LAING O'ROURKE HOLDINGS LIMITED

1. LAING O'ROURKE HOLDINGS LIMITED 2002-12-30 → present
2. LAING CONSTRUCTION HOLDINGS LIMITED 2001-10-23 → 2002-12-30
3. SHELFCO (NO.2484) LIMITED 2001-05-23 → 2001-10-23

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

Consolidated group

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. LAING O'ROURKE HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
   1. Crown House Technologies Limited 100% · England and Wales · Mechanical and electrical contracting
   2. Explore 2050 Engineering Limited 100% · England and Wales · Civil and structural engineering, piling and demolition
   3. Explore 2050 Manufacturing Limited 100% · England and Wales · Manufacture of construction products
   4. Glass Reinforced Concrete UK Limited 100% · England and Wales · Manufacture and supply of glass reinforced concrete building products
   5. Laing O'Rourke Delivery Limited 100% · England and Wales · Building contracting, civil engineering and infrastructure
   6. Laing O'Rourke Infrastructure Limited 100% · England and Wales · Civil engineering and infrastructure
   7. Laing O'Rourke Services Limited 100% · England and Wales · Service company
   8. Select Plant Hire Company Limited 100% · England and Wales · Plant hire and operations
   9. Vetter UK Limited 100% · England and Wales · Finished stone products

Significant events

• “Group EBIT has improved by £29.3m to £42.4m (FY24: £13.1m) while the profit before tax has increased by £20.0m from a loss to £15.5m (FY24: loss of £(4.5)m).”
• “The Group order book stands at £14.1bn as at 30 June 2025.”
• “In October 2024, Laing O'Rourke announced its commitment to new science-based carbon reduction targets.”
• “In June 2024, Ray O'Rourke KBE announced his decision to step away from his role as CEO and continue to serve the Board as a Deputy Chair. He subsequently agreed to take the role of Group Chair, from 1 April 2025 following Sir John Parker's decision to step down from the role from the end of March 2025. The Board appointed Cathal O'Rourke as the new CEO, with effect from 1 July 2024.”
• “In September 2024 Rowan Baker stepped down from both her role as CFO and from the Board, and was replaced by Deputy CFO Paul Teasdale.”
• “During the year, on 5 July 2024, a loan of £40.0m was advanced from Ebsworth Holding & Finance Limited, a related party, to the Laing O'Rourke Corporation Limited Group on arm's length commercial terms for a period of 2 years.”
• “On 30 June 2025, the Group signed a purchase agreement for the purchase of the trade and assets of the plant hire business of Explore Transport Limited, with completion expected on 31 July 2025. On completion, the Group will also sign a sale agreement for its 50% equity interest in Explore Transport Limited which includes the Group's effective equity interest of 35% in Prigmore Haulage Limited, a subsidiary of Explore Transport Limited.”

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

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

4

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

  -9.6%

  £2,391,100,000 → £2,162,700,000

• Cash

  +63.7%

  £129,600,000 → £212,200,000

• Net assets

  +15.7%

  £83,300,000 → £96,400,000

• Employees

  -8.2%

  6,932 → 6,363

• Operating profit

  +223.7%

  £13,100,000 → £42,400,000

• Profit before tax

  +444.4%

  -£4,500,000 → £15,500,000

• Wages

  -2.8%

  £484,700,000 → £471,200,000

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