What a buyer sees
FERDINAND BILSTEIN UK LIMITED
Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Chesterfield · 02231185
331staff · FY2023
38years trading
55oldest owner on file
£12Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£116Mfor 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.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£351,260in the middle half
£98,776£201,915£694,742
Debtor daysdays70in the middle half
205188
Creditor daysdays13
133873
Stock daysdays111in the middle half
2474166
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
- 38 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 55since 2022
- 47since 2022
- 55since 2022
Directors
- 55since 2011
- 47since 2011
- 48since 2012
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £116M | 331 | £12M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£47M£105M
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.