What a buyer sees
ACE SUPPLY COMPANY LIMITED(THE)
Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles · Sale · 02075094
58staff · FY2023
40years trading
—oldest owner on file
£401kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£14Mfor 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
202153 → 582023
Cash at bank£401k
2021£577k → £401k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£239,714in the middle half
£97,296£178,176£397,508
Debtor daysdays60in the middle half
265687
Creditor daysdays17
173358
Stock daysdays102in the top quarter
1845136
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
- 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.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 102 against 45 for the middle of 35 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 3
- 40 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 52 to 58Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- 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
- 50since 2012
- 48since 2012
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £14M | 58 | £401k |
| 2022-12-31 | £17M | 52 | £227k |
| 2021-12-31 | £17M | 53 | £577k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£5.6M£13M
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.