What a buyer sees
SAMUEL SOLLEY (HOTELS) LIMITED
Hotels and similar accommodation · Glasgow · SC048634
220staff · FY2024
55years trading
87oldest owner on file
£1.9Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£8.9Mfor the year to 2024
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
Staff220
2021186 → 2202024
Cash at bank£1.9M
2021£1.1M → £1.9M2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£40,466in the bottom quarter
£34,449£52,234£92,550
Debtor daysdays2below almost all
71234
Creditor daysdays11
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 28 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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.
- 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 4
- 55 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 12 for the middle of 136 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 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
- 87since 2016
- 80since 2016
- 62since 2021
Directors
- 62since 1997
- 80
- 87
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-30 | £8.9M | 220 | £1.9M |
| 2023-04-30 | £8.0M | 216 | £1.4M |
| 2022-04-30 | £6.6M | 205 | £1.6M |
| 2021-04-30 | £2.2M | 186 | £1.1M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£3.6M£8.0M
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.