FRAZER-NASH CONSULTANCY LIMITED

Active
Company number 02562870Private limited companyIncorporated 1990

Key figures

£64,762,000+26.5%
Net assets 2025
+26.5%
Average annual growth 2024–2025
020 m40 m60 m80 m20242025

† FRAZER-NASH CONSULTANCY 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.

Like most small UK companies, FRAZER-NASH CONSULTANCY LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

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£64,762,000
Higher than 99% · median £14,496
Total assets£121,492,000
Higher than 99% · median £45,430
Cash£32,220,000
Higher than 99% · median £26,683
Employees1,496
Higher than 99% · median 1
Company age36.0 years
Older than 97% · 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: FRAZER-NASH CONSULTANCY LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

FRAZER-NASH CONSULTANCY LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 02562870. It was incorporated on 27 Nov 1990. Its status is active. The registered office is in Leatherhead (KT22). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is other engineering activities (71129), other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering (72190).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Net assets were £64,762,000, up 26.5% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £32,220,000. Total assets were £121,492,000 and total liabilities £48,085,000. The company had an average of 1,496 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 97% of them (median age 5.5 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 266 public contract award notices from 92 public sector buyers since 2015. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £707.2m. Its most frequent buyer is Ministry of Defence (42 contracts). 51 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £44.2k, mainly from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly electrical equipment, aircraft, machinery. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly machinery. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 22 days to pay suppliers, and 15% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 22.8% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 7 years.

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 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 13 Nov 2026.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover212,554,000—
Cash at bank and in hand15,186,00032,220,000
Total assets99,021,000121,492,000
Total liabilities47,001,00048,085,000
Net assets / total equity51,198,00064,762,000
Average number of employees1,4121,496

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

266 contracts

FRAZER-NASH CONSULTANCY LIMITED is named as a supplier in 266 public contract award notices from 92 public sector buyers since 2015. The 198 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £707.2m. 51 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers92
Ministry of Defence
42 contracts · £127.4m
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
30 contracts · £19.4m
Health & Safety Executive
21 contracts · £2.5m
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
15 contracts · £10.4m
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
11 contracts · £979.6k
Latest 100 contracts
  1. Space Technology Solutions‡Crown Commercial Service · shared by 106 suppliers · 62 lots
  2. PS26217 - Technical Support for International Implementation of DSIT StandardsDSIT · £90,581 · runs until Mar 2027
  3. Provision of a Technical Services Framework for the Office for Nuclear RegulationOffice for Nuclear Regulation · £20,000,000 · runs until Nov 2029
  4. PS26212 - Energy Sector Threat Sharing and Analysis CentreDESNZ · £145,378 · runs until Mar 2027
  5. Open Framework for Nuclear Technical ServicesUNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY LIMITED · shared by 32 suppliers · 5 lots · runs until Aug 2030
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  1. Seamless Travel Across Networks (Manchester)National Highways Limited · runs until Dec 2026
  2. G Cloud 15‡Government Commercial Agency · shared by 2,744 suppliers, up to £28,000,000,000 in total · 2 lots · runs until Aug 2030
  3. (09 SF&NM) DC25-19 - Development of Prototype Pond Monitoring System‡Nuclear Decommissioing Authority · £298,790 · runs until Jul 2028
  4. AI Regulation ReviewCivil Aviation Authority · £86,000
  5. FW125 Change Management, System Safety, Interoperability, and Associated ServicesTranslink · shared by 8 suppliers · runs until Apr 2030
  6. DHSC:FGO:AI Futures deep dive‡Department of Health and Social Care · £50,000
  7. Project Shared - Alpha PhaseUK POWER NETWORKS (OPERATIONS) LIMITED · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £562,562 in total · runs until Dec 2026
  8. Learning Resources For Educational and Youth Organisations‡Ministry of Defence · £164,477 · runs until Feb 2027
  9. PS25337 - International Benchmarking‡DSIT · £77,044
  10. Manufacturability Assessment of the PEGASUS Transport Package Design‡International Nuclear Services Limited · £139,000 · 2 lots
  11. Digital Outcomes and Specialists 7Crown Commercial Service · shared by 1,624 suppliers, up to £11,940,000,000 in total · 3 lots · runs until Jul 2027
  12. AI Futures‡National Institute for Health and Care Excellence · £50,000
  13. PS25247 - Review of electricity storage project costs and technical assumptions‡UK SBS · £110,010
  14. 704471450-MSS/143-PD2-023 CAN‡Ministry of Defence
  15. 704471450-MSS/143-PD2-021 CAN‡Ministry of Defence
  16. PS25207 - Survey of Onshore Wind Impacts on Aviation and Defence‡DESNZ · £155,909
  17. Lead Lithium Experimentation LoopUK Atomic Energy Authority · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £1,200,000 in total
  18. Transport TechnologyCrown Commercial Service · shared by 106 suppliers, up to £1,650,000,000 in total · 4 lots · runs until Oct 2027
  19. Integrated Waste Management Specialist Nuclear Services Framework (IWM24)‡Nuclear Waste Services · shared by 8 suppliers, up to £26,000,000 in total · runs until Sep 2029
  20. Integrated Waste Management Specialist Nuclear Services Framework‡Nuclear Waste Services Limited
  21. National Highways Operational Technology Commercial Framework‡National Highways · shared by 36 suppliers, up to £150,000,000 in total
  22. FW Services - Offshore Mechanical Engineering - Multi Site 0427‡SSE plc · £308,775
  23. Nuclear Energy Regulatory Justification Services Framework‡DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
  24. PS25117 - UKSAC25_0015 - Technical Assurance and R&D Support - Lot 1‡UK SBS · £292,000 · runs until Aug 2027
  25. Design & Build FrameworkUK Atomic Energy Authority · shared by 12 suppliers, up to £15,833,334 in total · 2 lots
  26. UKSAC25_0041 - In-Situ Resource Utilisation (ISRU) Technology ReviewUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £49,960
  27. Peer Review Development of Disposal Container Transport Container Sub-Systems‡International Nuclear Services · £13,675
  28. IEA TCP Alternate DelegatesDepartment for Energy Security & Net Zero · £37,200 · runs until May 2029
  29. Peer Review Development of Disposal Container Transport Container Sub-Systems‡International Nuclear Services Limited
  30. NSIGN - Systems Engineering Support (Dimensions)Ministry of Defence · £278,580
  31. Navy Digital and Data Portfolio and Support Service‡Ministry of Defence · £12,125,960
  32. Awarded Contract - 713212450 - Delivery of Information Defence Line Of Development Services (I-DLOD)Ministry of Defence · £7,343,352 · runs until Apr 2027
  33. Review of Effectiveness of Funding System for UK Seafarer Training‡MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency · £292,408
  34. The Provision of Naval Architecture Services‡International Nuclear Services · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £2,700,000 in total · runs until Apr 2029
  35. The Provision of Naval Architecture Services‡International Nuclear Services Ltd
  36. (03 - SF&NM) GK24-30 - Superheated Steam to Dry Spent AGR Fuel‡Nuclear Decommissioning Authority · £80,000
  37. (01 - SF&NM) GK24-24 - Computational Model for Drying AGR Fuels‡Nuclear Decommissioning Authority · £90,000
  38. Energy and Net Zero Professional Services Framework‡DESNZ & DSIT Group Commercial · shared by 15 suppliers, up to £500,000,000 in total · 2 lots
  39. PS24272 - Evaluation consultancy for STFC Space FacilitiesUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £199,852
  40. BE24162 - Global Calculator UpgradeDESNZ · £130,000
  41. Energy & Net Zero Professional Services Framework‡DESNZ · shared by 43 suppliers, up to £250,000,000 in total · runs until Jan 2027
  42. EDI UK Critical Minerals Recycling and Midstream Capability Research.Department for International Trade · £150,000
  43. PS24063 - The provision of Offshore Renewables Decommissioning Technical Advice 2024-2027‡Department for Energy Security & Net Zero · £323,257
  44. KBS/0124/T/MCS1/NK The KBS Multi Discipline Subcontractor Framework 2024KBS MARITIME LIMITED · shared by 35 suppliers, up to £60,000,000 in total
  45. PS24193 - UKSAC24_75 - Impact analysis for GSTP‡UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £50,000
  46. PS24063 - The Provision of Offshore Renewables Decommissioning Technical Advice 2024-2027‡DESNZ · £323,257 · runs until Aug 2028
  47. TCFD Advise and consultancy‡Met Office · £19,912
  48. Consultancy Solutions and Advisory Services 2023‡HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting on behalf of Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust… · shared by 59 suppliers, up to £140,000,000 in total · 4 lots
  49. T-NF073-24 Electrical Engineering Support for Concept Design‡United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority · £176,491
  50. Horizon Scanning for Emerging TechnologyHome Office · £525,000
  51. Naval Design Partnering - Successor (NDP-S)‡Ministry of Defence · £4,500,000,000
  52. PRIDE 2 Tiger Team - CANMinistry of Defence · £574,750
  53. THE PROVISION OF ADVANCED ZONING PROJECT AND HNDU PROJECT DELIVERY (AZP_HNDU Zoning Study) and Central Authority and Zone Coordinator (CAZC) ImplementationDESNZ · shared by 37 suppliers, up to £42,000,000 in total
  54. BE23183 - Heat Network Zoning Programme – Framework AgreementDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)
  55. Spent Fuel and Nuclear Materials - NDA Research Portfolio‡Nuclear Decommissioning Authority · shared by 3 suppliers · runs until May 2028
  56. NDA Research Portfolio (NRP) Multi Supplier Framework for Spent Fuel and Nuclear Materials‡Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
  57. DIGITAL HEALTH ADVISORY (SBS10225)N H S Shared Business Services · shared by 40 suppliers, up to £500,000,000 in total
  58. DIGITAL HEALTH ADVISORY (SBS10225)NHS Shared Business Services Limited · £500,000,000 · 4 lots
  59. GB- Portsmouth: Procurement of VPN & Support Services for RN PersonnelMinistry of Defence · £316,485
  60. Engineering Design Services Framework‡United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority · £4,500,000 · 3 lots
  61. MSS/143 - Multi-Supplier Framework for Marine Systems Support (MSS) Post Design and Technical Services‡Ministry of Defence · £1,517,824,000
  62. GB-Swindon: UKRI-3831 IUK Carbon Capture as a Service‡UK Research & Innovation · £91,279
  63. BE23194 - Lifecycle Assessment of Gasification to BiomethaneDESNZ · £122,638
  64. PROJECT FASTER - RAMSurf PE Interface and Wide area propagation optimisation tasksMINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £131,638
  65. Dstl Visualisation Framework‡Ministry of Defence · £92,500,000
  66. Future of Flight Scenarios Contract Award Notice‡DfTc - Department for Transport · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £79,675 in total
  67. Consultancy and Advisory Services for HealthN H S Shared Business Services · shared by 162 suppliers, up to £500,000,000 in total · runs until Mar 2028
  68. Socio-Economic Impacts of Quantum Technologies in UK Transport 2030 - 2040 Contract Award Notice‡DfTc - Department for Transport · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £59,998 in total
  69. Spaceflight UK Launch Insurance Policy and Re-entry Risk Contract Award Notice‡DfTc - Department for Transport · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £192,550 in total
  70. Independent Capability Audit of the Defence Accident Investigation Branch‡Ministry of Defence · £110,000
  71. R&D Science and Analysis Programme - Digital Sector EmissionsDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport · £300,450
  72. PS23285 - Fibre in Water evaluationBEIS · £75,055
  73. PS23404 - Provision of technical commercial expert assessors to help with bid assessment for the Heat Pump Investment Accelerator Competition (HPIAC)‡BEIS · £70,605
  74. SBRI: UKAEA Fusion industry challenges prototype development‡United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority · £1,498,332
  75. Maritime Precision Automated INterdiction of Targets (Maritime-PAINT)Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · £3,799,719
  76. BA for Freeze Dryers Phase IIMedicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency · £29,892
  77. Future Materials Campus - Programme Initiation Partnership (PIP); Nuclear Client of Choice workstreamsAWE PLC · £2,092,272
  78. Cultural Review Services‡United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust · £5,000,000
  79. The provision of Research into Suitability of Solder and Brazing Alloys for Use in Low Pressure Hydrogen Gas InstallationsBEIS · £190,240
  80. The provision of Research into Suitability of Solder 3. and Brazing Alloys for Use in Low Pressure Hydrogen Gas Installations‡Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · £190,240
  81. 1 Ops Target Operating Model (TOM) Consultancy‡Ministry of Defence · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £326,000 in total
  82. Provision of an Organisational Safety Assessment (OSA) for the RAF Professions ProgrammeMinistry of Defence · £124,500
  83. Futures Framework‡Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy · shared by 35 suppliers, up to £3,000,000 in total
  84. Futures Procurement Framework‡BEIS · shared by 35 suppliers, up to £3,000,000 in total
  85. RAF144/2223 - Aerospace technology institute 2023/24 Impact EvaluationDepartment for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy · £165,755
  86. ACC6038194 - Reduced Slamming Landing Craft (RSLC)Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · £224,140
  87. Support to Strategic Planning Exploratory‡Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd · £120,000
  88. Wind CFD Modelling‡Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult · £44,900
  89. Proxies Technical StudyDEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA & SPORT · £39,950
  90. Manufacturing Support Services for STEP Programme‡EU SUPPLY LIMITED · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £170,963 in total
  91. 706087457-External review of the High G Test and Training Capability Operating Safety Case‡Ministry of Defence · £36,842
  92. Standards landscape & gap analysis for Space-Based Solar PowerSatellite Applications Catapult · £38,440
  93. Historic England Climate Change Strategy: Business Operations‡HISTORIC ENGLAND LIMITED · £10,000
  94. U102 - Crafty Amulet Development and Exercise SupportDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £145,363
  95. QEI Pathfinder - Phase 2Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · £78,656

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

FRAZER-NASH CONSULTANCY LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2020, together worth £44.2k.

Funders
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1 grant · £32.2k
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
1 grant · £12.1k
Grants
  1. Pioneering UK Rotor Sail Technology: 3.5 metre Rotor Sail design and demonstratorDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £12,086 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme
  2. Increasing Yield From Offshore Wind Farms via Thermal Boundary Layer-Sensitive ControlDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £32,159 · 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 practices1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sep 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
22 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
15%
  • Within 30 days 91%
  • 31 to 60 days 7%
  • After 60 days 2%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Mar 2026
21
91%
15%
30 Sep 2025
22
85%
22%
31 Mar 2025
20
82%
18%
30 Sep 2024
17
88%
15%
31 Mar 2024
18
86%
18%
30 Sep 2023
18
85%
20%
31 Mar 2023
18
83%
20%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 22.8% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 18.4% lower
Median bonus pay
women 29.3% lower
Employer size
1000 to 4999 employees
Lower pay quarter41% womenLower middle28% womenUpper middle18% womenUpper pay quarter14% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 24.7% lower
women 19% lower
2023/24
women 27.7% lower
women 20.9% lower
2022/23
women 30.2% lower
women 19.9% lower
2021/22
women 33% lower
women 24.8% lower
2020/21
women 29.2% lower
women 26.4% lower
2019/20
women 35.8% lower
women 31.8% lower
2018/19
women 30.4% lower
women 29.4% lower
2017/18
women 32.5% lower
women 31.4% 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

Modern slavery statements7
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT LIMITED)
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT LIMITED)
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT LIMITED)
Earlier years (4)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT LIMITED)
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2021
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.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 5 of the last 12 months on record, most recently April 2026. Main goods: electrical equipment, aircraft, machinery and ships and boats.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 3 of the last 12 months on record, most recently February 2026. Main goods: machinery.

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

8 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £64.8m, 1,496 employees
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £212.6m, net assets £51.2m, 1,412 employees
  3. Kellogg Brown & Root Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Babcock Marine Holdings (Uk) Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Babcock Marine Holdings (Uk) Limited registered as a person with significant control
  6. Fncg 2019 Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  7. Fncg 2019 Limited registered as a person with significant control
  8. 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.