What a buyer sees
WILTON(ST.JAMES'S)LIMITED
Licensed restaurants · London · 00369593
59staff · FY2023
85years trading
—oldest owner on file
£1.8Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£4.7Mfor 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
Staff59
202149 → 592023
Cash at bank£1.8M
2021£487k → £1.8M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£79,312in the top quarter
£33,428£64,574£86,748
Debtor daysdays6below almost all
61079
Creditor daysdays21
112244
Stock daysdays21above almost all
5817
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 41 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 20 against 8 for the middle of 49 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 4
- 85 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 46 to 59Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 79,312 against 64,574 for the middle of 67 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 6 against 10 for the middle of 64 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 77since 1992
- 58since 2003
- 50since 2004
- since 2012
- 55since 2020
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-31 | £4.7M | 59 | £1.8M |
| 2022-03-31 | £3.4M | 46 | £989k |
| 2021-03-31 | £647k | 49 | £487k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£1.9M£4.2M
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.