BUILDING DESIGN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-24 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-10-10

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£16M

-8.8% vs 2024

Net assets

£21M

-18.5% vs 2024

Employees

1,234

-7.1% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£4M

-62.4% vs 2024

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

6 officer resignations in last 12 months

Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

BUILDING DESIGN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED 1988-03-11 → present
CLUSTERCALL LIMITED 1987-12-22 → 1988-03-11

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Industrials median

BUILDING DESIGN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED·Industrials median · n=2875

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30

Metric	2024-06-30	2025-06-30
Turnover	£148,636,673	£129,661,724
Operating profit	£10,528,034	£4,227,830
Profit before tax	£9,773,177	£3,676,958
Net profit	£6,831,319	£1,144,425
Cash	£17,967,884	£16,394,668
Total assets less current liabilities	£30,999,596	£24,216,384
Net assets	£25,611,525	£20,868,168
Equity	£25,611,525	£20,868,168
Average employees	1,328	1,234
Wages	£75,008,163	£66,537,257

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	2024-06-30	2025-06-30
Operating margin	7.1%	3.3%
Net margin	4.6%	0.9%
Return on capital employed	34.0%	17.5%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	68.5%	70.0%
Current ratio	1.36x	1.30x
Interest cover	7.71x	3.70x

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: Consolidated group
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The Directors have formed a judgement at the time of approving the financial statements, that there is a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of these financial statements.”

Group structure

BUILDING DESIGN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED · parent
1. BDP Rotterdam BV 100% · Netherlands · Master planning and landscape architectural services.
2. Whicheloe MacFarlane Partnership Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Architectural and engineering services.
3. Building Design Partnership (Architects, Designers, Engineers) Limited 100% · Ireland · Architectural and engineering services.
4. BDP Design Engineering Private Limited 100% · India · Design, master planning and landscape architectural services.
5. BDP MENA Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Investment holding
6. BDP MENA Consulting Engineers LLC 49% · United Arab Emirates · Architectural and master planning services.
7. BDP Architectural Design Consulting (Shanghai) Co,. Limited 100% · China · Architectural and master planning services.
8. BDP Canada Inc. 100% · Canada · Management services.
9. BDP Architects (Southeast Asia) Pte. Limited 100% · Singapore · Architectural and master planning services.
10. Quadrangle Design Limited 100% · Canada · Management services.
11. Quadrangle Architects Limited 0% · Canada · Architectural and interior design services.
12. BDP Pattern Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Architectural and engineering services.
13. BDP Design Services Inc. 100% · USA · Management services.
14. BDP Architecture PC 0% · USA · Architectural services.
15. BDP Australasia 100% · Australia · Architectural and engineering services.
16. BDP Acoustics Limited 100% · England and Wales
17. BDP Dublin Limited 100% · England and Wales
18. BDP Europe Limited 100% · England and Wales
19. BDP Landscape Limited 100% · England and Wales
20. BDP Lighting Limited 100% · England and Wales
21. BDP Nominees (Properties & Subsidiary Operations) Limited 100% · England and Wales
22. BDP Planning Supervisors Limited 100% · England and Wales
23. BDP Sport Limited 100% · England and Wales
24. BDP Belfast Limited 100% · England and Wales
25. BDP Computing Services Limited 100% · England and Wales
26. BDP Design Limited 100% · England and Wales
27. BDP Edinburgh Limited 100% · England and Wales
28. BDP Engineering Limited 100% · England and Wales
29. BDP Glasgow Limited 100% · England and Wales
30. BDP International Limited 100% · England and Wales
31. BDP Advanced Technologies Limited 100% · England and Wales
32. BDP London Limited 100% · England and Wales
33. BDP Manchester Limited 100% · England and Wales
34. BDP Middle East Limited 100% · England and Wales
35. BDP Planning Limited 100% · England and Wales
36. BDP Project Management Limited 100% · England and Wales
37. BDP Sheffield Limited 100% · England and Wales
38. BDP Special Structures Group Limited 100% · England and Wales
39. BDP Sustainability Limited 100% · England and Wales
40. BDP Winchester Limited 100% · England and Wales
41. Building Design Partnership Europe Limited 100% · England and Wales
42. Building Design Partnership International Limited 100% · England and Wales
43. Campus Projects Limited 100% · England and Wales
44. BDP Bristol Limited 100% · England and Wales
45. Whicheloe Macfarlane MDP Limited 100% · England and Wales
46. WM Southampton Limited 100% · England and Wales

Significant events

“During the year we joined the Tokio Marine group following their acquisition of our parent company, Integrated Design & Engineering Holdings Co. which turned ID&E into a wholly owned subsidiary in May 2025.”
“A dividend of £2,500,000 (2024 - £5,812,129) was approved after the year end at the October 2025 Board meeting.”

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

People

23 active · 54 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
WELLS, Heather Olwyn	Secretary	2017-05-01	—	—
ACKERMANN, Christoph Leonhard	Director	2019-07-01	Mar 1976	German
BAKER, James	Director	2022-01-01	Apr 1975	British
COUSER, Gerard	Director	2017-01-01	Aug 1966	British
EDWARDS, Nicholas	Director	2017-01-01	Mar 1966	British
ELLIOTT, Gavin James	Director	2002-01-01	Apr 1963	British
EMMS, Suzanne	Director	2018-07-01	Feb 1974	British
FAIRHAM, Nicholas Stuart	Director	2018-07-01	Nov 1971	British
HARDING, Christopher Robert	Director	2002-01-01	Jan 1962	British
HEPBURN, James Bothwell	Director	2017-01-01	Sep 1974	British
KELL, Alistair William	Director	2017-01-01	Nov 1968	British
KHERA, Akshay	Director	2024-07-01	Jan 1973	British
LANGSTON, Christopher John	Director	2006-07-01	Feb 1961	British
MACKENZIE, Scott	Director	2011-07-01	Apr 1969	British
MARTIN, Max	Director	2022-01-01	Aug 1976	British
MERRIDEW, Steven	Director	2024-07-01	Aug 1981	British
RILEY, Simon	Director	2018-07-01	Oct 1970	British
SIMPSON, Mark	Director	2017-07-01	Aug 1964	British
SMITH, Andrew Gerard	Director	2004-07-01	Nov 1965	British
SWAIN-SMITH, Andrew	Director	2010-07-01	Oct 1964	British
WELLS, Heather Olwyn	Director	2006-07-01	Jul 1964	British
WILDING, Garry Paul	Director	2024-07-01	Jun 1977	British
ZUCCHI, Benedict Dominic Antony	Director	2005-07-01	Dec 1964	British

Show 54 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
FUSSELL, Brynley	Secretary	—	2017-04-30
ADAMS, Robert Arthur	Director	1994-11-28	2004-12-31
BARNES, David Stewart	Director	1997-06-30	1998-06-30
BARTON, Edward Victor	Director	1997-06-30	2004-12-31
BENNIE, Norman Mackenzie	Director	1997-06-30	2010-12-31
BIRKETT, Graham Stanley	Director	1997-07-01	2004-12-31
BRENNAN, David Michael	Director	2004-01-01	2019-03-22
BUTLER, Kenneth Gerald	Director	1997-06-30	2001-06-30
CASH, David Charles	Director	1997-06-30	2016-12-31
CLARKE, David John	Director	2004-07-01	2013-01-31
COLEMAN, Peter John	Director	1997-07-01	2018-06-30
COOK, Martin	Director	1998-07-01	2017-11-01
CROSSLEY, Keith	Director	1998-07-01	2010-06-30
DAVENPORT, Terence Joseph	Director	2005-07-01	2013-03-31
DRUMMOND, Peter Duncan	Director	1997-06-30	2017-05-31
ELLIS, Alan Geoffrey	Director	1997-06-30	2000-06-30
ELLIS, John Robert James	Director	1997-06-30	2000-06-30
FERGUSSON, Alexander Mcclure	Director	1997-06-30	2011-12-31
FERRY, Robert	Director	2017-01-01	2026-03-13
GILLHAM, Stephen	Director	2006-07-01	2025-12-31
GLARE, Francis Peter	Director	2004-07-01	2022-12-31
GREGSON, Stephen John	Director	2004-01-01	2006-12-31
HORN, Roger Anthony	Director	—	1994-11-28
JACKSON, Adrian Peter	Director	1997-06-30	2002-06-30
JOHNSTON, David Henry Rowland	Director	1997-06-30	2004-06-30
KHANDEKAR, Shyamkant Vinayak	Director	2008-04-15	2012-12-31
LYNCH, John Matthew	Director	2005-07-01	2011-06-30
MAGUIRE, Gareth Patrick	Director	2005-07-01	2006-06-30
MCCLEMENTS, Graham Stewart	Director	1997-07-01	2023-04-30
MCCRORY, Andrew Alexander	Director	1997-06-30	1998-06-30
MCDOWELL, Michelle Janet	Director	2003-01-01	2022-04-28
MCGUIRK, Anthony	Director	1997-06-30	2014-07-10
MCMANUS, John	Director	1998-07-01	2021-11-19
PARKER, John Robert	Director	—	2012-06-30
PATEL, Dipesh	Director	2021-07-01	2025-03-17
PAVEY, Keith Clifford	Director	1997-06-30	2013-06-30
PIKE, Derek, Doctor	Director	1997-06-30	2003-06-30
PRICE, Adrian	Director	2017-01-01	2026-03-31
RADFORD, David John	Director	2002-12-17	2004-04-24
REDFERN, Stephen Barry	Director	2002-01-01	2018-12-31
ROYCROFT, John Seamus	Director	2017-01-01	2026-05-01
SAXON, Richard Gilbert	Director	1997-06-11	2004-06-30
SHAW, Andrew	Director	2002-12-17	2007-06-30
SMYTH, Daniel	Director	2005-07-01	2025-05-31
SNAPE, Peter Nigel	Director	1997-06-30	2010-06-30
SPITTLE, Robert	Director	2000-07-01	2017-06-30
SUTCLIFFE, Martin Rhodes	Director	2002-01-01	2015-07-03
SWEET, Jeremy	Director	2005-07-01	2021-12-31
TERRY, Nicholas John	Director	1997-06-30	2008-10-24
TINDSLEY, Andrew John	Director	2005-07-01	2017-12-31
TOMBLING, Kathryn Jane	Director	2022-01-01	2026-04-10
WAKES, John	Director	2002-01-01	2017-06-30
WHITEHURST, Andrew James	Director	1998-07-01	2022-12-31
WILLIAMS, Timothy Frederick	Director	2002-01-01	2013-01-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Bdp Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 363 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-05-01	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2026-04-13	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2026-04-13	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2026-03-16	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2026-03-11	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company current shortened	PDF
2026-03-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2026-01-02	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-10-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-09-19	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-06-02	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-03-25	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-02-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2024-10-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-07-09	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-07-09	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-07-09	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-03-01	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2023-11-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-10-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-06-06	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 10
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 6

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

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30

Turnover

-12.8%

£148,636,673 £129,661,724
Cash

-8.8%

£17,967,884 £16,394,668
Net assets

-18.5%

£25,611,525 £20,868,168
Employees

-7.1%

1,328 1,234
Operating profit

-59.8%

£10,528,034 £4,227,830
Profit before tax

-62.4%

£9,773,177 £3,676,958
Wages

-11.3%

£75,008,163 £66,537,257

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

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