What a buyer sees
CAMBRIDGE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CONSULTANTS LIMITED
Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering · Cambs · 01926883
28staff · FY2025
41years trading
70oldest owner on file
£773kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£2.0Mfor the year to 2025
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
Staff28
202129 → 282025
Cash at bank£773k
2021£781k → £773k2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£69,943in the middle half
£16,018£98,546£291,958
Debtor daysdays40in the middle half
2677152
Creditor daysdays1
1231270
Stock daysdays8in the bottom quarter
734122
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
- 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
- 41 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 8 against 34 for the middle of 119 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
- 70since 2016
- 69since 2022
Directors
- 70since 1993
- 69
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2026-09-11 | £2.0M | 28 | £773k |
| 2023-12-31 | — | £1.7M | 28 | £436k |
| 2021-12-31 | — | £1.7M | 29 | £781k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£780k£1.8M
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.