Horizon Consulting Engineers Limited

What Horizon Consulting Engineers Limited does

Horizon Consulting Engineers Limited is an independent, privately-held civil engineering, geoenvironmental, and geotechnical consultancy headquartered in Exeter (Clyst St. Mary), United Kingdom. Founded in 2012, the firm operates with a five- to six-person team and serves construction and development clients across South-West England, ranging from single-dwelling developers to major road-diversion and large residential, commercial, and industrial development projects. Its service portfolio integrates three core practices — civil engineering (highways, drainage, Flood Risk Assessments, Section 278/104 agreements), geoenvironmental consulting (contaminated land risk assessment, site investigation, remediation, environmental permitting), and geotechnical consulting (ground investigation, soil testing, earthwork volume analysis) — delivered through direct client engagement and close liaison.

The firm's revenue model is professional-services billing against project scope, with no disclosed pricing tiers or subscription model; the only digital commerce element is an online payment portal introduced for soil testing invoices. Go-to-market is direct-to-client with no channel partners, distributors, or marketing automation; the Wix-hosted website serves primarily as a top-of-funnel information and contact surface. Customer segmentation is vertical (construction and development), and the firm explicitly positions itself as serving clients of all sizes with equivalent attention.

Differentiation rests on a heavily credentialed senior team: three members hold 25+ years of experience, including Chartered Civil Engineers, a Chartered Water & Environment Manager, a Chartered Geologist, and a PhD specialist in landfill biodegradation modelling. Several hold niche professional registrations — Specialist in Land Condition (SiLC), CL:AIRE Qualified Person, SOBRA Risk Assessor, WAMITAB Level 4 — which collectively permit the firm to self-certify contaminated-land, waste-soils, and environmental permitting deliverables that competitors without these registrations must subcontract. The firm has no disclosed funding, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no recorded M&A activity.

Name

Horizon Consulting Engineers Limited

Legal name

Horizon Consulting Engineers Limited

Website

https://horizon-ce.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Horizon Consulting Engineers Limited is an independent Exeter-based consultancy providing civil engineering, geoenvironmental, and geotechnical services to construction and development clients across South-West England, delivered by a small team of chartered engineers and specialists.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Consultancy Services

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Geotechnical & Subsurface Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAB), Geotechnical Design, Engineering & Consulting (Analysis, Design, Peer Review) (IMAFAOAK)

Keywords

• Civil engineering consultancy
• Geoenvironmental consulting
• Geotechnical services
• Contaminated land assessment
• Flood risk assessment

Headquarters

HQ city

Exeter

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Consultancy Services: Professional consulting services for civil engineering, geoenvironmental and geotechnical projects ranging from single dwellings to major infrastructure projects

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Horizon Consulting Engineers Limited provides civil engineering, geoenvironmental, and geotechnical consultancy services to construction and development clients across the South-West of England. Core work covers planning, design and construction of highways and drainage infrastructure, contaminated land investigation and remediation, environmental permitting, flood risk assessments, and geotechnical ground investigation including soil testing. Projects range from single dwelling developments to major road diversions and large residential, commercial and industrial schemes.

Product overview

Horizon Consulting Engineers Limited is a consultancy firm offering a unified portfolio of civil engineering, geoenvironmental, and geotechnical consultancy services. The core offering comprises civil engineering design (highways and drainage infrastructure), geoenvironmental assessment (contaminated land, risk assessment, remediation), and geotechnical services (soil testing, ground investigation). These services are delivered through individual specialist modules including Flood Risk Assessments, Environmental Permitting, Waste Management Advisory, and contaminated land risk assessment, which can be engaged individually or as an integrated consultancy package. The firm also provides an online payment portal for soil testing services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Civil Engineering Consultancy Services
• Geoenvironmental Consultancy Services
• Geotechnical Consultancy Services
• Flood Risk Assessments
• Environmental Permitting
• Waste Management Advisory
• Contaminated Land Risk Assessment
• Soil Testing Online Payments

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• RSK Group: Large UK environmental and engineering services group covering geoenvironmental, contaminated land and infrastructure work. Competes with Horizon for regional environmental projects and has acquired multiple smaller consultancies.
• WSP: Global engineering professional services firm with UK-wide civil, environmental and geotechnical capabilities that compete for the same public- and private-sector frameworks as Horizon.
• AtkinsRéalis: Major UK-headquartered engineering consultancy covering highways, drainage, environmental and geotechnical services; overlaps with Horizon's developer and public-sector client base through regional offices.
• Arup: Global engineering consultancy with strong UK infrastructure, environmental and development-sector practice — competes at the upper end of regional work Horizon also serves.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering consultancy with substantial UK presence across highways, drainage and environmental advisory. Wins many regional frameworks that Horizon also targets.

Direct peers

• Wardell Armstrong: UK multi-disciplinary engineering and environmental consultancy offering civil, geotechnical and contaminated-land services with strong regional offices. Directly comparable in service mix and mid-market developer/public-sector client base, though materially larger.
• Curtins: UK civil, structural and geotechnical engineering consultancy of comparable size band to Horizon, with overlapping highways, drainage and development-sector work.
• Pell Frischmann: Mid-sized UK engineering consultancy with civil infrastructure, highways, drainage and environmental advisory services, serving similar developer and public-sector clients as Horizon.
• Jubb Consulting Engineers: South-West and Wales-based civil and structural engineering consultancy serving residential, commercial and infrastructure developers — the closest geographic and scale peer to Horizon.
• Hydrock (now part of Stantec): UK consultancy combining civil/structural engineering, geotechnical and geoenvironmental services — the closest functional analogue to Horizon's integrated offering, although operating at significantly greater scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/horizon-consulting-engineers-limited

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

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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