What a buyer sees
DOVER STREET MARKET INTERNATIONAL (DSMI) LIMITED
Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores · London · 07877671
145staff · FY2023
15years trading
84oldest owner on file
£1.4Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£36Mfor 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
Staff145
2021121 → 1452023
Cash at bank£1.4M
2021£40k → £1.4M2023
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£248,234in the middle half
£69,332£168,369£415,182
Debtor daysdays7below almost all
819116
Creditor daysdays85
1029107
Stock daysdays153above almost all
2250139
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 40 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 153 against 50 for the middle of 30 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 131 to 145Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Debtor days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 7 against 19 for the middle of 40 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
- 84since 2016
Directors
- 53since 2011
- 73since 2011
- 42since 2021
| Year to | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-31 | £36M | 145 | £1.4M |
| 2022-05-31 | £32M | 131 | £1.4M |
| 2021-05-31 | £30M | 121 | £40k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.25–0.5× sales£9.0M£18M
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.