LAING O'ROURKE DELIVERY LIMITED

Active
Company number 04309402Private limited companyIncorporated 2001

Key figures

−£110,171,000
Net assets 2024/25

† LAING O'ROURKE DELIVERY 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.

LAING O'ROURKE DELIVERY LIMITED does not disclose its turnover in its latest accounts; the profit for the year is as stated in the accounts.

Sector comparison

SIC 41201

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

Company age25.0 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. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: LAING O'ROURKE DELIVERY LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

LAING O'ROURKE DELIVERY LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 04309402. It was incorporated on 23 Oct 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 full accounts. Profit for the year was £57,805,000. 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: It is older than 92% of them (median age 4.6 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 21 public contract award notices from 13 public sector buyers since 2014. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £795.3m. Its most frequent buyer is Department For Education (6 contracts). 10 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £8m, from Department for Education.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery, coated textiles, electrical equipment. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 19 days to pay suppliers, and 11% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. 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 31 Dec 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 28 Dec 2026.

Filed accounts2024/25–2025/26
2024/25 †2025/26 †
Turnover1,830,739,000—
Profit for the year-25,161,00057,805,000
Cash at bank and in hand82,564,000—
Total assets511,038,000—
Total liabilities505,603,000—
Net assets / total equity-110,171,000—

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

21 contracts

LAING O'ROURKE DELIVERY LIMITED is named as a supplier in 21 public contract award notices from 13 public sector buyers since 2014. The 10 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £795.3m. 10 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers13
Department For Education
6 contracts · £21.6m
Ministry of Defence
2 contracts · £4.6m
Ministry of Justice
2 contracts · £1.1m
NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED
2 contracts
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
1 contract · £768m
Contracts
  1. East West Rail - Further Critical WorksNETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £650,000,000 in total · runs until Nov 2036
  2. National Grid Substation ConstructionNATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED · shared by 13 suppliers · 3 lots
  3. New Hospital Programme - Hospital 2.0 Alliance (H2A) Framework Call-Off Contract for Hillingdon Hospital Redevelopment‡The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · £767,958,000 · 2 lots · runs until Mar 2027
  4. Construction Works and Associated ServicesCAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · £68,690 · runs until Jun 2027
  5. Midlands Rail Hub Alliance – Alliance Partners (Non-Signalling Disciplines)‡Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £103,509,864 in total
Show 16 more
  1. HVDC Major Works & Civils FrameworkNATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED
  2. Albemarle SLA ConstructionMinistry of Defence · £4,502,015 · runs until Jul 2027
  3. Great Grid PartnershipNATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLC · shared by 6 suppliers, up to £8,700,000,000 in total
  4. Alexander Barracks Pre-RIBA 3 6 Week SprintMinistry of Defence · £99,184
  5. Home Office Accommodation - Rapid Construction Project - Services‡Ministry of Justice · £1,105,000
  6. Small Secure Houseblocks ProgrammeMinistry of Justice · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £8,735,244 in total
  7. Defence Estate Optimisation Portfolio - SLA & Technical Infrastructure Programme - Delivery PartnersDIO Commercial · shared by 7 suppliers, up to £3,626,500,000 in total · runs until Apr 2033
  8. The Trinity School PCSA (con_11461)Department For Education · £1,011,025
  9. Hartshill School-PCSA (con_11328)Department For Education · £1,179,431
  10. Kineton High School-PCSA (con_11331)Department For Education · £1,474,078
  11. Young People's Hub - Main Works (con_11434)Department For Education · £7,985,975
  12. Young People's Academy Main Works (con_11423)Department For Education · £9,911,958
  13. DfE Offsite Schools Framework (Incorporating Modular and MMC delivery).‡Department for Education · shared by 10 suppliers, up to £3,000,000,000 in total
  14. TC622 North West Construction Hub Medium Value Framework‡Manchester City Council · shared by 13 suppliers, up to £250,000,000 in total
  15. Modern Methods of Construction Framework Agreement‡The Hyde Group · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £100,000,000 in total
  16. CC 28222 - Main Design and Build Contract - Northern Line Extension‡Transport for London · shared by 2 suppliers

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

LAING O'ROURKE DELIVERY LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2020, together worth £8m.

Grants
  1. Free Schools CapitalDepartment for Education · £6,901,419
  2. SCHOOL REBUILDING PROGRAMMEDepartment for Education · £1,071,271

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
19 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
11%
Standard payment terms
7–60 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 78%
  • 31 to 60 days 19%
  • After 60 days 3%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Mar 2026
21
69%
22%
30 Sep 2025
25
71%
17%
31 Mar 2025
23
72%
25%
30 Sep 2024
28
70%
28%
31 Mar 2024
30
67%
19%
30 Sep 2023
28
69%
16%
31 Mar 2023
28
72%
17%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

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

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 11 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, coated textiles, electrical equipment, stone, plaster and cement articles and iron and steel articles.

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 2025/26 endedAccounts filed
  2. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £1.8bn, net assets −£110.2m
  3. Name changed to LAING O'ROURKE DELIVERY LIMITEDPreviously LAING O'ROURKE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
  4. Laing O'Rourke Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
  5. Name changed to LAING O'ROURKE CONSTRUCTION LIMITEDPreviously LAING O'ROURKE CONSTRUCTION NORTH LIMITED
  6. 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.