What a buyer sees
GRANT PALMER LIMITED
Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar) · Flitwick · 07183222
77staff · FY2023
16years trading
—oldest owner on file
£2.1Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£6.3Mfor 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
Staff77
202170 → 772023
Cash at bank£2.1M
2021£3.1M → £2.1M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£81,949in the bottom quarter
£79,910£143,513£387,774
Debtor daysdays15below almost all
235378
Creditor daysdays35
122648
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
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 36 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
- Headcount grew from 66 to 77Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 15 against 53 for the middle of 459 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
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 55since 2010
- 57since 2015
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-31 | £6.3M | 77 | £2.1M |
| 2022-08-31 | not filed | 66 | £3.0M |
| 2021-08-31 | not filed | 70 | £3.1M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£2.5M£5.7M
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.