What a buyer sees
THE PAVILIONS CLUB LIMITED
Operation of sports facilities · Solihull · 11134721
10staff · FY2023
8years trading
42oldest owner on file
£5kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£541kfor 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
Staff10
202125 → 102023
Cash at bank£5k
2021£28k → £5k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£54,060in the top quarter
£14,575£35,733£76,673
Debtor daysdays1below almost all
82489
Creditor daysdays19
92583
Stock daysdays24in the top quarter
51129
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 5
- The newest accounts on file are 32 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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.
- Headcount fell from 25 to 10A buyer sees the fall and not the reason. Deliberate tightening and losing people look identical on a filing.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 24 against 11 for the middle of 52 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 54,060 against 35,733 for the middle of 101 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1 against 24 for the middle of 56 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 42since 2022
Directors
- 42since 2022
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-31 | £541k | 10 | £5k |
| 2021-12-31 | £668k | 25 | £28k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£220k£490k
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.