What a buyer sees
LIAM HAND CAR WASH LTD
Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · Portsmouth · 13617205
6staff · FY2023
5years trading
38oldest owner on file
£4kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£83kfor 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.
What your filings show moving
Staff6
20225 → 62023
Cash at bank£4k
2022£2k → £4k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£13,817below almost all
£15,916£61,763£114,818
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
1034104
Creditor daysdays0
92395
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
622120
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 35 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- One director on the registerA buyer's first question about a company run by one person is what happens to it if that person stops. It is usually the first thing priced.
- 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 1
- Headcount grew from 5 to 6Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
What the register says
Owners
- 38since 2021
- 38since 2021
Directors
- 38since 2021
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-30 | £83k | 6 | £4k |
| 2022-09-30 | not filed | 5 | £2k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£30k£70k
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.