What a buyer sees
HEATHERDALE HOLIDAYS (CLARACH BAY) LIMITED
Holiday centres and villages · Ceredigion · 01779036
35staff · FY2024
43years trading
—oldest owner on file
£376kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£4.8Mfor 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
Staff35
202231 → 352024
Cash at bank£376k
2022£2.2M → £376k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£137,066in the top quarter
£15,796£41,033£190,903
Debtor daysdays86above almost all
71882
Creditor daysdays27
92190
Stock daysdays169above 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.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 86 against 18 for the middle of 127 comparable companies. That gap is working capital a buyer has to fund on day one, and it comes off the price.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 169 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
- 43 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 137,066 against 41,033 for the middle of 449 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 43since 2021
- 44since 2021
- 39since 2021
- 72
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-31 | £4.8M | 35 | £376k |
| 2023-01-31 | £4.7M | 35 | £656k |
| 2022-01-31 | £3.6M | 31 | £2.2M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£1.9M£4.3M
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.