MOTT MACDONALD GROUP LIMITED

Active
Company number 01110949Private limited companyIncorporated 1973

Key figures

£523,291,000+6.8%
Net assets 2025
+6.8%
Average annual growth 2024–2025
0200 m400 m600 m20242025

† MOTT MACDONALD GROUP LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

MOTT MACDONALD GROUP LIMITED does not disclose its turnover in its latest accounts; the profit for the year is as stated in the accounts.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 71129

Where the company stands among the 26,451 active companies whose first SIC code is 71129 (Other engineering activities).

Net assets£523,291,000
Higher than 99% · median £14,496
Total assets£1,253,243,000
Higher than 99% · median £45,430
Cash£344,048,000
Higher than 99% · median £26,683
Employees18,765
Higher than 99% · median 1
Company age53.5 years
Older than 99% · median 5.5 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC£629.3m
  2. MOTT MACDONALD GROUP LIMITED£523.3m
  3. MOTT MACDONALD LIMITED£509.3m
  4. JACOBS U.K. LIMITED£337.2m
  5. LOCKHEED MARTIN HELICOPTER COMPANY LTD£152.8m
  6. WILLIAMS GRAND PRIX ENGINEERING LIMITED£98.6m
  7. EXXONMOBIL ENGINEERING EUROPE LIMITED£77.9m
  8. TETRA TECH LIMITED£70.8m
  9. FRAZER-NASH CONSULTANCY LIMITED£64.8m
  10. CAPITA PROPERTY AND INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED£60.2m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 26,451. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: MOTT MACDONALD GROUP LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

MOTT MACDONALD GROUP LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01110949. It was incorporated on 30 Apr 1973. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (EC4M). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is other engineering activities (71129).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files group accounts. Profit for the year was £68,835,000. Net assets were £523,291,000, up 6.8% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £344,048,000. Total assets were £1,253,243,000 and total liabilities £673,918,000. The company had an average of 18,765 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 26,451 active companies whose first SIC code is 71129: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £14,496). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £45,430). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £26,683). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 99% of them (median age 5.5 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 23 public contract award notices from 13 public sector buyers since 2016. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £160.2m. Its most frequent buyer is DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (4 contracts). 1 of the awards is shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements.

What do public registers and reports show?

Its gender pay gap report for 2017/18 shows median hourly pay for women 20% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 3 years.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 24 May 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Profit for the year88,571,00068,835,000
Cash at bank and in hand253,925,000344,048,000
Total assets1,173,023,0001,253,243,000
Total liabilities612,964,000673,918,000
Net assets / total equity490,196,000523,291,000
Average number of employees18,77818,765

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

23 contracts

MOTT MACDONALD GROUP LIMITED is named as a supplier in 23 public contract award notices from 13 public sector buyers since 2016. The 22 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £160.2m. 1 award is shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers13
DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
4 contracts · £42.9m
National Highways
4 contracts · £31.9m
Defra Network eTendering Portal
3 contracts · £170.9k
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
3 contracts · £39.8k
FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
1 contract · £80m
Contracts
  1. PCI_LotB10_155 Itchen Farm and Paddock Way (LVIA)HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · £14,200
  2. PCI_LotB10_156 Paddock Way (Noise and Vibration)HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · £12,460
  3. ITEP1054 - Smart Motorway Metrics Phase 2National Highways · £83,394
  4. PCI_B8_143 Botley Bypass Phase 3 Otter Mitigation LicenceHAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · £13,095
  5. Measuring the resilience of the transport network to climate‡DfTc - Department for Transport · £99,999
Show 18 more
  1. PAMS087 - Tools for the Technology Operational Capability (TTOC)‡National Highways · £31,073,750
  2. GBN - Transition Support ServicesGREAT BRITISH NUCLEAR LIMITED · £1,000,000
  3. NHS Net Zero Building Standard Beta Review‡NHS England · £69,277
  4. Tools for the Technology Operations Capability (TTOC)National Highways · £514,315
  5. HADDMS Extension - Supporting cloud services: HADDMS Legacy System supportNational Highways · £195,672
  6. Great British Nuclear - Project Management SupportDepartment for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy · £2,520,000
  7. RNAS Culdrose Hangar StrategyMinistry of Defence · £724,573
  8. GLA 82062‡Transport for London · £150,000
  9. PO 10080 - Shule Bora (Quality School) - Contract AwardFOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE · £80,000,000 · runs until Mar 2027
  10. GOsC Education Quality Assurance Contract PQQGeneral Osteopathic Council · £600,000
  11. THM - CSF Lot 1 - River Thames Scheme - Programme Support - Supply Chain Officer‡Defra Network eTendering Portal · £70,932
  12. Systems Analysis of Water Resources WT15121‡Defra Network eTendering Portal · £99,983
  13. DFID 8437 Girls' Education South Sudan Phase 2 (GESS2) Contract AwardDEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT · £32,209,199
  14. DFID 8394 Education Programme for Results (EPforR) Tanzania Contract AwardDEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT · £4,987,718
  15. HMCTS - Sunderland Estate - CourtMinistry of Justice · £72,680
  16. DFID 8262 Freetown Water Rehabilitation Project - Programme Management Agency Services Contract Amendment No 1DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT · £972,196
  17. project_22707 - Environmental Stewardship Monitoring and Evaluation Framework‡Defra Network eTendering Portal · shared by 19 suppliers
  18. DFID 7590 Sierra Leone Secondary Education Improvement Programme (SSEIP) CA No 1DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT · £4,752,612

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Statutory reporting

Gender pay gap2017/18
Median hourly pay
women 20% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 21% lower
Median bonus pay
women 44% lower
Employer size
Not Provided employees
Lower pay quarter44% womenLower middle35% womenUpper middle26% womenUpper pay quarter14% women

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements3
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

History

3 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £523.3m, 18,765 employees
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: net assets £490.2m, 18,778 employees
  3. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.