What a buyer sees
COLLISION REPAIR CENTRE LTD
Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · West Bromwich · 13786422
1staff · FY2023
5years trading
42oldest owner on file
—cash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£88kfor 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.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£88,000in the top quarter
£15,916£61,763£114,818
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
1034104
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
92395
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
622120
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
- 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.
- 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 1
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 88,000 against 61,762 for the middle of 188 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 42since 2021
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £88k | 1 | — |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£40k£80k
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.