BUILD KING CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
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Cash
£101m
HKD 1,056,672,000
+59.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£164m
HKD 1,719,355,000
+7.2% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
1,201
-14.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£23m
HKD 243,237,000
-34.6% first positive since 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-10-15.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £720,780,868 | £893,849,684 | £754,330,844 | -15.6% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£19,614,883 | £35,915,255 | £22,754,363 | -36.6% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£20,261,526 | £35,448,921 | £23,172,491 | -34.6% | |
| Net profit | — | -£20,536,997 | £32,291,620 | £21,683,084 | -32.9% | |
| Cash | — | £73,434,553 | £62,954,606 | £100,666,108 | +59.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £157,240,079 | £191,816,785 | £207,925,463 | +8.4% | |
| Net assets | — | £118,020,545 | £152,790,217 | £163,798,015 | +7.2% | |
| Equity | £146,871,790 | £118,020,545 | £152,790,217 | £163,798,015 | +7.2% | |
| Average employees | — | 1,441 | 1,411 | 1,201 | -14.9% | |
| Wages | — | £68,601,681 | £68,442,653 | £78,302,721 | +14.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £1,631,857 | £1,691,009 | £1,251,048 | -26% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £132,638 | £101,841 | -23.2% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £346,896 | £362,681 | £292,661 | -19.3% |
Figures converted to GBP from HKD at 0.0953 per HKD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -2.7% | 4.0% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | — | -2.8% | 3.6% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -12.5% | 18.7% | 10.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 74.8% | 67.3% | 62.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.50x | 1.69x | 1.89x | |
| Interest cover | — | -14.62x | 35.80x | — |
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 5 times since incorporation
- BUILD KING CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 2016-03-03 → present
- KADEN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 2006-03-20 → 2016-03-03
- KIER HONG KONG LIMITED 1983-08-03 → 2006-03-20
- KIER OVERSEAS (THIRTEEN) LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 1983-08-03
- KIER IRAQ LIMITED 1980-12-31 → 1981-12-31
- KIER IRAQ LIMITED 1978-12-19 → 1980-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Shinewing Wilson Accountancy Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having made appropriate enquiries, the directors consider it reasonable to assume that the company has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future, being not less than 12 months from the approval of these financial statements”
Significant events
- “There were no significant events after the end of the reporting year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
16 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-08-01 | — | — |
| BOOK, Kin Man | Director | 2010-09-01 | Oct 1967 | Chinese |
| CHAN, Chi Ming | Director | 2024-11-11 | Feb 1967 | Chinese |
| CHAN, Wing Ho | Director | 2020-02-14 | Dec 1976 | Chinese |
| CHEUNG, Siu Lun | Director | 2007-02-01 | Oct 1950 | Chinese |
| FONG, Wai Pan | Director | 2021-12-28 | Oct 1977 | Chinese |
| KWOK, Chi Ko | Director | 2011-12-12 | Aug 1956 | Chinese |
| LEE, Man Wai | Director | 2016-03-10 | Feb 1961 | Chinese |
| LIU, Hoi Yu | Director | 2025-01-03 | Jun 1974 | Chinese |
| LIU, Sing Pang | Director | 2008-04-28 | Aug 1961 | Chinese |
| LUI, Yau Chun Paul | Director | 2009-02-20 | Mar 1961 | Chinese |
| SO, Yiu Wing | Director | 2011-12-12 | May 1974 | Chinese |
| TSE, Mau Kay | Director | 2025-04-01 | Sep 1975 | Chinese |
| TSUI, Wai Tim | Director | 2013-12-12 | Aug 1962 | British |
| YIU, Cheuk Hung | Director | 2015-08-27 | Aug 1965 | Chinese |
| YU, Man Kit | Director | 2020-02-14 | Oct 1974 | Chinese |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMPSON, Harold Lister | Secretary | — | 2005-06-15 |
| RB SECRETARIAT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-06-15 | 2011-08-01 |
| CHAN, Tom Wai Hung | Director | 1993-01-01 | 2002-05-25 |
| CHANG, Kam Chuen Desmond | Director | 2009-02-20 | 2014-05-16 |
| CHOY, Hon Ping | Director | 2010-01-02 | 2012-08-31 |
| CLARKE, Alan | Director | 2002-03-15 | 2009-02-28 |
| DODDS, John | Director | — | 1993-03-08 |
| DUREY, David John | Director | 2000-09-07 | 2005-06-15 |
| FAHERTY, Robert John | Director | 1999-08-01 | 2000-09-20 |
| FRANCIS, Robert Graham Mckenzie | Director | 1993-03-08 | 2000-04-03 |
| HALLER, Richard Anthony | Director | 2001-04-02 | 2002-03-15 |
| LAU, Chi Woon | Director | 2005-06-15 | 2009-02-28 |
| LAWSON, John William Hilton | Director | 1993-03-08 | 1999-06-28 |
| LUK, Chi Chung Peter | Director | 2023-12-21 | 2024-11-11 |
| MITCHELL, Cyril Leslie | Director | — | 1993-03-08 |
| MOK, Hon Wa Kenneth | Director | 2017-04-13 | 2025-01-03 |
| SHENNAN, Graham Alexander | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2001-04-02 |
| STANILAND, Paul John | Director | — | 2002-03-15 |
| TRAYLING, Gordon Christopher | Director | 1995-02-06 | 1999-07-23 |
| TSANG, Francis Wing Ho | Director | 2013-02-28 | 2017-04-13 |
| VOWLES-SHERIDAN, Michael Jonathan | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1997-06-25 |
| WONG, Chee Keung | Director | 2008-04-28 | 2008-07-23 |
| WU, Siu Ho | Director | 2012-11-23 | 2018-09-30 |
| YUE, Pak Lim | Director | 2012-08-31 | 2016-12-31 |
| ZEN, Wei Peu Derek | Director | 2009-02-20 | 2014-05-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 243 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-05 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-07-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.