What a buyer sees
AUTOMOTIVE PARTS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Avon · 02614439
120staff · FY2024
35years trading
—oldest owner on file
£89kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£17Mfor 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
Staff120
202287 → 1202024
Cash at bank£89k
2022£30k → £89k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£137,978in the middle half
£103,811£183,100£384,330
Debtor daysdays42in the middle half
195186
Creditor daysdays55
183763
Stock daysdays77in the middle half
4175148
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 29 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
- 35 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 92 to 120Growth 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
- 83since 1991
- 52since 2004
- 55since 2004
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-30 | £17M | 120 | £89k |
| 2023-04-30 | £13M | 92 | £58k |
| 2022-04-30 | £11M | 87 | £30k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£6.6M£15M
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.