What a buyer sees
STOWFORD LEISURE LTD
Sale of other motor vehicles · Ilfracombe · 12663030
39staff · FY2026
6years trading
63oldest owner on file
£430kcash 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
Staff39
202232 → 392026
Cash at bank£430k
2022£482k → £430k2026
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£384,700in the bottom quarter
£336,913£806,870£1,935,113
Debtor daysdays2below almost all
122174
Creditor daysdays1
1142120
Stock daysdays159in the top quarter
3682242
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
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 159 against 82 for the middle of 38 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 2 against 21 for the middle of 59 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 60since 2020
- 63since 2020
Directors
- 60since 2020
- 63since 2020
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-31 | 2026-09-12 | £15M | 39 | £430k |
| 2024-01-31 | — | £12M | 39 | £250k |
| 2023-01-31 | — | £12M | 36 | £516k |
| 2022-01-31 | — | not filed | 32 | £482k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£6.0M£14M
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.