What a buyer sees
EDEN AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles · Reading · 06256143
584staff · FY2020
19years trading
—oldest owner on file
£9.5Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£180Mfor the year to 2020
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£308,315in the bottom quarter
£275,560£568,111£1,066,803
Debtor daysdays6below almost all
71130
Creditor daysdays33
113163
Stock daysdays50in the middle half
275089
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 68 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
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 6 against 11 for the middle of 116 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-31 | £180M | 584 | £9.5M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£72M£162M
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.