FOSTER + PARTNERS LIMITED

Active
Company number 01644989Private limited companyIncorporated 1982

Key figures

£135,459,000-8.9%
Net assets 2024/25
-8.9%
Average annual change 2023/24–2024/25
050 m100 m150 m2023/242024/25

† FOSTER + PARTNERS 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.

Ratios

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 71111

Where the company stands among the 17,181 active companies whose first SIC code is 71111 (Architectural activities).

Turnover£4,000
Lower than 85% · median £71,965 among 221 that publish turnover
Net assets£135,459,000
Higher than 99% · median £9,390
Total assets£553,643,000
Higher than 99% · median £36,361
Company age44.4 years
Older than 99% · median 9.6 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. WORLEY EUROPE LTD£221.5m
  2. FOSTER + PARTNERS LIMITED£135.5m
  3. ZHA ARCHITECTS LIMITED£42.9m
  4. HEATHERWICK STUDIO LIMITED£39.8m
  5. DAR AL-HANDASAH (UK) LIMITED£33.1m
  6. POPULOUS LIMITED£21.9m
  7. LIBERATION BUILD LIMITED£21.8m
  8. BUILDING DESIGN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED£20.9m
  9. UMC HOLDINGS LIMITED£18.4m
  10. GENSLER EUROPE, LTD£17.8m

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 17,181. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: FOSTER + PARTNERS LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

FOSTER + PARTNERS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01644989. It was incorporated on 21 Jun 1982. Its status is active. The registered office is in 22 hester road (SW11). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is architectural activities (71111).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 30 Apr 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £4,000. Profit for the year was £80,189,000. Net assets were £135,459,000, down 8.9% on the previous year. Total assets were £553,643,000 and total liabilities £307,638,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 17,181 active companies whose first SIC code is 71111: By turnover it ranks lower than 85% of the 221 that publish turnover (median £71,965). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £9,390). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £36,361). It is older than 99% of them (median age 9.6 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from 2 public sector buyers since 2024. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £384k. It is recorded as the recipient of 3 central government grants worth £204.8k, mainly from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly furniture and lighting, electrical equipment, machinery. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly machinery, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 26 days to pay suppliers, and 33% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 4 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 2 of 18 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Jan 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 14 Feb 2027.

Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
2023/24 †2024/25 †
Turnover369,404,0004,000
Profit for the year35,538,00080,189,000
Cash at bank and in hand39,487,000—
Total assets421,353,000553,643,000
Total liabilities204,220,000307,638,000
Net assets / total equity148,642,000135,459,000

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

2 contracts

FOSTER + PARTNERS LIMITED is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from 2 public sector buyers since 2024. The 1 contract awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £384k.

Main buyers2
Imperial War Museum
1 contract · £384k
UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
1 contract
Contracts
  1. IWM London Masterplan RefreshImperial War Museum · £384,000
  2. Architect appointment for feasibility studyUNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA

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. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

3 grants

FOSTER + PARTNERS LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 3 central government grants since 2020, together worth £204.8k.

Funders
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
2 grants · £163.3k
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
1 grant · £41.4k
Grants
  1. High Productivity Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (HPWAAM)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £58,991 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  2. High Productivity Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (HPWAAM)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £104,332 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 20-21
  3. High Productivity Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (HPWAAM)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £41,445 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Nov 2025 – 30 Apr 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
26 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
33%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 80%
  • 31 to 60 days 19%
  • After 60 days 1%
Earlier periods (6)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Oct 2025
29
79%
34%
30 Apr 2025
30
72%
30%
31 Oct 2024
30
74%
31%
30 Apr 2024
33
62%
44%
31 Oct 2023
32
66%
48%
30 Apr 2023
32
65%
42%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Modern slavery statements4
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (FOSTER + PARTNERS GROUP LIMITED)
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (FOSTER + PARTNERS GROUP LIMITED)
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (FOSTER + PARTNERS GROUP LIMITED)
Earlier years (1)
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (FOSTER + PARTNERS HOLDINGS LIMITED)

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.

Registers and licences

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Worker (A rating)
Route
Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: furniture and lighting, electrical equipment, machinery, printed matter and stone, plaster and cement articles.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments, beverages and spirits and woven clothing.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

6 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £4,000, net assets £135.5m
  2. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £369.4m, net assets £148.6m
  3. Amber Bidco Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Foster Holdings Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Foster Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
  6. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.