What a buyer sees
THOMAS COOK TOURISM (UK) COMPANY LIMITED
Activities of other holding companies n.e.c. · London · 12211539
90staff · FY2023
7years trading
56oldest owner on file
£12Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£11Mfor 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
Staff90
202164 → 902023
Cash at bank£12M
2021£9.4M → £12M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£120,797in the middle half
£58,281£126,361£389,887
Debtor daysdays341above almost all
1142221
Creditor daysdays471
835271
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
637132
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 5
- 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.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Headcount fell from 112 to 90A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 341 against 42 for the middle of 72 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 0
Nothing stands out yet from the filings alone.
What the register says
Owners
- 56since 2024
Directors
- 51since 2024
- 42since 2024
- 48since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £11M | 90 | £12M |
| 2022-12-31 | £13M | 112 | £12M |
| 2021-12-31 | £3.7M | 64 | £9.4M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
1.5–4× sales£16M£43M
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.