What a buyer sees
SINCLAIR GARAGES (CARDIFF) LIMITED
Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles · Bridgend · 06731125
115staff · FY2025
18years trading
—oldest owner on file
£626kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£94Mfor the year to 2025
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
Staff115
2021121 → 1152025
Cash at bank£626k
2021£2.2M → £626k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£821,286in the top quarter
£285,975£529,574£997,448
Debtor daysdays4below almost all
71122
Creditor daysdays28
133263
Stock daysdays54in the middle half
274874
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 1
- 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 3
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 821,286 against 529,574 for the middle of 120 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 4 against 11 for the middle of 63 comparable companies.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 87since 2008
- 56since 2009
- 54since 2011
- since 2016
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2026-07-24 | £94M | 115 | £626k |
| 2023-12-31 | — | £102M | 107 | £549k |
| 2022-12-31 | — | £95M | 111 | £488k |
| 2021-12-31 | — | £93M | 121 | £2.2M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£38M£85M
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.