What a buyer sees
ACKLAM'S COACHES LIMITED
Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar) · Beverley · 06291076
171staff · FY2023
19years trading
—oldest owner on file
£530kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£12Mfor 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
Staff171
2021119 → 1712023
Cash at bank£530k
2021£408k → £530k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£72,770below almost all
£79,910£143,513£387,774
Debtor daysdays49in the middle half
235378
Creditor daysdays19
122648
Stock daysdays1below 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 2
- The newest accounts on file are 35 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
- Headcount grew from 119 to 171Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 0 against 10 for the middle of 80 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 48since 2007
- 45since 2023
- since 2023
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-30 | £12M | 171 | £530k |
| 2021-09-30 | not filed | 119 | £408k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£5.0M£11M
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.