £235k |
| 2021-10-31 | — | not filed | 8 | £315k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£10M£23M
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.