MCDERMOTT BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD
Company number 02954206 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
McDermott Building and Civil Engineering operates from a position of unusual financial strength within the UK groundworks and civil engineering sector, leveraging a robust cash position and a disciplined approach to margins to deliver above-average profitability. The company's strategic focus on selective project acquisition, investment in plant technology, and ESG compliance positions it well against sector headwinds such as skills shortages and input cost inflation. Its ongoing involvement in major infrastructure programs like HS2 underscores its competitive standing as a premier tier-2 subcontractor in the market.
Shareholders' funds
£14,865,658
Balance sheet as at 2025-10-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company during the year was groundworks and civil engineering.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1994-08-01
- Employees
- 64 (2025 accounts · was 61 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Linton House, Catherine Street, Birmingham, England, B6 5RS
- Postcode
- B6 5RS
- Capital
- 100,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-10-31
- Next due by
- 2027-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-01
- Next due by
- 2027-08-15
Nature of business (SIC)
- 42990 Construction of other civil engineering projects not elsewhere classified
Officers 4 current · 7 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by MCDERMOTT INVESTMENTS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z3513296 (Tier 2), registered since 2013.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 36-37 LINTON HOUSE, CATHERINE STREET ASTON, BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS, B6 5RS | 2014-02-10 |
| 610F THE BIG PEG, HOCKLEY, BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS B18 6NF | 1996-04-18 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 465 similar companies in B
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (64 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1994.
Competitors Birmingham
This company ranks 3 among construction of other civil engineering projects not elsewhere classified in Birmingham.
The class of 1994
47%
of the 28,890 companies incorporated in 1994 are still active today; 50% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2023-10-10
- Where
- West Midlands
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MM180037 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2023-10-10 | — |
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