COSTAIN BUILDING & CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED
Company number 01054232 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Costain Building & Civil Engineering Limited operates as a critical operational subsidiary within the Costain Group, functioning as a Tier 1 contractor in the UK's roads, bridges, and water infrastructure sectors. Benefiting from the parent group's strategic pivot toward smart infrastructure and technology-led delivery, the company is well-positioned to capture value from the UK's regulated infrastructure pipelines. However, its financial performance remains inherently tethered to the broader sector challenges of margin compression, project lifecycle risk, and the macroeconomic pressures affecting UK civil engineering.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1972-05-12
- Registered office
- Seventh Floor, 70 St Mary Axe, London, United Kingdom, EC3A 8BE
- Postcode
- EC3A 8BE
- Capital
- 48,461,810 GBP
- Accounts category
- Audit Exemption Subsidiary
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-12
- Next due by
- 2027-01-26
Nature of business (SIC)
- 42110 Construction of roads and motorways
- 42130 Construction of bridges and tunnels
- 42910 Construction of water projects
- 42990 Construction of other civil engineering projects not elsewhere classified
Officers 6 current · 29 resigned
Group structure 5 subsidiaries
Controlled by COSTAIN ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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COSTAIN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED Dissolved
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COSTAIN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Dissolved
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COSTAIN MANAGEMENT DESIGN LIMITED Dissolved
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WESTMINSTER PLANT CO. LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA642255 (Tier 1), registered since 2020.
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Contact details
- Website
- costain.com
- Phone
- 02075835000, 01224531400, 01619103444
Costain helps to improve people’s lives through smart infrastructure solutions to meet urgent national needs across the UK’s energy, water and transportation infrastructures.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| COSTAIN U.K. LIMITED | 1991-09-01 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| COSTAIN CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD, COSTAIN HOUSE, NICHOLSONS WALK, MAIDENHEAD, BERKSHIRE, SL6 1LN | 2008-03-19 |
| 111 WESTMINSTER BRIDGE RD, LONDON SE1 7HR | 1999-05-18 |
Among its peers
2nd oldest
of 46 similar companies in EC, trading since 1972
The class of 1972
53%
of the 6,034 companies incorporated in 1972 are still active today; 40% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Freehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 1992-08-19
- Where
- Flintshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WA644482 | Flintshire | Freehold | 1992-08-19 | — |
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