MOTT MACDONALD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-19 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£287M
+14.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£507M
+6.9% vs 2023
Employees
8,553
+1.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£85M
+31.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- MOTT MACDONALD LIMITED 1991-12-16 → present
- MOTT MACDONALD CONSULTANTS LIMITED 1988-12-20 → 1991-12-16
- SIR M MACDONALD LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 1988-12-20
- CROWROY LIMITED 1976-02-11 → 1976-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £997,014,000 | £1,036,128,000 | |
| Operating profit | £28,360,000 | £44,062,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £64,403,000 | £84,709,000 | |
| Net profit | £51,812,000 | £69,006,000 | |
| Cash | £251,084,000 | £287,485,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £496,429,000 | £527,649,000 | |
| Net assets | £474,327,000 | £507,026,000 | |
| Equity | £474,327,000 | £507,026,000 | |
| Average employees | 8,410 | 8,553 | |
| Wages | £476,507,000 | £492,830,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.7% | 8.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.59x | 2.19x | |
| Interest cover | 6.74x | 9.84x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group and company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- MOTT MACDONALD LIMITED · parent
- Bentley Holdings Limited 100%
- Cambridge Education Associates Limited 100%
- Courtyard Group UK Limited 100%
- Franklin & Andrews International Limited 100%
- Fulcrum First Limited 100%
- HLSP Limited 100%
- JBA Bentley Limited 75%
- J.N. Bentley Limited 100%
- Mott MacDonald Bentley Limited 100%
- Mott MacDonald Colombia SAS 100%
- Multi Design Consultants Limited 100%
- Osprey PMI Limited 100%
- Schema Associates Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In January 2024, Mike Brown CBE MVO became independent chair of the Shareholders' Committee of our parent company.”
- “We have significantly invested in digital tools to enhance productivity and quality, and we have reinforced our digital capability with new Chief Digital Officers in every region.”
- “In the UK, we were appointed to support National Grid in the design of two high-voltage links to increase renewable energy connectivity.”
- “The business also signed a memorandum of understanding with Holtec Britain and Hyundai Engineering & Construction to further explore the delivery of small modular reactor technology in the UK.”
- “Rolls-Royce selected us as design partners for its major nuclear submarine site expansion work.”
- “We showed our strength in the water sector by completing crucial schemes including a major project to protect Leeds from extreme flood risk and have been appointed to multiple AMP8 frameworks.”
- “A consortium, including Mott MacDonald, was appointed as the Design Development Partner by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority in the next phase of the West Yorkshire Mass Transit Programme.”
- “In 2024, we were awarded the Social Value Management Certificate Level 2 by Social Value International (SVI).”
- “We opened or expanded into larger offices in Edinburgh, Cardiff, London and Plymouth.”
- “At the Institute of Risk Management's official recognition ceremony, the CIR Awards, the Group has recently won awards in three categories: ERM Strategy, Risk Team, Risk Newcomer.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 59 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIELD, Joanna Maria | Secretary | 2024-08-02 | — | — |
| HARRIS, James Huw Keir | Director | 2017-12-15 | Jun 1968 | British |
| JOHNSON, David Andrew | Director | 2024-01-01 | Sep 1962 | Australian |
| ROUD, Edwin George | Director | 2014-04-14 | Sep 1963 | British |
| TRAVERS, Catherine Helen | Director | 2022-01-01 | Oct 1964 | British |
Show 59 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESSON, William Gregor | Secretary | 1994-05-01 | 1996-03-15 |
| FIELD, Joanna Maria | Secretary | 2015-01-27 | 2017-03-31 |
| FOX, Robin Bretten | Secretary | — | 1994-05-01 |
| GREGORY, Philip Charles | Secretary | 1996-03-15 | 2014-05-31 |
| LYNN, Marjorie Eva | Secretary | 2014-05-31 | 2015-01-27 |
| PORTER, John Charles Anthony | Secretary | 2022-08-01 | 2023-06-15 |
| STANBOROUGH, Danielle Elizabeth | Secretary | 2017-03-31 | 2018-01-12 |
| ZIVKO, Diana | Secretary | 2023-06-16 | 2024-08-02 |
| ZIVKO, Diana | Secretary | 2018-01-12 | 2022-07-31 |
| BARKER, Michael John | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2017-12-15 |
| BERESFORD, Robert | Director | — | 1998-11-20 |
| BIRCH, Richard Paul, Mr. | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| BISHOP, Martin William | Director | 2002-05-07 | 2002-08-31 |
| BLACKBURN, Michael Orlando | Director | 1993-11-01 | 2007-10-18 |
| BOWER OBE, Denise Ann, Professor | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| BRISTOW, Noel George | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2009-05-21 |
| BROOKS, Marian Michele | Director | 2004-05-01 | 2012-10-31 |
| CHESWORTH, Peter Michael | Director | — | 2005-09-30 |
| CLAYSON, Peter John | Director | — | 1993-05-28 |
| COWIE, John Graham | Director | — | 1998-09-30 |
| CUMMINGS, George Edward | Director | — | 1994-06-30 |
| DAVIS, David Christopher Carless | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| DIXON, Kevin Paul | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2016-03-31 |
| DURHAM, Michael Victor Hugh | Director | — | 1995-07-31 |
| ELLIOTT, Ian Haslett | Director | — | 1999-10-15 |
| FOREMAN, Derek Reginald | Director | 2001-01-23 | 2005-07-31 |
| FOX, Robin Bretten | Director | — | 2002-05-10 |
| FRAME, Martin Stevenson Crosbie | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2005-04-29 |
| GALBRAITH, Ian Martin Richard | Director | 2017-12-15 | 2025-09-30 |
| HAIGH, Michael David | Director | 2014-04-14 | 2022-07-31 |
| HAYWARD, John Desmond | Director | — | 1999-10-01 |
| HORNSBY, Martin Robert | Director | 2001-01-23 | 2011-09-14 |
| HOWELLS, Keith John, Mr. | Director | 1997-07-01 | 2019-06-30 |
| JACKSON, Brian Kenneth | Director | — | 1998-03-13 |
| KHAN, Masood Husain | Director | — | 1996-03-31 |
| LAKE, Lionel Malcolm | Director | — | 1994-07-05 |
| LEE, Peter Stuart | Director | — | 2007-01-11 |
| LEONARD, Guy William Ingledew | Director | 2002-05-07 | 2020-12-31 |
| MAYO, Bruce | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2002-05-03 |
| MCCARTNEY, Alan Hugh | Director | — | 1994-04-30 |
| NORIE, Evelyn Hugh | Director | — | 2001-08-05 |
| PALMER, David Ernest | Director | — | 1995-08-20 |
| PERKINS, William Albert | Director | 1994-04-01 | 2001-04-06 |
| ROBSON, John Frederick | Director | — | 1992-06-18 |
| SIMPSON, John Longson | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2005-11-03 |
| SQUIRE, Robert William | Director | 2001-05-14 | 2007-05-28 |
| STOVELL, Kevin John | Director | 1995-05-01 | 2015-11-27 |
| THIRLWALL, Timothy John | Director | — | 2003-12-04 |
| TRINDER, Christian Robert | Director | 2003-03-01 | 2012-09-30 |
| TURNBULL, Jeffrey Alan | Director | — | 1994-08-13 |
| TWIGG, Robert Douglas Hilton | Director | — | 2002-11-30 |
| VINEY, Michael John | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2003-07-25 |
| WHALLEY, Robin James | Director | 1997-07-01 | 2004-12-02 |
| WHITE, Malcolm Elliott Douglas | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2007-08-05 |
| WICKENS, Peter John | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Richard | Director | 2003-03-01 | 2015-03-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Ronald Eynon | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2005-11-16 |
| WILTSHIRE, Trevor John | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| WYNHOVEN, Jacobus Hubertus | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2001-04-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mott Macdonald Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-05-09 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 329 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-12-09 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-12-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-09 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-12-09 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-09 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-05 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-12-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-05 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-05 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 5
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+3.9%
£997,014,000 £1,036,128,000
-
Cash
+14.5%
£251,084,000 £287,485,000
-
Net assets
+6.9%
£474,327,000 £507,026,000
-
Employees
+1.7%
8,410 8,553
-
Operating profit
+55.4%
£28,360,000 £44,062,000
-
Profit before tax
+31.5%
£64,403,000 £84,709,000
-
Wages
+3.4%
£476,507,000 £492,830,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers