What a buyer sees
CALON LODGE (UK) LTD
Hotels and similar accommodation · Pontyclun · 13179994
113staff · FY2024
5years trading
40oldest owner on file
£242kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£5.3Mfor 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
Staff113
2023128 → 1132024
Cash at bank£242k
2022£0k → £242k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£46,514in the middle half
£34,449£52,234£92,550
Debtor daysdays0below almost all
71234
Creditor daysdays16
92050
Stock daysdays45above almost all
4632
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 4
- 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.
- Headcount fell from 128 to 113A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 44 against 6 for the middle of 123 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 1
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 0 against 12 for the middle of 136 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 40since 2021
Directors
- 77since 2021
- 62since 2021
- 40since 2021
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £5.3M | 113 | £242k |
| 2023-03-31 | £3.2M | 128 | £359k |
| 2022-02-28 | not filed | — | £0k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£2.1M£4.7M
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.