What a buyer sees
THE TRAFFIC GROUP LIMITED
Activities of head offices · Cheltenham · 03931065
129staff · FY2023
26years trading
85oldest owner on file
£12Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£31Mfor 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£241,122in the top quarter
£57,344£130,826£323,155
Debtor daysdays69in the middle half
2061109
Creditor daysdays28
82162
Stock daysdays120above almost all
730102
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 40 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 120 against 30 for the middle of 138 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 2
- 26 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 241,122 against 130,826 for the middle of 535 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 59since 2024
- 60since 2024
- 77since 2026
- 57since 2026
- 85since 2024
Directors
- since 2006
- 77since 2013
- 85since 2013
- 57since 2025
- 53since 2025
- 60since 2025
- 53since 2025
- 57since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-30 | £31M | 129 | £12M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.8–2× sales£25M£62M
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.