What a buyer sees
SAPPHIRE VEHICLE SERVICES LIMITED
Sale of other motor vehicles · Swadlincote · 07216859
313staff · FY2025
16years trading
—oldest owner on file
£140kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£36Mfor 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.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£115,655below almost all
£128,118£529,542£1,661,812
Debtor daysdays73in the top quarter
122174
Creditor daysdays19
1142120
Stock daysdays24in the bottom quarter
2381193
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
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 73 against 21 for the middle of 59 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- 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 1
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 24 against 81 for the middle of 91 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 50since 2019
- 43since 2020
- since 2023
- 42since 2024
- 59since 2024
- 59since 2026
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 2026-07-28 | £36M | 313 | £140k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£14M£33M
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.