MCBAINS LTD
Company number 03094139 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
McBains is a heritage-rich, multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy leveraging its century-plus legacy and integrated service model to navigate cyclical market headwinds. While 2025 saw severe margin compression and a 22% net revenue decline, proactive restructuring and a robust forward-looking order book position the firm for a profitability rebound in 2026, provided it can successfully convert stalled public sector frameworks into billable work.
Shareholders' funds
£4,737,897
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of provision of professional consulting services to the property and construction industry. The services include Project Management, Architecture, Cost Management, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Building Surveying, Civil and Structural Engineering and Asset Management.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1995-08-23
- Employees
- 193 (2025 accounts · was 221 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 5th Floor 26 Finsbury Square, London, England, EC2A 1DS
- Postcode
- EC2A 1DS
- Capital
- 1 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 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
- 2026-07-26
- Next due by
- 2027-08-09
Nature of business (SIC)
- 70100 Activities of head offices
- 71129 Other engineering activities
Officers 6 current · 42 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by MBC GROUP LIMITED — since 2025-12-19
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 14
£2,023,596,300 total awarded value where published.
Showing the 5 most recent of 14.
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Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z3213095 (Tier 2), registered since 2012.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| MCBAINS COOPER CONSULTING LIMITED | 2017-10-31 |
| MCBAINS COOPER HOLDINGS LIMITED | 2000-07-04 |
| DEALSPEEDY LIMITED | 1997-07-29 |
Previous registered addresses 7
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 2ND FLOOR, 120 OLD BROAD STREET, LONDON, EC2N 1AR | 2017-09-24 |
| 3RD FLOOR, 20 REGENT STREET, LONDON, SW1Y 4PH | 2007-04-19 |
| 20 REGENT STREET, LONDON, SW1Y 4PH | 2005-04-14 |
| 3 CAVENDISH SQUARE, LONDON W1M 9HA | 2003-12-22 |
| 100 GLOUCESTER PLACE, LONDON, W1H 3DA | 1999-06-28 |
| GREAT WESTERN HOUSE, STATION ROAD, READING, BERKSHIRE RG1 1SX | 1997-07-25 |
| 1 MITCHELL LANE, BRISTOL, BS1 6BU | 1995-10-02 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 608 similar companies in EC
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (193 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1995.
Competitors London
This company ranks 60 among activities of head offices in London.
The class of 1995
43%
of the 543 companies in this sector incorporated in 1995 are still active today; 55% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2023-04-04
- Where
- Greater London (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGL593253 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2023-04-04 | — |
| AGL422367 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2017-09-06 | — |
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