COWI UK LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£12M
-31.5% vs 2024
Employees
458
-0.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£8.6M
+3.6% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £73,814,335 | £69,006,884 | £69,174,649 | +0.2% | |
| Operating profit | £7,892,970 | £7,869,428 | £8,472,743 | +7.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £8,280,973 | £8,320,765 | £8,623,988 | +3.6% | |
| Net profit | £6,266,663 | £6,180,222 | £6,453,733 | +4.4% | |
| Cash | £39 | £0 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,574,940 | £17,812,162 | £12,469,895 | -30% | |
| Net assets | £11,430,940 | £17,611,162 | £12,064,895 | -31.5% | |
| Equity | £11,430,940 | £17,611,162 | £12,064,895 | -31.5% | |
| Average employees | 493 | 462 | 458 | -0.9% | |
| Wages | £29,826,298 | £29,166,748 | £32,783,081 | +12.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £327,025 | £346,762 | £365,233 | +5.3% |
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 | 10.7% | 11.4% | 12.2% | |
| Net margin | 8.5% | 9.0% | 9.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 68.2% | 44.2% | 67.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 44.3% | 50.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.95x | 2.64x | 2.30x | |
| Interest cover | 20.38x | 24.67x | 34.75x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- COWI UK LIMITED 2016-12-29 → present
- DONALDSON ASSOCIATES LIMITED 1999-07-26 → 2016-12-29
- DONALDSON HOLDINGS LIMITED 1994-10-12 → 1999-07-26
- DONALDSON GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 1994-08-26 → 1994-10-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this, the directors expect that the Company will have adequate resources and liquidity to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “successful completion and formal closure of the Silvertown Tunnel project”
- “deepening involvement in the energy sector, most notably at the Sizewell C nuclear power station”
- “Group's Board successfully established a permanent operational presence in Ireland in March 2025”
- “COWI business in Ireland with new office was opened in March 2025”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PERRY, Andrew Richard | Secretary | 2020-04-16 | — | — |
| ASFERG, Jesper | Director | 2025-02-14 | Dec 1976 | Danish |
| MACINNES, Eva | Director | 2026-03-24 | Mar 1982 | British |
| SLOAN, Andrew | Director | 1999-07-26 | Apr 1963 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CADDY, Dominic Jon | Secretary | 2006-09-21 | 2020-04-16 |
| CAPEL, Susan Mary | Secretary | 1994-08-26 | 2006-09-21 |
| ADAMSEN, Søren | Director | 2022-03-14 | 2024-05-28 |
| ANDERSEN, Henrik | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2020-02-26 |
| BINDSEIL, Michael | Director | 2020-02-26 | 2025-09-04 |
| CAPEL, Susan Mary | Director | 1999-07-26 | 2017-06-03 |
| CHRISTOFFERSEN, Jens Højgaard | Director | 2025-09-02 | 2026-04-08 |
| DAHLGREN, Thomas | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2020-02-26 |
| DONALDSON, David Robertson | Director | 1994-08-26 | 2014-10-02 |
| DONALDSON, Linda Purves | Director | 1994-08-26 | 2014-10-02 |
| HAUGE, Lars | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2022-03-14 |
| MACKENZIE, David Kenneth | Director | 2014-10-02 | 2020-02-26 |
| MCGUIRE, Ambrose Anthony | Director | 2001-12-01 | 2004-12-31 |
| MOCKETT, Ian Donald | Director | 2019-06-25 | 2020-02-26 |
| PAYLOR, Kevin | Director | 2006-09-21 | 2010-10-01 |
| PETERSEN, Anton | Director | 2014-10-02 | 2015-01-01 |
| ROBINSON, Ian David | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2020-02-26 |
| SIMONSEN, Kenneth | Director | 2024-05-28 | 2025-02-14 |
| VIZARD, Jotham | Director | 2014-10-02 | 2020-02-26 |
| WOOD, Hugo | Director | 2017-04-12 | 2018-02-22 |
| ØDUM, Rasmus | Director | 2020-02-26 | 2024-02-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowi International A/S | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-09-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 142 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.