BLACK & VEATCH (U.K.) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-09 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-26
Watchouts
Cash
£41M
+26.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£22M
+23.6% vs 2023
Employees
83
+1.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+65.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £38,150,000 | £39,020,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,321,000 | £2,064,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2,608,000 | £4,319,000 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £2,913,000 | £4,688,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | £32,222,000 | £40,751,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £14,193,000 | £18,725,000 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £17,672,000 | £21,846,000 | |
| Equity | £12,373,000 | £12,430,000 | £17,565,000 | £21,665,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 82 | 83 | |
| Wages | — | — | £7,236,000 | £7,813,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £370,000 | £243,000 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+2.3%
£38,150,000 £39,020,000
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Cash
+26.5%
£32,222,000 £40,751,000
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Net assets
+23.6%
£17,672,000 £21,846,000
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Employees
+1.2%
82 83
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Operating profit
+56.2%
£1,321,000 £2,064,000
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Profit before tax
+65.6%
£2,608,000 £4,319,000
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Wages
+8%
£7,236,000 £7,813,000
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 3.5% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 7.6% | 12.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 9.3% | 11.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.35x | 1.40x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 1.51x | 31.75x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- BLACK & VEATCH (U.K.) LIMITED 1989-06-22 → present
- TOLU LIMITED 1989-04-26 → 1989-06-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have assessed whether the use of the going concern basis is appropriate and have considered possible events or conditions that might cast significant doubt on the ability of the group to continue as a going concern. The directors have made this assessment for a period of at least one year from the date of the approval of these financial statements and therefore believe it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- BLACK & VEATCH (U.K.) LIMITED · parent
- Black & Veatch Mongolia LLC 1%
- Black & Veatch Partner Consulting Engineers 0.75%
- Skanska UK Plc 0.3%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILSON, Gordon James | Secretary | 2022-05-02 | — | — |
| HOGAN, Patrick Gerard, Dr | Director | 2025-08-29 | Mar 1964 | British,American |
| III, Rafael Enriquillo Frias | Director | 2025-10-17 | Nov 1975 | American |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COCKRELL, Frank | Secretary | — | 1993-06-16 |
| DALY, Christine Anne | Secretary | 2007-12-21 | 2014-07-23 |
| HEDEMANN, George Christian | Secretary | 1995-01-09 | 2008-06-02 |
| MCCORMACK, Francis Declan Finbar Tempany | Secretary | 2014-07-23 | 2022-05-02 |
| SCHOENLAUB, Fred Edward | Secretary | 1993-06-16 | 1995-01-09 |
| TRIPLETT, Timothy | Secretary | 2008-06-02 | 2014-01-17 |
| ACHESON, Allen Morrow | Director | — | 1992-04-13 |
| ADAM, Paul James | Director | 1989-07-07 | 1999-11-30 |
| AINSWORTH, Bruce Alan | Director | 2005-12-07 | 2013-06-21 |
| BLACKER, Ian | Director | 2022-08-31 | 2024-03-14 |
| COLLINS, Anthony Edward | Director | 2007-12-21 | 2010-12-16 |
| DAVIDSON, Patrick George, Dr | Director | 1996-12-10 | 2001-08-06 |
| DOULL, James Douglas | Director | 2021-01-15 | 2025-07-24 |
| FAIRFAX, Matthew William | Director | 2020-12-04 | 2021-01-15 |
| GIBSON, Robbie John Reed | Director | 2020-12-04 | 2025-05-16 |
| GURNEY, Charles Albert | Director | 1999-08-12 | 2000-09-04 |
| HALL, Wayne Frank | Director | 1993-06-16 | 2006-02-16 |
| HARMER, Paul | Director | 2020-12-04 | 2022-07-31 |
| HEDEMANN, George Christian | Director | 1995-01-09 | 2008-06-02 |
| HETHERINGTON, James Stephen | Director | 1997-08-13 | 1998-04-30 |
| HOFFMAN, Angela | Director | 2005-12-07 | 2006-06-23 |
| HUGHES, Lawrence Gareth Spencer | Director | 1999-11-30 | 2000-08-08 |
| JOHNSON III, Clifford A | Director | 2006-01-12 | 2007-12-21 |
| MAZANY, Daniel Keith | Director | 1993-06-16 | 1999-09-01 |
| MERJANEH, Youssef | Director | 2021-04-14 | 2025-08-29 |
| MOIR, Ian William Morham | Director | 1992-04-14 | 1993-09-20 |
| PATTON, James Learoy | Director | 1993-06-16 | 2002-08-24 |
| REORDA, Thomas | Director | 2011-12-08 | 2014-01-17 |
| ROBINSON, Ian Michael | Director | 2013-06-21 | 2021-01-15 |
| ROBINSON, John Hamilton, Chairman | Director | 1993-06-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| RUISCH JNR, Robert Glenwood | Director | 1993-06-16 | 1996-07-15 |
| SCHOENLAUB, Fred Edward | Director | 1993-06-16 | 1995-01-09 |
| SCOTT, Christopher William Timpson | Director | 2020-12-04 | 2022-11-04 |
| SMITH, Christopher James | Director | 2000-10-06 | 2005-12-02 |
| SMITH, Douglas Gene | Director | 1999-11-30 | 2004-01-30 |
| STAMM, Rolf | Director | — | 1993-06-16 |
| THOMAS, Rosemary Elizabeth | Director | 2004-04-23 | 2004-09-30 |
| TRESISE, Michael Charles | Director | 1996-12-10 | 2000-10-08 |
| TRIPLETT, Timothy | Director | 2008-06-02 | 2014-01-17 |
| WRIGHTON, Emma Kathryn | Director | 2007-12-21 | 2011-12-31 |
| YOUINGS, John | Director | 1999-11-30 | 2004-04-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black & Veatch International Company | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-12-03 | Ceased 2020-12-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 206 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-15 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-05 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-07-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.