What a buyer sees
AFFORDABLE CARS (YORKSHIRE) LIMITED
Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles · York · 08716545
29staff · FY2025
13years trading
63oldest owner on file
£33kcash at bank
Nobody can see what you turn over
6.3× spread£14M£87M
You file abbreviated accounts, as almost every company your size does, so the profit and loss account is not on public record. That band is what your balance sheet implies to anyone who looks: 3 figures against 36 companies in the same trade and size. An opening offer is built on the bottom of it.
What your filings show moving
Staff29
202120 → 292025
Cash at bank£33k
2021£1k → £33k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employeenot on your filings
£91,534£651,449£2,137,086
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
72180
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
92152
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
2460148
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 3
- Your turnover is not on fileYou file abbreviated accounts, as most companies your size do, so a buyer cannot see what the business turns over and has to estimate it. Working only from what you filed, the range lands between £14M and £87M. An opening offer is built on the low end of whatever they guess.
- The last accounts went in 12 months after year endThe allowance is nine. A buyer reads a late filing as a question about the finance function rather than about the trading.
- 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
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 63since 2019
- 63since 2019
Directors
- 63since 2013
- 40since 2013
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 2026-07-01 | not filed | 29 | £33k |
| 2023-05-31 | — | not filed | 30 | £2k |
| 2022-05-31 | — | not filed | 27 | £2k |
| 2021-05-31 | — | not filed | 20 | £1k |