What a buyer sees
DAPRA YORK LIMITED
Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles · Thornaby On Tees · 06552692
24staff · FY2026
18years trading
—oldest owner on file
£571kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£20Mfor the year to 2026
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
Staff24
202223 → 242026
Cash at bank£571k
2022£1.3M → £571k2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£844,567in the middle half
£341,925£599,935£1,306,824
Debtor daysdays8in the bottom quarter
71038
Creditor daysdays18
112559
Stock daysdays34in the bottom quarter
245093
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 1
- 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 24Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 8 against 10 for the middle of 35 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 34 against 50 for the middle of 81 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- since 2008
- 31since 2026
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-31 | 2026-09-01 | £20M | 24 | £571k |
| 2023-01-31 | — | not filed | 21 | £1.3M |
| 2022-01-31 | — | not filed | 23 | £1.3M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£8.1M£18M
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.