TURNER & TOWNSEND COST MANAGEMENT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-24 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£21M
Equity attributable
Employees
633
Average over period
Profit before tax
£8M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £72,440,000 | £56,945,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,221,000 | £7,698,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,221,000 | £7,698,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,638,000 | £6,043,000 | |
| Cash | £1,829,000 | £2,964,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,905,000 | £25,615,000 | |
| Net assets | £15,245,000 | £21,017,000 | |
| Equity | £15,245,000 | £21,017,000 | |
| Average employees | 532 | 633 | |
| Wages | £38,788,000 | £31,067,000 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.6% | 13.5% | |
| Net margin | 5.0% | 10.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 31.3% | 30.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.77x | 1.10x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- TURNER & TOWNSEND COST MANAGEMENT LIMITED · parent
- alinea consulting LLP
Significant events
- “During the period the Company changed its year end to 31 December to align with the group.”
- “On 1 May 2024 the Company acquired the UK trade and assets of alinea consulting LLP, a fellow group company, for consideration of £2,463,000 which equalled the carrying value of the net assets transferred.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUALTROUGH, Jonathan William | Secretary | 2023-11-01 | — | — |
| CLANCY, Vincent Patrick | Director | 2007-12-20 | Aug 1964 | British |
| MARSHALL, Stephanie Jayne | Director | 2026-01-01 | Sep 1985 | British |
| MOORE, Patricia | Director | 2018-05-01 | Feb 1968 | British |
| QUALTROUGH, Jonathan William | Director | 2023-11-01 | Jun 1981 | British |
| SARGENT, Christopher James | Director | 2023-05-01 | Aug 1977 | British |
| WHYSALL, David Scott | Director | 2026-04-01 | Apr 1982 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELMONT, David Gresford | Secretary | 2008-04-09 | 2009-01-19 |
| HARRIS, Paul | Secretary | 2008-04-04 | 2009-10-15 |
| LATHOM-SHARP, Martin Stephen Jeremy | Secretary | 2007-12-20 | 2023-11-01 |
| CHANDLER, Richard Michael | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2018-04-30 |
| CONNOLLY, Paul Anthony John | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2023-05-01 |
| DAND, James | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2026-04-01 |
| DUNCAN, Andrew Richard | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2017-05-01 |
| HARRISON, Thomas Niall Ledlie | Director | 2007-12-20 | 2017-05-01 |
| LATHOM-SHARP, Martin Stephen Jeremy | Director | 2007-12-20 | 2017-05-01 |
| MCARA, Bruce George | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| MCARA, Bruce George | Director | 2009-10-15 | 2011-11-01 |
| MCGUCKIN, Stephen Augustine | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2014-08-01 |
| PEERS, Richard William | Director | 2021-03-09 | 2023-11-01 |
| SUDWEEKS, Martin John | Director | 2023-05-01 | 2026-01-01 |
| TOWNSEND, Nicholas Geoffrey | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2014-08-01 |
| WHITE, Jonathan Colin Michael | Director | 2014-08-01 | 2018-04-30 |
| WILKINSON, Francis | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2021-03-09 |
| WRAY, Timothy Gordon | Director | 2007-12-20 | 2011-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turner & Townsend Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 92 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-04 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-05 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
FY2024 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2024-04-30