What a buyer sees
JOHN FOWLER HOLDINGS LIMITED
Holiday centres and villages · Barnstaple · 10051064
641staff · FY2025
10years trading
64oldest owner on file
£736kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£43Mfor the year to 2025
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£67,652above almost all
£32,588£43,546£65,449
Debtor daysdays5below almost all
72252
Creditor daysdays15
101539
Stock daysdays28above almost all
4625
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 2
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 28 against 6 for the middle of 70 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 67,652 against 43,546 for the middle of 259 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 5 against 22 for the middle of 58 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 64since 2016
Directors
- 64since 2016
- 57since 2017
- 52since 2018
- 34since 2022
- 36since 2022
- 38since 2022
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 2026-08-01 | £43M | 641 | £736k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£17M£39M
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.