What a buyer sees
EMS WASTE SERVICES LIMITED
Collection of non-hazardous waste · Exeter · 06777757
107staff · FY2024
18years trading
—oldest owner on file
£909kcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£24Mfor 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.
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£222,672in the middle half
£104,145£187,862£306,258
Debtor daysdays33below almost all
365176
Creditor daysdays27
183348
Stock daysdaysnot on your filings
51444
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 1
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 32 against 51 for the middle of 43 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 57since 2009
- 33since 2020
- 39since 2020
- 31since 2026
- 28since 2026
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | £24M | 107 | £909k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£9.5M£21M
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.