What a buyer sees
BOB ALEXANDER LIMITED
Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles · Thornaby · 00789102
22staff · FY2026
62years trading
—oldest owner on file
£631kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£21Mfor the year to 2026
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
Staff22
202221 → 222026
Cash at bank£631k
2022£2.6M → £631k2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£973,291in the top quarter
£341,925£599,935£1,306,824
Debtor daysdays11in the middle half
71038
Creditor daysdays26
112559
Stock daysdays44in the middle half
245093
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 1
- 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
- 62 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 973,291 against 599,935 for the middle of 82 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 61since 2005
- 31since 2026
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-31 | 2026-09-01 | £21M | 22 | £631k |
| 2023-01-31 | — | not filed | 22 | £1.4M |
| 2022-01-31 | — | not filed | 21 | £2.6M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£8.6M£19M
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.