What a buyer sees
ALLPORTS GARAGES LIMITED
Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles · Staffordshire · 00628309
121staff · FY2025
67years trading
64oldest owner on file
£7.1Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£56Mfor 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
Staff121
202196 → 1212025
Cash at bank£7.1M
2021£4.3M → £7.1M2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£461,055in the middle half
£285,975£529,574£997,448
Debtor daysdays7below almost all
71122
Creditor daysdays11
133263
Stock daysdays11below almost all
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 2
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- 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 5
- 67 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 105 to 121Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 7 against 11 for the middle of 63 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 11 against 48 for the middle of 120 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
- 61since 2016
- 64since 2024
Directors
- 64since 2003
- since 2006
- 61
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-14 | £56M | 121 | £7.1M |
| 2022-12-31 | — | £46M | 105 | £2.8M |
| 2021-12-31 | — | £41M | 96 | £4.3M |
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.