What a buyer sees
EDWARDS RECYCLING LIMITED
Other business support service activities n.e.c. · Loughton · 06662182
51staff · FY2023
18years trading
—oldest owner on file
£908kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£16Mfor 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
Staff51
202251 → 512023
Cash at bank£908k
2022£1.2M → £908k2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£321,016in the top quarter
£45,518£151,784£486,559
Debtor daysdays44in the middle half
1447102
Creditor daysdays39
92769
Stock daysdays1below almost all
62889
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 41 months oldAnyone looking at the company today is reading a year that has already ended. Whatever has improved since is invisible.
- 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
- Sales per employee better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 321,016 against 151,784 for the middle of 348 comparable companies.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 1 against 28 for the middle of 113 comparable companies.
- A board that has been together ten years or moreContinuity a buyer does not have to take on trust.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- since 2008
- 60since 2008
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-31 | £16M | 51 | £908k |
| 2022-03-31 | not filed | 51 | £1.2M |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£6.5M£15M
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.