What a buyer sees
WILDERNESS RESERVE SUFFOLK LIMITED
Hotels and similar accommodation · Halesworth · 12327488
136staff · FY2023
7years trading
71oldest owner on file
£3.4Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£11Mfor 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
Staff136
20210 → 1362023
Cash at bank£3.4M
2022£3.1M → £3.4M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£78,791in the top quarter
£34,449£52,234£92,550
Debtor daysdays7below almost all
71234
Creditor daysdays98
92050
Stock daysdays46above 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 3
- The newest accounts on file are 39 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 46 against 6 for the middle of 123 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 78,791 against 52,234 for the middle of 299 comparable companies.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 6 against 12 for the middle of 136 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 71since 2019
Directors
- 50since 2019
- 73since 2019
- 71since 2019
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-31 | £11M | 136 | £3.4M |
| 2022-05-31 | not filed | 135 | £3.1M |
| 2021-05-31 | not filed | 0 | — |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£4.3M£9.6M
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.