What a buyer sees
SAM TURNER AND SONS LIMITED
Wholesale of agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies · North Yorkshire · 00402201
176staff · FY2025
81years trading
56oldest owner on file
£178kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£37Mfor 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
Staff176
2021155 → 1762025
Cash at bank£178k
2021£1.2M → £178k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£207,718below almost all
£249,366£499,300£1,125,928
Debtor daysdays12below almost all
153453
Creditor daysdays28
1644109
Stock daysdays65in the bottom quarter
5399183
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 last accounts went in 10 months after year endThe allowance is nine. A buyer reads a late filing as a question about the finance function rather than about the trading.
- 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
- 81 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 12 against 34 for the middle of 51 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 64 against 99 for the middle of 49 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 52since 2017
- 56since 2025
Directors
- 56since 2000
- 52since 2003
- 49since 2025
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 2026-08-01 | £37M | 176 | £178k |
| 2023-09-30 | — | £37M | 177 | £273k |
| 2022-09-30 | — | £35M | 172 | £193k |
| 2021-09-30 | — | £29M | 155 | £1.2M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.35–0.55× sales£13M£20M
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.