Callum's Grabs — Financial Models

Both models use the same price, volume and running costs, so you can weigh them honestly. Adjust the shared inputs — everything recalculates live.

Shared assumptions

These drive both models. Yellow-field defaults match the spreadsheets.

What each side carries

Own model = Callum buys & runs it. Profit share = Nostrop owns it, Callum drives.

Own company — annual

Callum's pre-tax earnings—

≈ earnings per working day—

Revenue—

Profit pool—

Read thisThe Own figure is gross profit before Callum pays himself a wage — it bundles his labour in and he carries ALL capital, licence, insurance & compliance risk. Subtract a day rate to get real take-home.

Profit share (Nostrop) — annual

Callum's pre-tax earnings—

≈ earnings per working day—

Revenue—

Profit pool—

Nostrop's net return—

The honest noteOwning looks ~60% bigger only because it includes Callum's own pay and all his risk. Judge on take-home, not the headline. At low volume the profit-share route has a floor — there's no monthly bill to eat the earnings.

Which is better, by volume?

Callum's annual pre-tax earnings, own vs profit-share, across loads/day (price held at your shared price).

Pricing & volume

Variable costs / load

Fixed costs / month

Results — annual

Net profit before tax—

Net margin—

Revenue—

Break-even loads/day—

Realistic break-even—

Start-up to recover—

Volume & running costs

Split & Nostrop's fixed costs

Results — annual profit share

Callum's pre-tax earnings—

≈ per working day—

Profit pool (rev − running)—

Nostrop's net return—

Before signingResolve IR35 status, who's named waste carrier, brand ownership, and whether fuel/disposal are deducted before the split — all in writing.