What a buyer sees
BLACK COUNTRY TRADITIONAL INNS LIMITED
Public houses and bars · Coventry · 07110351
29staff · FY2025
17years trading
—oldest owner on file
£953kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£25Mfor 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.
What your filings show moving
Staff29
202120 → 292025
Cash at bank£953k
2021£669k → £953k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£854,683above almost all
£14,180£33,885£65,758
Debtor daysdays1below almost all
71882
Creditor daysdays11
92146
Stock daysdays11in the middle half
5717
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 3
- One director on the registerA buyer's first question about a company run by one person is what happens to it if that person stops. It is usually the first thing priced.
- 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.
- 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
- Headcount grew from 22 to 29Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 854,683 against 33,885 for the middle of 83 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1 against 18 for the middle of 127 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 64since 2009
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2026-09-10 | £25M | 29 | £953k |
| 2023-12-31 | — | £20M | 22 | £1.2M |
| 2021-12-31 | — | not filed | 20 | £669k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£9.9M£22M
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.