What a buyer sees
CRAIG'S MOTORCYCLES LIMITED
Sale, maintenance and repair of motorcycles and related parts and accessories · Dewsbury · 06574893
22staff · FY2025
18years trading
64oldest owner on file
£4.5Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£11Mfor 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.
What your filings show moving
Staff22
202123 → 222025
Cash at bank£4.5M
2021£3.3M → £4.5M2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£507,900in the middle half
£87,459£464,006£1,513,474
Debtor daysdays2below almost all
154790
Creditor daysdays32
102974
Stock daysdays105in the top quarter
1150141
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.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 105 against 50 for the middle of 1,657 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
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 47 for the middle of 1,452 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 64since 2017
Directors
- 64since 2008
- 38since 2018
- 33since 2018
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 2026-06-30 | £11M | 22 | £4.5M |
| 2023-09-30 | — | £14M | 23 | £3.1M |
| 2022-09-30 | — | £14M | 22 | £2.9M |
| 2021-09-30 | — | £13M | 23 | £3.3M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£4.5M£10M
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.