What a buyer sees
NOWELL FORECOURTS LIMITED
Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores · Leeds · 09319880
76staff · FY2024
12years trading
—oldest owner on file
£4.5Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£33Mfor 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.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£438,876in the middle half
£93,012£394,088£1,366,320
Debtor daysdays3below almost all
123977
Creditor daysdays20
122037
Stock daysdays9in the middle half
5818
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 31 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 3 against 39 for the middle of 1,162 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 75since 2014
- 48since 2022
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-30 | £33M | 76 | £4.5M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£8.3M£17M
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.