CH2M HILL UNITED KINGDOM
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Cash
£48M
-27.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£8.5M
-91% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
131
-16.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6.1M
-60.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
As there is no formal commitment from Jacobs Solutions Inc for these funds to be provided throughout the going concern period, this represents a material uncertainty related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the entity's ability to continue as a going concern.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-26
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-29 | 2024-09-27 | 2025-09-26 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £316,498,000 | £301,060,000 | £179,741,000 | -40.3% | |
| Operating profit | £22,987,000 | £8,858,000 | £4,074,000 | -54% | |
| Profit before tax | £27,005,000 | £15,352,000 | £6,124,000 | -60.1% | |
| Net profit | £20,384,000 | £12,300,000 | £3,720,000 | -69.8% | |
| Cash | £17,928,000 | £66,326,000 | £47,802,000 | -27.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £85,406,000 | £93,921,000 | £8,471,000 | -91% | |
| Net assets | £85,406,000 | £93,921,000 | £8,471,000 | -91% | |
| Equity | £85,406,000 | £93,921,000 | £8,471,000 | -91% | |
| Average employees | 187 | 157 | 131 | -16.6% | |
| Wages | £16,032,000 | £14,176,000 | £12,025,000 | -15.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-09-29 | 2024-09-27 | 2025-09-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.3% | 2.9% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | 6.4% | 4.1% | 2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 26.9% | 9.4% | 48.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.77x | 2.17x | 1.11x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“As there is no formal commitment from Jacobs Solutions Inc for these funds to be provided throughout the going concern period, this represents a material uncertainty related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the entity's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- CH2M HILL UNITED KINGDOM · parent
- CH2M Hill Sverige Atkiebolag AB 100%
- Transcend Partners Limited 40%
- Arcadis-CH2M Joint Venture 50%
- Atkins-CH2M Joint Venture 50%
- Atkins-CH2M SPATS Joint Venture 50%
- C2V+ 50%
- CHC HIGHWAYS - Area 14 M&R 50%
- Costain-CH2M Joint Venture 50%
- EDP 50%
- LTC Cascade 40%
Significant events
- “Under a group registration, the Company is jointly and severally liable for value added tax due by some other group undertakings. At 26 September 2025 this contingent liability amounted to £6,786k (2024: £1,812k).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERTS, Geoffrey | Secretary | 2023-08-21 | — | — |
| LANE, Alexander James | Director | 2020-11-30 | Apr 1978 | British |
| MILES, Sally Linda Joyce | Director | 2021-08-11 | Sep 1979 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEAKE, Richard Henry | Secretary | 1992-05-08 | 1993-09-10 |
| BEVIS, Douglas Albert | Secretary | 1992-05-08 | 1992-08-04 |
| BOND, Grahame Arthur Alexander | Secretary | 1996-06-18 | 2000-05-04 |
| CARTY, Neil Edward | Secretary | 1995-12-19 | 1996-06-18 |
| CHAUDHARY, Tejender Singh, Mr | Secretary | 2014-07-14 | 2023-02-10 |
| HOLMAN, Rhona Mary | Secretary | 2023-02-10 | 2023-08-21 |
| SHORTALL, Michael | Secretary | 2000-05-04 | 2000-05-04 |
| SHORTALL, Michael | Secretary | 2000-05-04 | 2007-07-16 |
| SUTTON, Gavin Peter | Secretary | 2007-07-16 | 2012-10-12 |
| TIRELLA, Orazio Charles | Secretary | — | 1992-05-08 |
| TOWNSEND, Rick Charles | Secretary | 1992-08-04 | 1995-12-19 |
| WRIGHT, Beverley Ann | Secretary | 2012-10-12 | 2014-06-26 |
| AKAY, Omur | Director | 2003-05-05 | 2008-01-29 |
| BAILEY, Robert Wallace | Director | 2010-08-10 | 2014-07-14 |
| BAKER, Jonathan Scott | Director | 2010-07-13 | 2017-12-31 |
| BEAKE, Richard Henry | Director | 1992-01-02 | 1993-09-10 |
| BLACK, Ian Roger | Director | 1994-04-14 | 1996-10-31 |
| COULTAS, David Joseph | Director | 2018-03-21 | 2020-12-09 |
| D'AMBROSIO, Paul Christopher | Director | 2010-07-05 | 2011-06-30 |
| DOUGLAS, Guy | Director | 2019-06-03 | 2021-08-11 |
| ELLIS, David | Director | 2018-03-21 | 2019-06-03 |
| FRASER-SMITH, Richard Geoffrey, Mr | Director | 2014-07-14 | 2015-04-30 |
| GAJENDRAN, Karthigesu | Director | 1996-11-01 | 2006-07-12 |
| HALL, Philip Greenleaf | Director | — | 1995-12-19 |
| HAMER, Benjamin Alexander | Director | 2018-01-31 | 2019-06-03 |
| HANNIS, Samuel James, Mr | Director | 2017-02-03 | 2019-06-03 |
| HARVEY, Bryan George | Director | 2020-11-30 | 2022-09-26 |
| HILL, Roy Francis | Director | 2008-01-29 | 2017-04-28 |
| KENNY, Katherine Helen | Director | 2022-12-15 | 2025-07-29 |
| MORRISON, Hugh Donald | Director | 2019-06-03 | 2022-12-15 |
| PETERSON, Ralph Randall | Director | 1992-05-08 | 1995-12-19 |
| POIROT, James Wesley | Director | — | 1993-04-02 |
| SCHIRMER JR, Howard August | Director | 1992-05-08 | 1995-12-19 |
| SHATTOCK, Jonathan R. | Director | 2019-06-03 | 2020-11-30 |
| SHELTON, Brian R | Director | 2017-02-03 | 2017-03-23 |
| SHIPLEY, Peter Duncan | Director | 2006-06-01 | 2010-07-06 |
| STRINGER, Rachel Clare | Director | 2017-03-23 | 2017-12-22 |
| THURSTON, Mark John | Director | 2014-07-14 | 2017-02-03 |
| WRIGHT, Beverley Ann | Director | 2007-03-09 | 2014-06-26 |
| ZUIJDAM, David Mel | Director | 2015-04-30 | 2017-02-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ch2m Hill Europe Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 200 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.