What a buyer sees
VANAWAYS UK LIMITED
Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles · Bristol · 09467651
58staff · FY2023
11years trading
—oldest owner on file
£904kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£109Mfor 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
Staff58
202116 → 582023
Cash at bank£904k
2021£1.1M → £904k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£1,886,086above almost all
£39,863£390,230£1,676,333
Debtor daysdays18in the middle half
72180
Creditor daysdays7
81982
Stock daysdays39in the middle half
2260189
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 23 to 58Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1,886,086 against 390,230 for the middle of 162 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 50since 2015
- 42since 2021
- 53since 2022
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £109M | 58 | £904k |
| 2022-12-31 | not filed | 23 | £394k |
| 2021-12-31 | not filed | 16 | £1.1M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£44M£98M
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.