What a buyer sees
STUARTS TRUCK AND BUS LIMITED
Sale of other motor vehicles · Exeter · 08920745
98staff · FY2024
12years trading
—oldest owner on file
£833kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£43Mfor 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.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£443,300in the middle half
£128,118£529,542£1,661,812
Debtor daysdays22in the middle half
122174
Creditor daysdays26
1142120
Stock daysdays231above almost all
2381193
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 29 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 231 against 81 for the middle of 91 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 0
Nothing stands out yet from the filings alone.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 57since 2014
- 33since 2020
- 39since 2020
- 31since 2026
- 28since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £43M | 98 | £833k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£17M£39M
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.