What a buyer sees
JGC TRADING LIMITED
Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles · Orpington · 08201055
66staff · FY2023
14years trading
36oldest owner on file
£185kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£55Mfor 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.
What your filings show moving
Staff66
202178 → 662023
Cash at bank£185k
2021£486k → £185k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£838,247in the middle half
£39,863£390,230£1,676,333
Debtor daysdays0below almost all
72180
Creditor daysdays11
81982
Stock daysdays77in the middle half
2260189
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 32 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.
- Headcount fell from 76 to 66A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- 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 0 against 21 for the middle of 55 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 36since 2016
Directors
- 36since 2012
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £55M | 66 | £185k |
| 2022-12-31 | £52M | 76 | £270k |
| 2021-12-31 | £51M | 78 | £486k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£22M£50M
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.