Dunelm Geotechnical & Environmental Limited
Registered name: DUNELM GEOTECHNICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED
Part of Dunelm G&e Holdings Ltd groupDunelm Geotechnical & Environmental Limited made £11.2m revenue and £466k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Dunelm Geotechnical & Environmental Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £11.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £466k profit and 73 employees. The company is classified under “test drilling and boring” and is based in Durham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Durham, North East
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.9m | £9.7m | £11.5m | £11.2m |
| Cost of sales | £11.4m | £7.8m | £9.7m | £9m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | £878k | £499k | £218k | £625k |
| Profit before tax | £871k | £490k | £210k | £614k |
| Profit after tax | £811k | £423k | £152k | £466k |
| Profit (best available) | £811k | £423k | £152k | £466k |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £2.7m | £2.3m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 70 | 68 | 73 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.8% | 4.4% | 1.3% | 4.2% |
| Gross margin | 17.8% | 19.6% | 15.7% | 19.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £220k | £139k | £169k | £154k |
| Profit per employee | £12.9k | £6k | £2.2k | £6.4k |
| Cash conversion | 157.6% | 80.4% | 277.2% | 75.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼30.1% | ▲18.3% | ▼2.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼47.8% | ▼64% | ▲205.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▼2.9% | ▲7.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1m | £964k | £847k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £545k | £451k | £386k | £390k |
| Current assets | £5m | £3.9m | £4.1m | £3.7m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £1.5m | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £595k | £513k | £495k | £569k |
| Cash from operations | £1.4m | £401k | £605k | £471k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £154k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 75.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.9%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼12%
- Now £847k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 73
- Deferred income
- ▲15%
- Now £569k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £390k
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
- Dunelm G&e Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Dunelm Geotechnical & Environmental Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £466k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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