EQUANS BUILDINGS LIMITED
Formerly known as Engie Buildings Limited, the company operates as a subsidiary of the Bouygues group providing sustainable facilities management, technical services, and decarbonisation solutions across the built environment.
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Cash
£39M
-36.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£28M
+85.2% vs 2023
Employees
517
+0.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£17M
+248.3% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £104,079,000 | £140,147,000 | +34.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,529,000 | £12,499,000 | +717.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,983,000 | £17,354,000 | +248.3% | |
| Net profit | £3,789,000 | £13,036,000 | +244% | |
| Cash | £61,189,000 | £38,729,000 | -36.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £36,420,000 | £47,369,000 | +30.1% | |
| Net assets | £15,303,000 | £28,339,000 | +85.2% | |
| Equity | £15,303,000 | £28,339,000 | +85.2% | |
| Average employees | 514 | 517 | +0.6% | |
| Wages | £13,528,000 | £14,120,000 | +4.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £51,000 | £63,000 | +23.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 8.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 9.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.2% | 26.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 87.9% | 81.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.39x | 1.46x | |
| Interest cover | 12.74x | — |
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 6 times since incorporation
- EQUANS BUILDINGS LIMITED 2022-04-04 → present
- ENGIE BUILDINGS LIMITED 2016-02-29 → 2022-04-04
- COFELY FM LIMITED 2014-07-08 → 2016-02-29
- LEND LEASE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT (EMEA) LIMITED 2011-03-11 → 2014-07-08
- VITA LEND LEASE LIMITED 2005-06-06 → 2011-03-11
- MODAC.COM LIMITED 1999-08-13 → 2005-06-06
- INTERCEDE 1455 LIMITED 1999-07-20 → 1999-08-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have, at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the period to 30 September 2026. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 2 April 2025, the Company approved the payment of a dividend of £10,000,000 to its immediate parent undertaking, Equans Holding UK Limited. The dividend was subsequently paid on 14 April 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOENS, Pieter Marie Gustaaf | Secretary | 2022-07-16 | — | — |
| GALLACHER, Mark | Director | 2023-02-01 | Nov 1979 | British |
| LOISEAU, Jean-Philippe Marc Vincent | Director | 2021-09-27 | May 1968 | French |
| PEEKE, Edward Michael | Director | 2023-05-01 | Aug 1974 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREGORY, Sarah | Secretary | 2015-05-01 | 2022-07-15 |
| JANANDRAN, Thanalakshmi | Secretary | 2005-05-17 | 2013-08-16 |
| TIPPLE, Paul John | Secretary | 2003-01-14 | 2005-05-17 |
| TUDOR, Simone | Secretary | 2014-07-06 | 2015-01-05 |
| CAPITA COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-09-01 | 2014-07-06 |
| MITRE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-07-20 | 2003-01-14 |
| BLUMBERGER, Richard John | Director | 2014-07-06 | 2016-01-31 |
| BODEN, Andrew | Director | 2001-11-12 | 2001-11-12 |
| BOOR, Mark | Director | 2011-08-30 | 2014-07-06 |
| CLARK, John David | Director | 2005-10-27 | 2007-10-05 |
| EATOUGH, Peter Richard | Director | 2005-05-18 | 2008-01-31 |
| GILLESPIE, Declan | Director | 2005-05-18 | 2007-09-24 |
| GRANT, Stewart Chalmers | Director | 2012-07-25 | 2013-05-10 |
| GREGORY, Sarah Jane | Director | 2022-01-31 | 2022-02-04 |
| GRIST, Stephen Kenneth | Director | 2011-08-26 | 2013-01-16 |
| HOCKADAY, Stephen | Director | 2003-01-14 | 2005-05-19 |
| HOCKMAN, Samuel | Director | 2019-06-24 | 2022-02-28 |
| KONDO, Glenn | Director | 2010-11-25 | 2011-10-04 |
| LALA, Bilal Hashim | Director | 2022-03-01 | 2023-04-30 |
| LEWIS, David John | Director | 2009-03-04 | 2010-10-01 |
| LONGOBARDI, Rosanna | Director | 2022-01-27 | 2022-01-28 |
| LOVETT, Nicola Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2021-09-30 |
| LOVETT, Nicola Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2014-07-06 | 2018-01-10 |
| LOWE, Claire | Director | 2005-05-18 | 2007-06-22 |
| MCGOVERN, Joanna | Director | 2013-05-10 | 2014-07-06 |
| NIGHTINGALE, Stephen | Director | 2008-01-15 | 2012-07-30 |
| PASKIN, Michael | Director | 2011-06-09 | 2012-03-31 |
| PETRIE, Wilfrid John | Director | 2014-07-06 | 2019-05-01 |
| PINNELL, Simon David | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| POLLINS, Andrew Martin | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2023-01-31 |
| POWLING, David Alan | Director | 2005-10-27 | 2008-10-03 |
| PRICE, Richard Stephen | Director | 2001-11-12 | 2003-01-14 |
| RICH, Michael William | Nominee Director | 1999-07-20 | 2003-01-14 |
| SHERIDAN, David Anthony | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2018-09-30 |
| SHIELDS, Keith Thomas | Director | 2011-11-09 | 2014-07-06 |
| SMITH, Courtenay Naomi | Director | 2008-09-02 | 2009-03-03 |
| TAYLOR, Gary Douglas | Director | 2008-09-02 | 2011-01-27 |
| WARNER, William | Director | 1999-07-20 | 2001-11-12 |
| WATSON, Alastair | Director | 2009-09-30 | 2011-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equans Holding Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 175 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-04-04 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-23 | RP04TM01 | officers | Second filing of director termination with name | |
| 2023-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-07-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-04 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.