What a buyer sees
ASHFORD INTERNATIONAL TRUCK STOP LIMITED
Other transportation support activities · Ashford · 10723778
64staff · FY2024
9years trading
—oldest owner on file
£126kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£9.2Mfor 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.
What your filings show moving
Staff64
202146 → 642024
Cash at bank£126k
2021£89k → £126k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£144,117in the bottom quarter
£102,015£261,599£931,602
Debtor daysdays24below almost all
285085
Creditor daysdays51
153051
Stock daysdays2below almost all
41036
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
- The last accounts went in 18 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.
- The newest accounts on file are 20 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 2
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 24 against 50 for the middle of 46 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 10 for the middle of 80 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 64since 2017
- 38since 2019
- 35since 2019
- 63since 2019
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-31 | 2026-07-09 | £9.2M | 64 | £126k |
| 2022-12-31 | — | not filed | 63 | £41k |
| 2021-12-31 | — | not filed | 46 | £89k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£3.7M£8.3M
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.