What a buyer sees
OBAN REGENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Hotels and similar accommodation · Ipswich · 12457582
13staff · FY2024
6years trading
—oldest owner on file
£139kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£31kfor 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
Staff13
20224 → 132024
Cash at bank£139k
2022£38k → £139k2024
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£2,362below almost all
£29,898£61,265£204,705
Debtor daysdays7in the bottom quarter
71368
Creditor daysdays812
1023117
Stock daysdays89above almost all
4634
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 29 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- Stock days run high for your tradeYours is 89 against 6 for the middle of 184 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
- Headcount grew from 4 to 13Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 7 against 13 for the middle of 45 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 30since 2020
- 34since 2021
- 61since 2022
- 58since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £31k | 13 | £139k |
| 2023-03-31 | £1k | 4 | £28k |
| 2022-03-31 | £579k | 4 | £38k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£10k£30k
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.