What a buyer sees
BARTON MANOR HOTEL & SPA LTD
Hotels and similar accommodation · Skelmersdale · 12215107
83staff · FY2023
7years trading
58oldest owner on file
£90kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£2.5Mfor 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
Staff83
202152 → 832023
Cash at bank£90k
2021£149k → £90k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£29,841below almost all
£34,449£52,234£92,550
Debtor daysdays10in the middle half
71234
Creditor daysdays44
92050
Stock daysdays2below 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 3
- The newest accounts on file are 40 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 2
- Headcount grew from 53 to 83Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 6 for the middle of 123 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 58since 2019
Directors
- 58since 2019
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-28 | £2.5M | 83 | £90k |
| 2022-04-28 | not filed | 53 | £160k |
| 2021-02-28 | not filed | 52 | £149k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£990k£2.2M
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.