Business

You're not registered for VAT, so the whole sticker price is yours until turnover crosses the threshold.

Assumptions

Selling price£69

What the customer pays, tax included

£20

Product + freight + duty

12%
First production run135

A one-off batch — about 3.0 months of cover at today's demand

One-off setup cost£900

Brand, samples, photography, kit

£520

Rent, tools, subscriptions

Cash you start with£10,100

Reinvesting

1.50

Reorder target. Too low and you sell out; too high and cash sits in boxes.

Apparel brand · United Kingdom

You survive all 12 months but you're still £9,486 down — the model works, the scale doesn't yet.

Demand outruns your stock at month 1 45 wanted, 45 sellable. After that the line falls by your ads and fixed costs. Turn on “Reinvest sales into stock” in Assumptions to buy the next batch out of sales.

£614

Cash at month 12

£614

£9,315

88 customers

£36

2.9:1

32/mo

survives

0 units

You ran out of stock and turned away 590 orders worth £40,744 over 12 months. Raise your stock cover, order earlier, or accept that the cash curve above is flattered by sales you never actually made.

Tax registration

Most businesses under £90,000 of annual turnover don't need to register — the full sticker price is yours before costs.

Stock spend vs. what it made

£3,105
Revenue£9,315
Profit−£9,486

Every £1 put into stock — opening order and every reorder, including profit ploughed straight back in — has returned 3.0× in revenue and -3.1× in profit.

Scenario

Saved plans are a Premium feature — once accounts are live you can reopen, compare and close months against any plan you saved.

Next

The graded scorecard, stress tests and AI review live on the Verdict page. Market sizing for United Kingdom sits under Market.