What a buyer sees
WESSEX TRUCK AND TRAILER SUPPLIES LIMITED
Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Shepton Mallet · 06546701
25staff · FY2024
18years trading
60oldest owner on file
£127kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£4.3Mfor the year to 2024
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
Staff25
202220 → 252024
Cash at bank£127k
2022£242k → £127k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£170,420in the bottom quarter
£125,264£344,043£883,711
Debtor daysdays58in the middle half
205188
Creditor daysdays50
133873
Stock daysdays23below almost all
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 30 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 3
- Headcount grew from 21 to 25Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 23 against 74 for the middle of 97 comparable companies.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 58since 2016
- 60since 2016
Directors
- 58since 2008
- 60since 2015
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £4.3M | 25 | £127k |
| 2023-03-31 | not filed | 21 | £72k |
| 2022-03-31 | not filed | 20 | £242k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£1.7M£3.8M
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.