What a buyer sees
M.P.T. AUTO'S LTD
Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · Walsall · 11096461
3staff · FY2023
9years trading
58oldest owner on file
£35kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£287kfor 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
Staff3
20212 → 32023
Cash at bank£35k
2021£36k → £35k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£95,500in the top quarter
£15,916£61,763£114,818
Debtor daysdays32in the middle half
1034104
Creditor daysdays47
92395
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
622120
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 2
- Headcount grew from 2 to 3Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 95,500 against 61,762 for the middle of 188 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 58since 2017
Directors
No current directors loaded.
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £287k | 3 | £35k |
| 2022-12-31 | £210k | 2 | £61k |
| 2021-12-31 | £117k | 2 | £36k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£110k£260k
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.