WSP UK LIMITED

1. WSP UK LIMITED 2008-01-11 → present
2. WSP BUILDINGS LIMITED 2002-10-02 → 2008-01-11
3. WSP SOUTH LIMITED 1998-12-18 → 2002-10-02
4. WSP SOUTH & EAST LIMITED 1994-11-15 → 1998-12-18
5. WSP KENCHINGTON FORD (SOUTH AND EAST) LIMITED 1993-11-29 → 1994-11-15
6. WSP CONSULTING ENGINEERS (SURREY) LIMITED 1992-12-08 → 1993-11-29
7. WILLIAMS SALE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED 1978-08-11 → 1992-12-08

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

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.

Accounting basis

IFRS

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“These financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis. Accounting standards require that directors satisfy themselves that it is reasonable for them to conclude whether it is appropriate to prepare financial statements on a going concern basis. The directors have assessed the viability of the Company by reviewing detailed cash flow forecasts for a period of at least twelve months following the date of approval of the Annual Report.”

Group structure

1. WSP UK LIMITED · parent
   1. G L Hearn Limited 100% · England · Property advisory services
   2. WSP (Real Estate and Infrastructure) Limited 100% · England · Consulting engineers
   3. Parsons Brinckerhoff Ltd 100% · England · Consulting engineers
   4. WSP European Holdings Limited 100% · England · Holding company
   5. WSP Management Services Limited 100% · England · Provision of property leasing services
   6. WSP Management Consultants Limited 100% · England · Consulting engineers
   7. Golder Associates (UK) Limited 100% · England · Consulting services
   8. Opus International Consultants (UK) Limited 100% · England · Provision of property leasing services

Significant events

• “In the prior year, on 1 April 2023, the Company acquired the majority of the trade and assets of WSP Environment and Infrastructure Solutions UK Limited (formerly Wood Environment and Infrastructure Solutions UK Limited), an entity under common control.”
• “On 1 July 2023, the Company acquired the majority of the trade and assets of WSP (Real Estate and Infrastructure) Limited, a subsidiary of the Company, (formerly Capita (Real Estate and Infrastructure) Limited) and the trade and assets of the Planning and Development business of G L Hearn Limited, a subsidiary of the Company.”
• “The Company entered into a pension buyout agreement in the prior year, transferring three of its defined benefit pension schemes obligations to an insurance company.”
• “On 30 May 2025, the Company acquired 100% of the share capital of Lexica Health and Life Sciences Consultancy Limited ("Lexica"), a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales, from a third party.”
• “On 16 July 2025, the Company declared a cash dividend of £29,784,000 to its parent entity, WSP Group Holding AB.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +14.5%

  £867,768,000 → £994,017,000

• Cash

  +106.1%

  £39,754,000 → £81,940,000

• Net assets

  +18.2%

  £323,717,000 → £382,593,000

• Employees

  +4.3%

  8,236 → 8,592

• Operating profit

  +39.6%

  £58,844,000 → £82,151,000

• Profit before tax

  +38.9%

  £55,309,000 → £76,819,000

• Wages

  +7.2%

  £449,364,000 → £481,774,000

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