What a buyer sees
PRENTICE PORTADOWN LIMITED
Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles · Belfast · NI626334
70staff · FY2023
12years trading
—oldest owner on file
£402kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£44Mfor 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
Staff70
202162 → 702023
Cash at bank£402k
2021£107k → £402k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£635,519in the middle half
£285,975£529,574£997,448
Debtor daysdays4below almost all
71122
Creditor daysdays63
133263
Stock daysdays63in 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 2
- Headcount grew from 55 to 70Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 4 against 11 for the middle of 63 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 58since 2016
- 62since 2019
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £44M | 70 | £402k |
| 2022-12-31 | £44M | 55 | £476k |
| 2021-12-31 | £41M | 62 | £107k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£18M£40M
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.