What a buyer sees
AMPTHILL INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Hotels and similar accommodation · Harrow · 07614965
73staff · FY2023
15years trading
57oldest owner on file
£119kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£4.0Mfor 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
Staff73
202167 → 732023
Cash at bank£119k
2021£741k → £119k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£54,880in the middle half
£34,449£52,234£92,550
Debtor daysdays34in the top quarter
71234
Creditor daysdays61
92050
Stock daysdays4in the bottom quarter
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 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 34 against 12 for the middle of 136 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 2
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 4 against 6 for the middle of 123 comparable companies.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 55since 2026
- 57since 2026
Directors
- 78since 2011
- 57since 2014
- 55since 2014
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £4.0M | 73 | £119k |
| 2021-12-31 | £2.7M | 67 | £741k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£1.6M£3.6M
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.