Dulson Training

What Dulson Training does

Dulson Training is a UK-based vocational training provider founded in 2013 and headquartered in Ludlow, Shropshire. The company operates a driving school that delivers compliance-focused courses including Driver CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence for professional HGV and PCV drivers), ADR (carriage of dangerous goods by road), forklift operation, and first aid certification. Its target audience consists of professional commercial vehicle drivers, logistics operators, warehouse personnel required to hold statutory safety qualifications, and individual learners entering these trades.

The product portfolio is centered on instructor-led, in-person training delivery rather than software or platform-based services. Course delivery follows the standard classroom-and-practical format used across the UK vocational training sector, with regulatory approval required to issue nationally recognized CPC and ADR credentials. The technology footprint is minimal: a basic corporate website (dulsontraining.co.uk) is the only documented digital presence, and the firm discloses no app, no API, no software products, and no AI/ML components.

Dulson Training is a privately held, for-profit company with 11-50 employees — consistent with a small-to-mid-sized regional training business. The revenue model is fee-for-service, charging course participants or sponsoring employers per training session or certification, which is the industry standard for UK compliance training. There is no indication of subscription pricing, platform revenue, or technology-enabled monetization. As a privately held company with no disclosed funding rounds, ownership structure, or financial statements, the firm's capital structure is opaque and growth to date appears to have been funded organically from operating cash flow.

Name

Dulson Training

Website

https://dulsontraining.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dulson Training is a UK-based vocational driving school founded in 2013 in Ludlow, delivering Driver CPC, ADR, forklift, and first aid certification training to professional drivers, logistics operators, and warehouse personnel.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vocational Safety and Driver Training

NAICS

Technical and Trade Schools (61151), Automobile Driving Schools (611692)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Skilled Trades, Safety & Compliance Certification Prep (OSHA, HAZMAT, welding, electrical, HVAC) (EDANAIAM)

Keywords

• Driver CPC training
• ADR dangerous goods training
• Forklift operator training
• First aid training
• Vocational driver training

Headquarters

HQ city

Ludlow

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

Dulson Training is a driving school based in Ludlow, United Kingdom that delivers vocational safety and compliance courses to professional drivers and workplace personnel. Its portfolio centres on Driver CPC training, ADR (carriage of dangerous goods) training, forklift operator training, and first aid training. Courses are delivered in person at the company's Ludlow facility and are aimed at individuals and employers who need statutory or workplace safety certifications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Driver CPC Training Statutory Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) training for professional HGV/LGV and PCV drivers in the UK, delivered to satisfy the 35 hours of periodic training required to maintain vocational driving entitlement.
• ADR Training Training for drivers carrying dangerous goods by road under the ADR (Accord européen relatif au transport international des marchandises Dangereuses par Route) framework, covering core, packages, and/or tanker modules as required for ADR driver certification.
• Forklift Training Operator training for workplace forklift truck use, providing accredited instruction and assessment so that employees can legally and safely operate forklift equipment in warehouses, logistics, construction, and manufacturing sites.
• First Aid Training Workplace first aid courses covering the skills and certification required to act as a designated first aider in UK workplaces under the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations.

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• JMD Training: UK provider of Driver CPC, ADR, forklift, and HIAB training; near-exact product overlap with Dulson Training, serving hauliers and individual drivers needing accredited vocational qualifications.
• Fleet Source: UK transport-industry training specialist offering Driver CPC, transport manager CPC, and compliance courses, competing for the same fleet-operator and professional-driver audience as Dulson.
• GO Drivers: UK Driver CPC and driver-related training provider focused on periodic CPC and ADR-style courses, positioned similarly to Dulson for individual drivers and small fleet operators.
• LGV Training (HGV Training Network): UK-based commercial driver training provider offering CPC, LGV/HGV licence, and related vocational courses; directly comparable to Dulson's CPC and ADR offering for the same professional-driver customer base.
• SFL Group (Haulage & Training): UK-based haulage company that also delivers Driver CPC and operator-compliance training, mirroring Dulson's mix of vocational transport training for drivers and fleet customers.

Emerging players

• Train2Win: Smaller independent UK vocational training outfit covering forklift, CPC, and health-and-safety courses; partial overlap with Dulson's compliance-training portfolio at a similar scale.

Regional players

• Road Haulage Association (RHA): UK trade association running its own Driver CPC, transport manager, and operator-compliance courses; competes with Dulson for haulage-firm training spend at a national/regional level rather than in the West Midlands specifically.

Broad incumbents

• RTITB (Road Transport Industry Training Board): Long-established UK accrediting and training body for forklift, materials handling, and transport-related vocational qualifications; wider portfolio than Dulson but operates in overlapping categories (forklift and ADR-adjacent training).
• British Red Cross Training: National first aid and workplace compliance training provider; overlaps with Dulson's first aid course line and competes for the same corporate and HGV-driver first aid bookings.
• St John Ambulance: UK's leading first aid training provider; directly competes with Dulson's first aid offering for corporate and individual bookings, though it operates at significantly greater national scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dulsontraining
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dulson-training-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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