What a buyer sees
OAKLEY COACHBUILDERS LIMITED
Manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles (except caravans) · Woodford Green · 09073116
97staff · FY2024
12years trading
93oldest owner on file
£1.2Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£22Mfor 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
Staff97
202285 → 972024
Cash at bank£1.2M
2022£2.4M → £1.2M2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£230,252in the middle half
£88,871£162,513£362,127
Debtor daysdays14below almost all
265687
Creditor daysdays30
143363
Stock daysdays64in the middle half
1245115
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 29 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- 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 85 to 97Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 14 against 56 for the middle of 2,030 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 93since 2016
Directors
- 65since 2014
- 63since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £22M | 97 | £1.2M |
| 2023-03-31 | £22M | 85 | £1.5M |
| 2022-03-31 | £20M | 85 | £2.4M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£8.9M£20M
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.