What a buyer sees
FIRMDALE HOTELS PLC
Hotels and similar accommodation · London · 01588612
177staff · FY2026
45years trading
—oldest owner on file
£2.1Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£15Mfor 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
Staff177
2023204 → 1772026
Cash at bank£2.1M
2023£25M → £2.1M2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£83,124in the top quarter
£34,449£52,234£92,550
Debtor daysdays1below almost all
71234
Creditor daysdays96
92050
Stock daysdays78above 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
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Headcount fell from 230 to 177A 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 78 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 3
- 45 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 83,124 against 52,234 for the middle of 299 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1 against 12 for the middle of 136 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 65since 1996
- since 2004
- 72since 2010
- 76since 2014
- 57since 2020
- 39since 2022
- 36since 2022
- 80
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-31 | 2026-08-01 | £15M | 177 | £2.1M |
| 2024-01-31 | — | £20M | 230 | £4.8M |
| 2023-01-31 | — | £19M | 204 | £25M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£5.9M£13M
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.