Durham Mount Oswald Limited
Registered name: DURHAM MOUNT OSWALD LIMITED
Part of University of Durham groupDurham Mount Oswald Limited made £0 revenue and £4.3k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Durham Mount Oswald Limited’s revenue fell 100% to £0 in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £4.3k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in Durham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Durham, North East
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £212k | £3.1k | £0 |
| Cost of sales | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Gross profit | £0 | £212k | £3.1k | £0 |
| Operating profit | £0 | £212k | £3.1k | £4.3k |
| Profit before tax | £0 | £212k | £3.1k | £4.3k |
| Profit after tax | £0 | £212k | £3.1k | £4.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | £212k | £3.1k | £4.3k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 100% | 99% | — |
| Gross margin | — | 100% | 100% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼98.5% | ▼100% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼98.5% | ▲37.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £289k | £652k | £767k | £883k |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £2m | £2m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5k | £1.5k | £1.5k | £1.5k |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £2m | £2m | £2m |
| Debtors | £147k | £152k | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £1k | £1k | £1k | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲15%
- Now £883k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £1.5k
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
- University of Durhamultimate parent75–100%
- Durham Mount Oswald Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Durham University Enterprise LtdRev. £0 · Profit £164k
- Eqweighty Training LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Smartbiofilm LimitedFigures 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 31 Jul 2025 (profit £4.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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