AECOM LIMITED

Active
Company number 01846493Private limited companyIncorporated 1984

Key figures

£235,602,000+3.9%
Net assets 2024/25
+3.9%
Average annual growth 2023/24–2024/25
0100 m200 m300 m2023/242024/25

† AECOM 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 71122

Where the company stands among the 22,048 active companies whose first SIC code is 71122 (Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities).

Turnover£776,899,000
Higher than 99% · median £75,902 among 380 that publish turnover
Net assets£235,602,000
Higher than 99% · median £13,197
Total assets£501,790,000
Higher than 99% · median £37,911
Cash£4,606,000
Higher than 99% · median £25,837
Company age42.2 years
Older than 99% · median 4.4 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT LIMITED£1.2bn
  2. OVE ARUP & PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED£342.8m
  3. AECOM LIMITED£235.6m
  4. AMEY OWR LIMITED£141.3m
  5. WARRINGTONFIRE TESTING AND CERTIFICATION LIMITED£98.6m
  6. OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED£86.8m
  7. LION ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PLC£79.2m
  8. ARCADIS (UK) LIMITED£66m
  9. RAMBOLL UK LIMITED£45.6m
  10. ARCADIS HUMAN RESOURCES LIMITED£42.3m

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 22,048. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: AECOM LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

AECOM LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01846493. It was incorporated on 6 Sep 1984. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (E1). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities (71122).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 3 Oct 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £776,899,000. Profit for the year was £29,709,000. Net assets were £235,602,000, up 3.9% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £4,606,000. Total assets were £501,790,000 and total liabilities £246,970,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 22,048 active companies whose first SIC code is 71122: By turnover it ranks higher than 99% of the 380 that publish turnover (median £75,902). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £13,197). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £37,911). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £25,837). It is older than 99% of them (median age 4.4 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 1,249 public contract award notices from 361 public sector buyers since 2014. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £2.7bn. Its most frequent buyer is Environment Agency (83 contracts). 157 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £123.3k, 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 (Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly plastics, machinery. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 32 days to pay suppliers, and 27% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 16.2% lower than for men.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Jun 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 2 Jan 2027.

Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
2023/24 †2024/25 †
Turnover—776,899,000
Profit for the year—29,709,000
Cash at bank and in hand5,479,0004,606,000
Total assets495,580,000501,790,000
Total liabilities241,085,000246,970,000
Net assets / total equity226,836,000235,602,000
Average number of employees4,422—

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

1,249 contracts

AECOM LIMITED is named as a supplier in 1,249 public contract award notices from 361 public sector buyers since 2014. The 1,036 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £2.7bn. 157 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers361
Environment Agency
83 contracts · £15.5m
THE DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT
71 contracts · £21.8m
Ministry of Defence
60 contracts · £36.6m
Wolverhampton City Council
46 contracts · £4.4m
Defra Network eTendering Portal
41 contracts · £2.9m
Latest 100 contracts
  1. 3360.221 Review of National and Regional Rail StrategiesLeicestershire County Council · £59,763 · runs until Feb 2027
  2. Highways Professional Services FrameworkLiverpool City Council · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £100,000,000 in total · runs until Nov 2030
  3. Homes England - Legal Framework - 2026-27 Carbon Inventory Support‡Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency) · £17,995 · runs until Jul 2027
  4. Heat Network Consultancy Services FrameworkTrafford Council · shared by 48 suppliers, up to £3,400,000,000 in total · 2 lots · runs until Oct 2029
  5. Bracknell heat network feasibility study‡Bracknell Forest Borough Council · £59,943 · runs until Apr 2027
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  1. Chesterfield Local PlanChesterfield Borough Council · £44,340 · runs until Jun 2029
  2. Whitechapel Leisure Centre & Residential Scheme‡Tower Hamlets · £1,792,500 · runs until Oct 2027
  3. 3360.222 Harborough Local Plan Transport StrategyLeicestershire County Council · runs until Jan 2027
  4. Process to Support Delivery of Asset Investment‡Peabody Trust · runs until Oct 2027
  5. CWC26161 - BCT A454 Phase 3 OBC‡Wolverhampton City Council · £168,312 · runs until Jul 2027
  6. The Provision of Project Management Services‡Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
  7. Bowburn Development Route Options Assessment ReportDurham County Council · £706,508 · runs until Dec 2028
  8. Eastern Hub - FRAM Lot 9c - Service ManagerEnvironment Agency · £175,694 · runs until Sep 2027
  9. Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority - Consultant Support to input to Northern Powerhouse Rail and TfN Rail North ActivitiesCheshire West and Chester Council · £44,990 · runs until Mar 2027
  10. Midlands - FRAM lot 9c - Client Support ServicesENVIRONMENT AGENCY · £414,198 · runs until Sep 2027
  11. The Provision of Cost Consultancy Services‡Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
  12. Economic Impact AssessmentSuffolk County Council · £29,763 · runs until Oct 2027
  13. UKRI-6220 MRC LMS Plant Replacement Strategy‡UK Research and Innovation · £125,000 · runs until Mar 2027
  14. GB-Colchester: 0501-PA - KEQ Active Travel Bridge Proposal‡Colchester City Council · £94,000 · runs until Mar 2027
  15. NCC1927 Northumberland Local Plan Transport Evidence BaseNorthumberland County Council · £77,752 · runs until Sep 2028
  16. South East - FRAM lot 9c - Client Support Services - Competitive Tender - AECOMENVIRONMENT AGENCY · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £719,342 in total · runs until Sep 2027
  17. LCRCA Consultancy Agreement - Water & FiltrationMerseytravel · £57,650 · runs until Jan 2027
  18. Heat Network Procurement Project‡South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee · £28,198 · runs until Dec 2026
  19. Evidence for Scotland’s Heat Transition – Clean Heat Retrofit Modelling and Recoverable Heat Sources‡University Of Edinburgh · £79,981
  20. EA and Technical Assurance Services for the Meridian Water SIW‡London Borough of Enfield · £1,323,653 · runs until Sep 2028
  21. Strategic Environmental Assessment and Habitats Regulations Assessment for the New Local Plan ('SEA/HRA Projects')Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead · £76,840 · runs until Sep 2029
  22. Extension of Quantity SurveyorCAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · £22,620 · runs until Sep 2027
  23. ES RDE 068 - Potential impacts of peat rewetting on onsite wastewater systems an‡DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS · £64,840 · runs until Mar 2027
  24. ANDBC Pre-Qualification Questionnaire - Provision of Integrated Consultancy Services for Urban Waterfront and Public Realm under Bangor Waterfront Redevelopment‡Ards and North Down Borough Council · £1,268,500
  25. North Northamptonshire Local Plan Habitats Regulations AssessmentNorth Northamptonshire Council · £45,453 · runs until Dec 2028
  26. North Northamptonshire Local Plan Strategic Environmental AssessmentNorth Northamptonshire Council · £51,780 · runs until Dec 2028
  27. UVDB Powered by Achilles QUDM for Goods, Works and ServicesAFFINITY WATER LIMITED · shared by 550 suppliers
  28. Local Plan Consultancy‡Ashford Borough Council · £54,300 · runs until Aug 2028
  29. Contract Award Notice for External Assistance for Soft FM Subject Matter Expertise Technical Support to Regional DeliveryMinistry of Defence · £789,660 · runs until Nov 2027
  30. Additional support with Planning and Design Services for the TropicanaNorth Somerset Council · £106,336 · runs until Jun 2027
  31. City of York Council and North Yorkshire Council Joint Green Belt AssessmentCity of York Council · £89,748 · runs until Apr 2027
  32. TEP PBC Exemplar Costing & BoQ DevelopmentENVIRONMENT AGENCY
  33. CWC26048 - BCT Metro Support 2026‡Wolverhampton City Council · £71,379 · runs until Aug 2027
  34. 3360.219 OWBC Transport Strategy‡Leicestershire County Council · £22,912
  35. KSL - FRAM 9C - Eastern Revetment Sloping Wall - ECC PM‡ENVIRONMENT AGENCY · £78,934 · runs until May 2028
  36. KSL - FRAM 9C - NAV East Farleigh Asset Refurbishment - ECC PMENVIRONMENT AGENCY · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £173,366 in total · runs until Oct 2030
  37. Natural Flood Management Data Monitoring - Business as Usual Project‡Environment Agency · £76,524 · runs until Mar 2027
  38. Future Portsmouth Plan Strategic Environmental AssessmentPortsmouth City Council · runs until Apr 2029
  39. CWC26032 - BCT CEG A454 Phase 1 and 2 FBC‡Wolverhampton City Council · £22,146 · runs until Dec 2026
  40. PAHT - NHP Stage 1 MEP Services‡West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · £108,500 · runs until Mar 2027
  41. OLA - Update Qualitative Risk Assessment, Land Quality Register & Map and APC‡Nuclear Restoration Services Ltd · £24,900 · runs until Mar 2027
  42. Tees SPA Intertidal Mudflats and Sandflats Biotope Mapping‡Natural England · £165,860 · runs until Dec 2026
  43. Technical support for Ford and Aylesford Water Recycling ProjectO F W A T · £50,000 · runs until Jul 2027
  44. TLOT10207 - Seatbelt and Mobile Phone Observation Survey 2026Department for Transport · £300,000 · runs until Aug 2027
  45. Lampton Road – Client Monitoring Team MEP Consultant‡Clarion Housing Property Development Service Limited · runs until Nov 2027
  46. KGH - Project Manager & Cost Advisor Services for Rockingham Wing Ext‡Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · £275,200 · runs until Jul 2028
  47. ENQ1328 - King Street Post Tension Special Inspection Phase 2DERBY CITY COUNCIL · £61,089 · runs until Nov 2026
  48. Business Management ConsultancySouthern Water Services Limited · shared by 22 suppliers, up to £35,200,000 in total · 2 lots · runs until Aug 2034
  49. DWP Estates 2030 Strategic Pipeline Optimisation Programme (SPOP)Department for Work & Pensions · £22,000,000 · runs until Jul 2028
  50. Homes England - Integrated Change Programme Business Case Supplier (Homes England SREE Framework)‡Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency) · £108,885
  51. Highway Design Engineer - Consultancy Engineer Support‡South Gloucestershire Council · £43,000 · runs until Nov 2026
  52. Homes England - Specialist support to develop the Phase 2 Full Business Case (FBC) and the Phase 3 Strategic Outline Case (SOC) for the Integrated Change Progr…‡Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency) · £108,885
  53. Priority Mortuary SurveysLondon Borough of Croydon · £66,222 · runs until Jul 2027
  54. Consultancy for Kent Housing GroupAshford Borough Council · £67,688 · runs until Mar 2027
  55. Technical support for DPC project Hampshire Water Transfer and Water Recycling projectO F W A T · £60,000 · runs until Jun 2027
  56. 3360.210 Facilitating Future Growth in Leicestershire‡Leicestershire County Council · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £165,207 in total · runs until Jul 2027
  57. CWC25120 - BCT A454 Phase 3‡Wolverhampton City Council · £79,257 · runs until Nov 2027
  58. CWC26085 - BCT Development Control 2026‡Wolverhampton City Council · £55,085 · runs until Mar 2027
  59. Heat Network Feasibility StudyWest Suffolk Council · £34,906
  60. ES RDE 064 - Nitrogen Decision Framework: 2022-2024 Deposition Data‡NATURAL ENGLAND · £3,360
  61. CoLP Mounted Section - Structural Civil EngineerThe Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London · £79,916 · runs until Jan 2029
  62. CM3842 Technical Services and Assurance FrameworkYORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED · shared by 9 suppliers, up to £26,000,000 in total · 2 lots · runs until Jun 2030
  63. GMCA2034 Project Management Support - GM Zone Coordination BodyGreater Manchester Combined Authority · £101,650
  64. A41 Options ReviewOxfordshire County Council · £169,350 · runs until Dec 2026
  65. Provision of Professional Services 2026-2030Westmorland and Furness Council · shared by 7 suppliers · 2 lots · runs until Jul 2030
  66. CWC25021 - BCT CEG A454 Ph1 & 2 Detailed Design‡Wolverhampton City Council · £1,251,474 · runs until Jul 2027
  67. Redcar Central Station Footbridge Business CaseTEES VALLEY COMBINED AUTHORITY · £89,403 · runs until Dec 2027
  68. Ecological Survey for the Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystem (GWDTE) ne‡Environment Agency · £172,931
  69. Ecology & Hydrology Surveys and AssessmentsANGLIAN WATER SERVICES LIMITED · shared by 23 suppliers · 2 lots · runs until Jun 2031
  70. TVCA-PROC-0860 - Independent Technical Appraisal Services‡Tees Valley Combined Authority · £100,000 · runs until May 2027
  71. Penrith PM Further Design AECOM‡DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS · £20,000 · runs until May 2027
  72. Plan B for Bath Quays North (BQN)Bath & North East Somerset Council · £48,960
  73. Contract Award Notice for Technical Support to Delivery and IntelligenceMinistry of Defence · £275,000 · runs until Mar 2029
  74. Asset Health Metrics PilotO F W A T · £190,000 · runs until May 2027
  75. FCDO Pretoria BHC Design Peer Review Support‡Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office · £23,766
  76. Engineering and Technical Consultancy‡Scotland Excel · shared by 23 suppliers, up to £158,400,000 in total · 8 lots
  77. 28603 - Site Supervision And Contract Document Support For The Charlton Road And Tavistock Road Junction Upgrade SchemePlymouth City Council · runs until Apr 2027
  78. Cycling Consultancy RuralAshford Borough Council · £44,500
  79. TD2397 - Darley Abbey Mills Bridge Demolition - Professional Engineering SupportDERBY CITY COUNCIL · £200,000 · runs until Nov 2026
  80. Supported Housing StrategyBasingstoke & Deane Borough Council · £40,000 · runs until Mar 2027
  81. Local Plan Intervention ServicesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £28,000,000 in total · runs until Mar 2030
  82. Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and a Habitat Regulations Assessment (HRA)Warrington Borough Council · £77,188 · runs until Aug 2028
  83. FCDO UK Estate Master Planning Support‡Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office · £993,273 · runs until Jun 2027
  84. CCS Design & Project Management Services for Cladding Replacement at Manila Embassy, Philippines‡Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office · £1,487,279 · runs until Jan 2029
  85. CCS RM6165 - NW Preston & South Ribble FRMS - Public Engagement Service‡Environment Agency · £474,981 · runs until Jun 2028
  86. SW - DCiS & WSX Critical Core Services Packages - Direct Award - RM6165 Lot 1‡Environment Agency · £623,927 · runs until Mar 2029
  87. WMD_ CCS-RM6165-Lot 1_BIS 2026_ Aecom - Direct Award‡Environment Agency · £387,060 · runs until Mar 2028
  88. CCS - East - Critical BiS Continuation - AECOM‡Environment Agency · £119,200 · runs until Mar 2027
  89. PBIs 26-27 Call-off via Transportation & Public Realm Consultancy Services 2022 FrameworkSTAR PROCUREMENT LIMITED · £75,533 · runs until Mar 2027
  90. UOECS0557092026‡University of Exeter · £30,000 · runs until Apr 2027
  91. ES RDE 010 - Clun Nature Recovery BlueprintDepartment for Environment Food & Rural Affairs · £98,948 · runs until Mar 2027
  92. UKPN Website Maintenance & Development tenderUK POWER NETWORKS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED
  93. Multi Disciplinary Consultancy Services - STEM Consolidation‡OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) · £299,570 · runs until Jan 2027
  94. Construction Professional Services 2Government Commercial Agency · shared by 32 suppliers, up to £31,500,000,000 in total · 9 lots · runs until Apr 2030
  95. Lutterworth East - Integrated Design & Cost Management Services for B8 & Residential Workstreams‡Leicestershire County Council · £39,950 · runs until Dec 2026

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.

Government grants

2 grants

AECOM LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2020, together worth £123.3k.

Funders
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1 grant · £120.3k
Department for Education
1 grant · £3,000
Grants
  1. Apprenticeships Participation 16 - 18Department for Education · £3,000
  2. Modular ElectricsDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £120,344 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 20-21

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 practices4 Apr 2026 – 2 Oct 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
32 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
27%
Standard payment terms
7–45 days
  • Within 30 days 56%
  • 31 to 60 days 42%
  • After 60 days 2%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
3 Apr 2026
30
59%
24%
3 Oct 2025
33
53%
26%
1 Apr 2025
33
56%
24%
30 Sep 2024
31
65%
20%
1 Apr 2024
33
61%
24%
30 Sep 2023
34
67%
21%
1 Apr 2023
33
64%
24%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 16.2% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 15.6% lower
Median bonus pay
women 13% lower
Employer size
1000 to 4999 employees
Lower pay quarter40.5% womenLower middle35.8% womenUpper middle31.1% womenUpper pay quarter19.8% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 16.9% lower
women 17.6% lower
2023/24
women 17.8% lower
women 17.7% lower
2022/23
women 15.9% lower
women 17.3% lower
2021/22
women 17.6% lower
women 17.7% lower
2020/21
women 20.2% lower
women 20.3% lower
2019/20
women 20.6% lower
women 21.3% lower
2018/19
women 20.6% lower
women 20.6% lower
2017/18
women 21.9% lower
women 21.5% lower

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

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)
Routes
Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, 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 2 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: plastics and machinery.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 2 of the last 12 months on record, most recently June 2026. Main goods: electrical equipment and optical, medical and measuring instruments.

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

15 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £776.9m, net assets £235.6m
  2. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: net assets £226.8m, 4,422 employees
  3. Aecom Design & Consulting Services Uk Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Aecom International Holdings Uk Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Aecom International Holdings Uk Limited registered as a person with significant control
  6. Urs Global Limited registered as a person with significant control
  7. Urs Global Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  8. Aecom International Holdings Uk Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
Earlier events (7)
  1. Aecom International Holdings Uk Limited registered as a person with significant control
  2. Aecom Ukrc Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  3. Aecom Ukrc Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Aecom Holdings Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Aecom Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
  6. Name changed to AECOM LIMITEDPreviously FABER MAUNSELL LIMITED
  7. 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.