Dune Group Limited
Registered name: DUNE GROUP LIMITED
Part of Dune Topco Limited groupDune Group Limited made £97.1m revenue and a £8.6m loss in the year to 1 Feb 2025.
Dune Group Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £97.1m in the year to 1 Feb 2025, with a loss of £8.6m and 923 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of footwear in specialised stores” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Jan 2023 | 27 Jan 2024 | 1 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £92.9m | £95m | £97.1m |
| Cost of sales | £36.4m | £38.4m | £40.8m |
| Gross profit | £56.5m | £56.6m | £56.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | −£6.6m | −£8.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | −£7.7m | −£9.8m |
| Profit after tax | £70.4k | −£5.5m | −£8.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £70.4k | −£5.5m | −£8.6m |
| Employees (average) | 886 | 944 | 923 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.1% | −5.8% | −8.8% |
| Gross margin | 60.9% | 59.6% | 58% |
| Revenue per employee | £105k | £101k | £105k |
| Profit per employee | £79 | −£5.8k | −£9.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.2% | ▲2.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼7888% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.6% | ▼2.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £690k | £32.9k | £11.7k |
| Net assets | £14.7m | £9.2m | £837k |
| Fixed assets | £8.7m | £9.3m | £8.8m |
| Current assets | £41.5m | £45m | £51.3m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | £4.6m | £3.5m | £3.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 58%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £105k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£9.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- 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
- ▼91%
- Now £837k
- Cash at bank
- ▼64%
- Now £11.7k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 923
- Deferred income
- ▼12%
- Now £3.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £8.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dune Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Dune Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Dune International LimitedRev. £31.7m · Profit £2.2m
- DL Nominee LimitedRev. — · Profit −£5.2k
- Dune Brand LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dune Holdings LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 1 Feb 2025 (profit −£8.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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