Dover Street Market International (Dsmi) Limited
Registered name: DOVER STREET MARKET INTERNATIONAL (DSMI) LIMITED
Dover Street Market International (Dsmi) Limited made £27.2m revenue and a £5.5m loss in the year to 31 May 2025.
Dover Street Market International (Dsmi) Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £27.2m in the year to 31 May 2025, with a loss of £5.5m and 129 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of clothing in specialised stores” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “Comme des Garçons International S.A.S.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.4m | £36m | £27.7m | £27.2m |
| Cost of sales | £21m | £25.2m | £18.6m | £18.1m |
| Gross profit | £10.4m | £10.8m | £9.1m | £9.1m |
| Operating profit | −£4m | −£7.4m | −£5.8m | −£5.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£3.1m | −£6.1m | £816k | −£5.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.6m | −£6.1m | £816k | −£5.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.6m | −£6.1m | £816k | −£5.5m |
| Staff costs | £6.3m | £7.5m | £7.2m | £7.1m |
| Employees (average) | 131 | 145 | 134 | 129 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −8.3% | −16.9% | 2.9% | −20.1% |
| Gross margin | 33.1% | 30% | 32.9% | 33.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £239k | £248k | £206k | £210k |
| Profit per employee | −£20k | −£41.9k | £6.1k | −£42.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.8% | ▼23.1% | ▼1.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼769.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.7% | ▼7.6% | ▼3.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £1.4m | £251k | £480k |
| Net assets | £8.7m | £2.6m | £3.4m | −£2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £19.1m | £18.5m | £16.3m | £16m |
| Current assets | £23.4m | £19.8m | £17.7m | £16.5m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £706k | £560k | £816k |
| Deferred income | £2.3m | £2.2m | £1.9m | £2.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −20.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £210k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£42.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 58.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼161%
- Now −£2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲91%
- Now £480k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 129
- Deferred income
- ▲37%
- Now £2.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £16m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit −£5.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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