MOTT MACDONALD LIMITED
Operating as part of the employee-owned Mott MacDonald Group, the company provides international engineering, management, and development consultancy services.
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Cash
£191m
+52.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£509m
+0.5% vs 2024
Employees
8,619
+0.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£56m
-34.2% lowest in 3 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of MOTT MACDONALD LIMITED's latest filing
Mott MacDonald breaks £1bn in revenue again, but profit takes a hit as staff costs creep up. 🏗️
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £997,014,000 | £1,036,128,000 | £1,054,981,000 | +1.8% | |
| Operating profit | £28,360,000 | £44,062,000 | £25,060,000 | -43.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £64,403,000 | £84,709,000 | £55,748,000 | -34.2% | |
| Net profit | £51,812,000 | £69,006,000 | £44,174,000 | -36% | |
| Cash | £251,084,000 | £125,480,000 | £190,954,000 | +52.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £496,429,000 | £527,649,000 | £527,543,000 | 0% | |
| Net assets | £474,327,000 | £507,026,000 | £509,325,000 | +0.5% | |
| Equity | £474,327,000 | £507,026,000 | £509,325,000 | +0.5% | |
| Average employees | 8,410 | 8,553 | 8,619 | +0.8% | |
| Wages | £476,507,000 | £492,830,000 | £505,020,000 | +2.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £3,860,000 | £3,860,000 | £3,936,000 | +2% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 4.3% | 2.4% | |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 6.7% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.7% | 8.4% | 4.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.59x | 2.19x | 2.03x | |
| Interest cover | 6.74x | 5.89x | 2.97x |
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.
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
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group has prepared a cash flow forecast (base case) to 31 December 2027 on the basis of which the directors consider that the Group and the company have sufficient cash reserves to continue trading, whilst meeting the financial covenants set within the bank facilities. ...the financial modelling indicates that the Group and company would still have sufficient liquidity and be able to continue trading for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
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 April, we announced that we were enhancing our employee-ownership model in our parent company, Mott MacDonald Group Limited, with improvements designed to empower our colleagues and foster a culture of shared success and collaboration.”
- “We have also accelerated our digital ambition - especially in the realm of responsible Al. This includes investing in partnerships with key technology providers and launching our own generative Al assistant 'Every Mott MacDonald Answer' - known as EMMA.”
- “During 2025, we strengthened our contribution to some of the UK's most complex and transformative infrastructure programmes.”
- “We also reached several notable milestones on projects in 2025. These include contributing to world-first design guidelines for elite women's stadiums and supporting Oxford United's all-electric new stadium through planning approval.”
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 331 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.