Dunnes Stores (Bangor)
Registered name: DUNNES STORES (BANGOR)
Dunnes Stores (Bangor) made £204m revenue and £16.7m profit in the year to 27 Dec 2025.
Dunnes Stores (Bangor)’s revenue grew 7% to £204m in the year to 27 Dec 2025, with £16.7m profit and 1,263 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating” and is based in Belfast; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 57 yrs · since 1969
- Type
- Private Unlimited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Dec 2023 | 27 Dec 2024 | 28 Dec 2024 | 27 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £185m | £191m | £191m | £204m |
| Cost of sales | −£142m | −£145m | −£145m | −£154m |
| Gross profit | £43m | £45.9m | £45.9m | £50.3m |
| Operating profit | £12.4m | £18.2m | £18.2m | £19.3m |
| Profit before tax | £12.7m | £20.3m | £20.3m | £22.7m |
| Profit after tax | £9.8m | £14.1m | £14.1m | £16.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £9.8m | £14.1m | £14.1m | £16.7m |
| Employees (average) | 1,191 | 1,268 | 1,268 | 1,263 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.3% | 7.4% | 7.4% | 8.2% |
| Gross margin | 23.3% | 24.1% | 24.1% | 24.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £155k | £151k | £151k | £162k |
| Profit per employee | £8.2k | £11.1k | £11.1k | £13.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.3% | — | ▲6.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲44.3% | — | ▲17.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.5% | — | ▼0.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £162k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.2k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼0%
- Now 1,263
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Cinders Northern IrelandFigures not disclosed
- Dunnes Stores (UK)Figures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 27 Dec 2025 (profit £16.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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