What a buyer sees
WEBBS MOTOR CARAVANS (READING) LIMITED
Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles · Eastleigh · 06854423
23staff · FY2023
17years trading
74oldest owner on file
£450kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£21Mfor 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
Staff23
202121 → 232023
Cash at bank£450k
2021£1.0M → £450k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£903,422in the middle half
£341,925£599,935£1,306,824
Debtor daysdays1below almost all
71038
Creditor daysdays8
112559
Stock daysdays81in the top quarter
245093
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 40 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- The register shows an owner past retirement age and little elseWithout directors on file, a buyer cannot tell who actually runs the business day to day.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 81 against 50 for the middle of 81 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- 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 1 against 10 for the middle of 35 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 72since 2016
- 74since 2016
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-30 | £21M | 23 | £450k |
| 2022-04-30 | £17M | 21 | £245k |
| 2021-04-30 | £11M | 21 | £1.0M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£8.3M£19M
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.