What a buyer sees
STAN PALMER LIMITED
Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles · Carlisle · 03932268
52staff · FY2023
26years trading
82oldest owner on file
£70kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£27Mfor 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
Staff52
202147 → 522023
Cash at bank£70k
2021£311k → £70k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£527,673in the middle half
£285,975£529,574£997,448
Debtor daysdays6below almost all
71122
Creditor daysdays20
133263
Stock daysdays52in 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 2
- The newest accounts on file are 32 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 3
- 26 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 47 to 52Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 6 against 11 for the middle of 63 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 82since 2016
Directors
- 73since 2000
- 82since 2000
- 43since 2020
- 48since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £27M | 52 | £70k |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 47 | £311k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£11M£25M
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.