Oaksmere Design

What Oaksmere Design does

Oaksmere Design Limited is a UK-based, employee-owned multi-disciplined engineering services consultancy and contracting business headquartered in Ipswich. The company provides turnkey engineering solutions spanning refrigeration estate management, building services design, principal contracting under CDM regulations 2015, F-Gas compliance auditing and leak checking, asset management database systems, immersive 360-degree virtual tours (via Matterport technology), procurement and supply chain management, and aerial drone surveys for asset inspection and environmental surveying. Core technical capabilities include F-Gas regulatory compliance assessment, CDM-compliant Principal Designer/Principal Contractor project delivery, compilation of maintainable asset registers, and drone-based aerial surveying.

The company serves primarily major UK retailers and select food processing enterprises, with named enterprise clients including John Lewis Partnership, M&S, Waitrose, Sainsbury's, Co-op, WHSmith, Amazon, and Aubrey Allen. Its go-to-market is enterprise field sales with project-based consulting engagements delivered by engineers and project managers located throughout the United Kingdom. The company is structured as a private, employee-owned entity operating under the Oaksmere Group umbrella, with Novus Integration identified as a group subsidiary. No external institutional investors, PE/VC backing, parent company, or M&A history is disclosed in the source materials.

Revenue is generated through professional services billed on a project-by-project, quote-based engagement model; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company relies on direct enterprise relationships and customer referrals as its primary demand generation channels, supplemented by a modest LinkedIn presence. Geographic scope is domestic UK with selective overseas coverage. Headcount is approximately 38 individuals based on the LinkedIn-sourced team roster, spanning engineering, design, project management, health and safety, finance, and operations functions. No disclosed revenue, funding rounds, awards, patents, or regulatory actions are present in the available data.

Name

Oaksmere Design

Legal name

Oaksmere Design Limited

Website

https://oaksmere.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Oaksmere Design Limited is a UK-based, employee-owned engineering consultancy providing refrigeration estate management, building services design, F-Gas compliance auditing, and CDM-compliant project management services to major UK retailers and food processing enterprises.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ipswich

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consultancy Services: Project-based engineering consultancy and contracting services including design, F-Gas compliance, principal contracting, asset management, and procurement services for retail and commercial clients.
2. Specialist Technical Services: Drone surveys, virtual tours, and specialized compliance auditing services billed as discrete service engagements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

No source content was provided in the input to describe Oaksmere Design's core offering.

Product overview

Oaksmere Design is a UK-based multi-disciplined engineering services consultancy offering a portfolio of seven core services: Design (turnkey design solutions), F-Gas Compliance (refrigeration regulation guidance and leak checking), Principal Contracting (CDM-regulated project management), Virtual Tours (360° immersive tours), Procurement (supply chain management), Asset Management (database systems and asset tagging), and Drone Surveys (aerial surveying). These services are offered as standalone consulting offerings rather than a unified software platform, with the company acting as an engineering consultancy providing project management and technical expertise to retail and commercial clients. The services are designed to work together, with Asset Management databases supporting work order management and Virtual Tours being combinable with asset tagging for enhanced facility management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers8 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Novus IntegrationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNovus Integration is an Oaksmere Group Company operating under the Oaksmere umbrella. This subsidiary expands the group's capabilities and service offerings as part of the integrated engineering consultancy group.
• Industry Leading Manufacturers and SupplierscoreOthersOaksmere works closely with industry leading manufacturers and suppliers to ensure that the right solution is supplied at the right time and at the right cost. These partnerships enable the company to deliver innovative industry solutions for their clients.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Cundall: Multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy with strong building services, sustainability and refrigeration/MEP design practices. Comparable engineering services consultancy model serving property and built environment clients in the UK and internationally.
• Hoare Lea: UK-based M&E (mechanical, electrical, public health) building services engineering consultancy. Highly comparable to Oaksmere in core discipline (building services design), though typically serving larger commercial and developer clients rather than retail refrigeration estates.
• MLM Group (Building Services): Independent UK building services engineering consultancy providing M&E design, sustainability and project management. Direct peer offering the same professional-services engineering design model as Oaksmere.
• Ridge Partners: UK property and construction consultancy with strong building services engineering, project management and surveying capabilities. Comparable multi-discipline consultancy with overlapping client base in commercial/retail real estate.

Regional players

• Fridge-X (commercial refrigeration contractor): UK commercial refrigeration installation, service and compliance contractor for retail and hospitality. Adjacent specialist in the same refrigeration compliance and asset management niche that Oaksmere serves with its F-Gas and asset management offerings.

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global infrastructure and engineering consultancy with a large UK building services and retail property engineering practice. Overlaps with Oaksmere on engineering design and project management mandates for retail clients.
• Buro Happold: Large international engineering consultancy offering building services/MEP design among many disciplines. Larger and broader than Oaksmere, but competes for the same building services design mandates on retail and commercial projects.
• WSP in the UK: Global professional services firm with substantial UK building services, refrigeration and retail property engineering practice. Larger-scale incumbent providing overlapping engineering design and project management services.
• AtkinsRéalis (SNC-Lavalin): Major engineering services firm with significant UK building services and refrigeration engineering capability. Competes for the same retail/commercial engineering design commissions as Oaksmere, but at much greater scale.

Emerging players

• MacBryde Group: Smaller UK M&E/building services consultancy. Comparable in scale and service mix to Oaksmere, competing for similar retail and commercial engineering design work, though typically without the specialist F-Gas/refrigeration depth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oaksmere-design-limited

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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