What a buyer sees
VINE HOTELS LIMITED
Hotels and similar accommodation · Sheffield · 09606831
106staff · FY2024
11years trading
79oldest owner on file
£270kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£8.8Mfor 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
Staff106
2022104 → 1062024
Cash at bank£270k
2022£104k → £270k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£83,258in the top quarter
£34,449£52,234£92,550
Debtor daysdays57above almost all
71234
Creditor daysdays22
92050
Stock daysdays3below 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 4
- The newest accounts on file are 29 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Headcount fell from 160 to 106A 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 57 against 12 for the middle of 136 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 3
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 83,258 against 52,234 for the middle of 299 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 3 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
- 79since 2020
- 77since 2016
- 59since 2025
Directors
- 59since 2015
- 79since 2015
- 77since 2015
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £8.8M | 106 | £270k |
| 2023-03-31 | £8.1M | 160 | £137k |
| 2022-03-31 | £6.3M | 104 | £104k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£3.5M£7.9M
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.