What a buyer sees
THE NATURAL TRAVEL COLLECTION LIMITED
Travel agency activities · Alresford · 07860375
43staff · FY2023
15years trading
68oldest owner on file
£1.6Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£17Mfor 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
Staff43
202137 → 432023
Cash at bank£1.6M
2021£1.1M → £1.6M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£403,819in the middle half
£95,552£505,098£1,758,566
Debtor daysdays136in the top quarter
839185
Creditor daysdays121
1140256
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
637138
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 36 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 136 against 39 for the middle of 65 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
- Headcount grew from 35 to 43Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
- 68since 2016
- 62since 2016
Directors
- 68since 2011
- 62since 2011
- 52since 2012
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-30 | £17M | 43 | £1.6M |
| 2022-09-30 | £10M | 35 | £1.6M |
| 2021-09-30 | £4.1M | 37 | £1.1M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£7.0M£16M
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.