LAING O'ROURKE HOLDINGS LIMITED
Operating as a subsidiary of Laing O'Rourke plc, the company acts as a holding entity for a privately owned multinational engineering and construction group delivering major commercial building and infrastructure projects.
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Cash
£352m
+65.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£174m
+80.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
6,511
+2.3% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£89m
+471% 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 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,391,100,000 | £2,162,700,000 | £2,412,500,000 | +11.6% | |
| Operating profit | £13,100,000 | £42,100,000 | £113,500,000 | +169.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,500,000 | £15,500,000 | £88,500,000 | +471% | |
| Net profit | -£1,100,000 | £13,600,000 | £77,600,000 | +470.6% | |
| Cash | £129,600,000 | £212,200,000 | £351,600,000 | +65.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £278,000,000 | £323,900,000 | £324,400,000 | +0.2% | |
| Net assets | £83,300,000 | £96,400,000 | £174,000,000 | +80.5% | |
| Equity | £83,300,000 | £96,400,000 | £174,000,000 | +80.5% | |
| Average employees | 6,932 | 6,363 | 6,511 | +2.3% | |
| Wages | £484,700,000 | £471,200,000 | £508,200,000 | +7.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,000,000 | £1,600,000 | £5,000,000 | +212.5% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.5% | 1.9% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | -0.0% | 0.6% | 3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.7% | 13.0% | 35.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 93.2% | 92.4% | 88.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.87x | 0.89x | 0.87x | |
| Interest cover | 0.65x | 1.44x | 3.58x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- LAING O'ROURKE HOLDINGS LIMITED 2002-12-30 → present
- LAING CONSTRUCTION HOLDINGS LIMITED 2001-10-23 → 2002-12-30
- SHELFCO (NO.2484) LIMITED 2001-05-23 → 2001-10-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this assessment, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due in the period to 31 March 2028 and that there are no material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt on the Group's going concem status.”
Group structure
- LAING O'ROURKE HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Crown House Technologies Limited 100%
- Explore 2050 Engineering Limited 100%
- Explore 2050 Manufacturing Limited 100%
- Laing O'Rourke Delivery Limited 100%
- Laing O'Rourke Infrastructure Limited 100%
- Laing O'Rourke Services Limited 100%
- Select Plant Hire Company Limited 100%
- Vetter UK Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 30 June 2025, the Group signed a purchase agreement for the purchase of the trade and assets of the plant hire business of Explore Transport Limited, which completed on 31 July 2025. On completion, the Group also signed a sale agreement for its 50 per cent equity interest in Explore Transport Limited for £7.0m, which included the Group's effective equity interest of 35 per cent in Prigmore Haulage Limited, a subsidiary of Explore Transport Limited.”
- “On 23 December 2025, Glass Reinforced Concrete Limited was dissolved.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'HARA, Marie-Claire | Secretary | 2026-02-13 | — | — |
| LYONS, Peter John | Director | 2025-11-03 | Mar 1981 | Irish |
| MCGEENEY, Declan James | Director | 2019-12-20 | Jul 1978 | Irish |
| O'CONNOR, John Christopher | Director | 2025-11-03 | Dec 1965 | British |
| O'ROURKE, Cathal Halligan | Director | 2025-11-03 | Mar 1977 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON, Dennis Arthur | Secretary | 2001-07-25 | 2004-02-02 |
| MCKENZIE, Clive William Price | Secretary | 2001-10-23 | 2010-05-28 |
| NEELY, Paul | Secretary | 2010-10-19 | 2011-04-30 |
| STYANT, Teresa Ann | Secretary | 2011-04-30 | 2016-06-29 |
| STYANT, Teresa Ann | Secretary | 2010-05-28 | 2010-10-19 |
| TURNER, Robert Edward | Secretary | 2016-06-29 | 2026-02-13 |
| EPS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-05-23 | 2001-07-25 |
| BAKER, Rowan Clare | Director | 2020-12-18 | 2024-09-27 |
| BROWN, James Andrew | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2005-04-30 |
| CHESHIRE, Brian George | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2005-04-30 |
| COLEBY, Steve | Director | 2015-05-27 | 2017-06-30 |
| COLLINS, Paul Cornelius | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2014-08-07 |
| DEMPSEY, Bernard Anthony | Director | 2001-07-25 | 2011-09-01 |
| DOE, Martin | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2006-03-01 |
| DOUGLAS, Anthony John | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2010-01-04 |
| DYE, Barry | Director | 2002-06-28 | 2010-10-19 |
| EMERTON, Brian Antony | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2006-03-01 |
| FERGUSON, Iain Donald | Director | 2006-05-11 | 2010-03-22 |
| HOLLINGSHEAD, Stephen | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2010-10-19 |
| JOHNSON, Dennis Arthur | Director | 2001-07-25 | 2007-07-23 |
| MCINTYRE, Alexander Stewart | Director | 2016-03-30 | 2020-12-18 |
| MCNERNEY, Paul William | Director | 2019-12-20 | 2025-10-31 |
| O'ROURKE, Hubert Desmond | Director | 2006-03-01 | 2014-03-14 |
| O'ROURKE, Raymond Gabriel | Director | 2001-07-25 | 2014-03-14 |
| PURVES, Stuart Robert | Director | 2015-05-27 | 2016-07-01 |
| REED, Matthew | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2006-03-01 |
| ROBINS, Michael Grant | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2010-10-19 |
| ROBINSON, Roger William | Director | 2010-10-19 | 2014-03-14 |
| ROCHE, Gus | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2003-06-30 |
| SEAGER, Geoffrey Frederick | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2006-03-01 |
| SHEFFIELD, Paul | Director | 2015-05-27 | 2017-03-31 |
| STEWART, Anna Marie | Director | 2002-03-18 | 2013-04-24 |
| STONE, Peter Charles | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2003-05-02 |
| STONEY, Michael Gordon | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2006-01-02 |
| SWAIN, Elspeth Ann Glencorse | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2002-06-29 |
| TUCKETT, Callum Mitchell | Director | 2013-04-24 | 2015-05-27 |
| WAINWRIGHT, Phillip Michael | Director | 2014-08-07 | 2015-03-12 |
| WELLS, Gary Russell | Director | 2015-05-27 | 2015-12-16 |
| WHITE, Andrew | Director | 2002-03-28 | 2002-09-18 |
| MIKJON LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2001-05-23 | 2001-07-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laing O'Rourke Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 192 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-02-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- 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.