What a buyer sees
LAINSTON HOUSE LIMITED
Hotels and similar accommodation · Bagshot · 01711117
84staff · FY2024
43years trading
—oldest owner on file
£238kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£5.4Mfor 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
Staff84
202380 → 842024
Cash at bank£238k
2023£816k → £238k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£64,637in the middle half
£34,449£52,234£92,550
Debtor daysdays3below almost all
71234
Creditor daysdays7
92050
Stock daysdays2below 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 2
- The newest accounts on file are 29 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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
- 43 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 3 against 12 for the middle of 136 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 6 for the middle of 123 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 60since 2004
- 29since 2022
- 58since 2025
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £5.4M | 84 | £238k |
| 2023-04-02 | £5.9M | 80 | £816k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£2.2M£4.9M
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.