What a buyer sees
LESJOFORS SPRINGS (UK) LIMITED
Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Huddersfield · 02483860
29staff · FY2023
36years trading
—oldest owner on file
£55kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£20Mfor 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
Staff29
202131 → 292023
Cash at bank£55k
2021£1.7M → £55k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£693,045in the top quarter
£125,264£344,043£883,711
Debtor daysdays79in the top quarter
205188
Creditor daysdays3
133873
Stock daysdays9below almost all
2474166
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.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 79 against 51 for the middle of 92 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 3
- 36 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 693,045 against 344,043 for the middle of 31 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 9 against 74 for the middle of 97 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 59since 1995
- 48since 2025
- 56since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £20M | 29 | £55k |
| 2022-12-31 | £16M | 28 | £444k |
| 2021-12-31 | £18M | 31 | £1.7M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£8.0M£18M
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.