What a buyer sees
BAR & TAM LIMITED
Freight transport by road · Coventry · 08892642
6staff · FY2024
12years trading
45oldest owner on file
£72kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£680kfor 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
Staff6
20211 → 62024
Cash at bank£72k
2021£125k → £72k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£113,333in the top quarter
£9,997£22,800£208,610
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
93696
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
1027123
Stock daysdays64above almost all
41036
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 30 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.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 64 against 10 for the middle of 64 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 2
- Headcount grew from 1 to 6Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 113,333 against 22,800 for the middle of 240 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 45since 2025
- 33since 2025
Directors
- 45since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-28 | £680k | 6 | £72k |
| 2023-02-28 | not filed | 1 | £22k |
| 2022-02-28 | not filed | 2 | £46k |
| 2021-02-28 | not filed | 1 | £125k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£270k£610k
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.