Assessment Report
We have now completed your RSME Business Resilience Assessment. This report provides a comprehensive, evidence-based analysis of your organisation's resilience across 11 business domains, benchmarked against real data from comparable businesses in your sector and region.
This places your business in the — resilience band. This score reflects performance across 11 domains, weighted and adjusted to reflect their relative impact on long-term business survival and growth.
The enclosed report details your performance across each domain, compares it to sector averages drawn from over 26 million European SMEs, and provides prioritised, ROI-quantified recommendations to help you improve your resilience score and reduce business risk.
We encourage you to share this report with your leadership team and use it as a basis for your strategic planning. The Priority Focus Areas section on page 3 outlines the three highest-impact actions you can take in the next 60–90 days.
If you have any questions about this assessment or would like to discuss implementation support, please visit theresilientsme.com or contact our team directly.
We look forward to supporting your resilience journey.
Yours sincerely,
Nigel McGimpsey Author, The Resilient SME: A Practical Leadership Playbook (2026)Resilient SME Assessment Report
Evidence-based resilience analysis with real-world benchmarking data (V5.8.1)
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Assessment Date
Your RSME Index
Where are you on the resilience journey?
Your score is plotted across the five resilience bands based on 358 million global SMEs studied in 2024–2025.
Score marker updates from your assessment
How your RSME Index is calculated Industry-aligned interpretation
Your RSME Index score reflects performance across 11 resilience domains, adjusted to account for domain overlap and relative impact on long-term business resilience.
Executive Summary & Assessment
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90-Day Resilience Sprint
—A focused 90-day sprint turns this assessment into measurable progress. Use the plan below as your working checklist.
Domain Performance Fingerprint
At-a-glance view of all 11 resilience domains — your unique business fingerprint.
🟢 Strong (7–10) 🟡 Developing (5–7) 🔴 Priority (0–5)
Priority Focus Areas
Next 60–90 DaysBased on your domain scores, these three actions will have the highest impact on your resilience position. Address them in order — each builds the foundation for the next.
Resilience Profile (Spider Chart)
Your performance across all 11 domains (0–10 scale) vs sector benchmarks
Performance vs Industry Average
Your domain scores vs your sector average (real data from 2024–2025)
Highest-ROI Actions for Your Score
Auto-selected from ROI library based on 2,800+ SME studies. Indicative ROI ranges — actual outcomes depend on implementation quality and business context.
Your Industry at a Glance
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Sector Overview
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Performance Analysis
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Sector-Specific Risks
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Action Priorities
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Global SME Landscape: Your Position
Based on 358M SMEs globally (2024-2025 data)
Global SMEs
Your Region
Sector Position
Resilience Outlook
Sector-Specific Challenges
How You Compare
Benchmark Distribution
Distribution of resilience scores across 2.8M comparable businesses
Benchmarking Context
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The benchmarks used throughout this report are drawn from the following authoritative sources, covering 2024–2025 data periods:
• OECD SME Performance Review 2024/2025 — domain averages, productivity benchmarks, and resilience correlations across OECD member countries
• European Commission Annual Report on European SMEs 2024/2025 — 26.1M EU enterprises; sector-level performance, survival rates, and employment data
• UK Department for Business and Trade — Business Population Estimates 2024 — 5.5M UK SMEs; size, sector, and regional breakdowns
• OECD Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs Scoreboard 2024 — access to finance, credit conditions, and financial resilience indicators
• UK Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2024 (DSIT) — cyber incident rates and cost data for UK SMEs
• CIPD Good Work Index 2024 — people and leadership benchmarks across UK employers
• Peer-reviewed research aggregation (5,200+ studies, 2023–2025) — domain-level performance thresholds and resilience correlations
Self-reporting limitation: Assessment responses are self-reported by business leaders. While benchmarks are drawn from externally validated research, individual scores reflect the respondent's own assessment at a point in time and may not capture all aspects of business performance. This report is not an audit, assurance process, or substitute for professional advice.
Detailed Domain Breakdown
| Domain | Your Score | Sector Average | Gap | Action Recommendation |
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Sector averages are based on real industry data from 2024-2025 research covering your specific sector. Gap shows your performance delta. Actions are selected from a library with proven ROI.
Domain Performance vs Industry Leaders
Your scores vs sector average vs top quartile performance
Risk Profile Analysis
Translates low domain scores into practical business risks based on real failure pattern analysis
Top Risks (Next 6–12 Months)
Risk Matrix (Impact × Likelihood)
Based on your domain scores + overall resilience band
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Medium
Lower
SMEs in the "Exposed" band have a — 5-year survival outlook (OECD aggregated data, 2020-2025). Addressing critical domains can improve outlook to —.
Strategic Implications
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Key Observations
Key Strengths
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Recommended Next Steps
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💰 Resilience Improvement Opportunity
Moving from your current band to next band could generate £XX,000 in annual financial benefits.
Quantified Financial Benefits
Expected impacts based on moving to higher resilience band:
Return on Investment: Priority Actions
Proven ROI for recommended improvements:
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