LAING O'ROURKE PLC.

Active
Company number 04222545Public limited companyIncorporated 2001

Key figures

−£256,500,000+18.7%
Net assets 2025/26
-400 m-300 m-200 m-100 m02024/252025/26

† LAING O'ROURKE PLC. 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

2025/26

Sector comparison

SIC 41201

Where the company stands among the 33,180 active companies whose first SIC code is 41201 (Construction of commercial buildings).

Turnover£2,164,300,000
Higher than 99% · median £1,245,386 among 866 that publish turnover
Net assets−£256,500,000
Lower than 99% · median £11,715
Total assets£1,352,800,000
Higher than 99% · median £50,652
Cash£355,800,000
Higher than 99% · median £20,599
Employees6,512
Higher than 99% · median 1
Company age25.5 years
Older than 92% · median 4.6 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. BARRATT REDROW PLC£7.9bn
  2. BDW TRADING LIMITED£3.9bn
  3. MILLER HOMES LIMITED£1.3bn
  4. MOBAY AND COMPANY LIMITED£440.4m
  5. CANARY WHARF RETAIL FINANCE LIMITED£327.9m
  6. MORGAN SINDALL CONSTRUCTION & INFRASTRUCTURE LTD£306.2m
  7. WATKIN JONES & SON LIMITED£247.6m
  8. KIER CONSTRUCTION LIMITED£215.7m
  9. SPRINGFIELD PROPERTIES PLC£179m
  10. OVERBURY PLC£176.2m

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 33,180. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: LAING O'ROURKE PLC.

What kind of company is it?

LAING O'ROURKE PLC. is a public limited company registered with Companies House under company number 04222545. It was incorporated on 23 May 2001. Its status is active. The registered office is in Dartford (DA2). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is construction of commercial buildings (41201).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025/26 (period ending 31 Mar 2026); the company files group accounts. Turnover was £2,164,300,000. Net assets were −£256,500,000, up 18.7% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £355,800,000. Total assets were £1,352,800,000 and total liabilities £1,609,300,000. The company had an average of 6,512 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024/25–2025/26).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 33,180 active companies whose first SIC code is 41201: By turnover it ranks higher than 99% of the 866 that publish turnover (median £1,245,386). By net assets it ranks lower than 99% of them (median £11,715). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £50,652). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £20,599). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 92% of them (median age 4.6 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 4 central government grants worth £299k, 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). 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 10 Jul 2027.

Filed accounts2024/25–2025/26
2024/25 †2025/26 †
Turnover2,164,300,0002,164,300,000
Cash at bank and in hand215,300,000355,800,000
Total assets1,068,500,0001,352,800,000
Total liabilities1,384,000,0001,609,300,000
Net assets / total equity-315,500,000-256,500,000
Average number of employees6,3636,512

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.

Government grants

4 grants

LAING O'ROURKE PLC. is recorded as the recipient of 4 central government grants since 2019, together worth £299k.

Funders
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
3 grants · £282.2k
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
1 grant · £16.8k
Grants
  1. Liverpool John Moores University and Laing ORourke plc KTP 21_22 R4Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £10,716 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  2. Liverpool John Moores University and Laing ORourke plc KTP 21_22 R4Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £16,767 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme
  3. AROPCQA – Augmented Reality for Operative Productivity & Continuous Quality AnalysisDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £172,319 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 19-20
  4. Augmented WorkEr (AWE)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £99,204 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 19-20

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

Modern slavery statements7
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
Earlier years (4)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement

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.

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

4 events
  1. Financial year 2025/26 endedAccounts: turnover £2.2bn, net assets −£256.5m, 6,512 employees
  2. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £2.2bn, net assets −£315.5m, 6,363 employees
  3. O'Rourke Investments Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Company incorporatedPublic 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.