What a buyer sees
STEPHENSON HOTEL LIMITED
Development of building projects · Leeds · 08179783
153staff · FY2022
14years trading
80oldest owner on file
£1.6Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£11Mfor the year to 2022
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£71,122in the bottom quarter
£53,762£294,953£781,785
Debtor daysdays11below almost all
114078
Creditor daysdays17
163467
Stock daysdays2below almost all
723293
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
- The newest accounts on file are 44 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 10 against 40 for the middle of 82 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 23 for the middle of 52 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
- 80since 2016
Directors
- 76since 2012
- 80since 2012
- 49since 2012
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-31 | £11M | 153 | £1.6M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.2–0.45× sales£2.2M£4.9M
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.