BETHELL CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£4,529,346
Balance sheet as at 2025-09-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of civil engineering work. With three core revenue streams of Highways, Infrastructure and Water. The company has been established for over 150 years and is a well respected contractor operating across several market segments including local authority highways, public utilities, private industry and aviation. No change in activities is anticipated in the foreseeable future with a strong strategic outlook established under a clear 10-year business plan.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1932-04-08
- Employees
- 274 (2025 accounts · was 238 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Dane House, Europa Park Stoneclough Road, Kearsley, Manchester, M26 1GE
- Postcode
- M26 1GE
- Capital
- 950,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-13
- Next due by
- 2026-11-27
Nature of business (SIC)
- 42990 Construction of other civil engineering projects not elsewhere classified
Officers 11 current · 15 resigned
Public contracts won 6
£2,883,098,000 total awarded value where published.
Showing the 5 most recent of 6.
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB488290 (Tier 2), registered since 2022.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
19.5%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- bethell.co.uk
- Phone
- 0113 517 4405, 01204 439 119, 0330 912 2500
Bethell Group is one of the UK’s leading privately-owned construction and utility services companies. Our Head Office is in Manchester but we operate nationwide through regional offices in the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BETHELL CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED | 1998-07-16 |
| BETHELL AND SONS,LIMITED | 1994-06-13 |
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| BETHELL CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD, AYRES ROAD OLD TRAFFORD, MANCHESTER, M16 0JY | 1997-04-16 |
| DOUGLAS BANK HOUSE, WIGAN LANE, WIGAN, WN1 2TB | 1996-09-19 |
| SHORECLIFFE HOUSE,, RADCLIFFE NEW ROAD,, MANCHESTER., M26 9LS | 1994-10-03 |
| UNIT J.EUROPA TRADING ESTATE,, OFF STONECLOUGH ROAD,, RADCLIFFE,, MANCHESTER. M26 9HE | 1991-03-28 |
| TRAFALGAR HOUSE, TRAFALGAR ROAD, SALE, MANCHESTER M33 1BQ | 1989-03-21 |
| DANE ROAD, SALE, CHESHIRE | 1986-09-05 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 232 similar companies in M
3rd largest employer among its local peers (274 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1932.
Competitors Manchester
This company ranks 7 among construction of other civil engineering projects not elsewhere classified in Manchester.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2025-03-20
- Where
- West Yorkshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YY203948 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2025-03-20 | — |
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