What a buyer sees
LOWTHER HOLIDAY PARK LIMITED
Recreational vehicle parks, trailer parks and camping grounds · Penrith · 01031342
12staff · FY2024
55years trading
—oldest owner on file
£2.7Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£4.5Mfor 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.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£375,758above almost all
£15,796£41,033£190,903
Debtor daysdaysnot on your filings
71882
Creditor daysdaysnot on your filings
92190
Stock daysdays80above almost all
5939
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 4
- The newest accounts on file are 31 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.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 80 against 9 for the middle of 179 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
- 55 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 375,758 against 41,033 for the middle of 449 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 64since 2018
- 72since 2018
- 62since 2018
- 60since 2018
- 61since 2025
- since 2026
- 47since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-31 | £4.5M | 12 | £2.7M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£1.8M£4.1M
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.