What a buyer sees
GLYNHILL HOTEL LIMITED
Hotels and similar accommodation · SC044852
118staff · FY2023
59years trading
78oldest owner on file
£415kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£5.3Mfor 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
Staff118
202271 → 1182023
Cash at bank£415k
2022£343k → £415k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£44,646in the middle half
£34,449£52,234£92,550
Debtor daysdays18in the top quarter
71234
Creditor daysdays20
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 41 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Everyone on the board is over 60There is no one on the register a buyer can see taking the business on. That is a discount if it stays that way and a negotiating point if it changes.
- Debtor days run high for your tradeYours is 18 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 4
- 59 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 71 to 118Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- 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
- 78since 2016
- 70since 2016
- 71since 2016
Directors
- 70since 1992
- 78since 1994
- 71since 1997
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-04 | £5.3M | 118 | £415k |
| 2022-04-04 | £3.2M | 71 | £343k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£2.1M£4.7M
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.