Dontaur Engineering Limited
Registered name: DONTAUR ENGINEERING LIMITED
Dontaur Engineering Limited made £14.5m revenue and £2.8m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Dontaur Engineering Limited’s revenue grew 41% to £14.5m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £2.8m profit and 65 employees. The company is classified under “machining” and is based in Ballymena; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ballymena, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 49 yrs · since 1977
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8m | £10.3m | £14.5m |
| Cost of sales | £4.4m | £6.3m | £7.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £4.1m | £6.8m |
| Operating profit | £688k | £653k | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.5m | £2.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £1.5m | £2.8m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.6m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 54 | 65 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 18% | 14.3% | 19% |
| Gross margin | 45.4% | 39.4% | 46.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £178k | £191k | £224k |
| Profit per employee | £32k | £27.4k | £42.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲29.1% | ▲40.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▲86.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20% | ▲20.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | £2.4m | £3.9m | £6m |
| Fixed assets | £720k | £730k | £820k |
| Current assets | £4.8m | £6.5m | £9.7m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £3.8m | £4m |
| Source | Reports and Financial Statements · bulk data May 2025 | Reports and Financial Statements · bulk data May 2025 | Reports and Financial Statements · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £224k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £42.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 27.7%
- 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
- ▲54%
- Now £6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 65
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £820k
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Sources
Latest figures from Reports and Financial Statements for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £2.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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