WILLIAM BIRCH & SONS LIMITED

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Shareholders' funds

£11,082,120

Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31

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What it does

The principal activity of the Company continued to be that of construction.

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1913-06-28
Employees
47 (2025 accounts · was 52 in 2024)
Registered office
1 Link Road Court, Osbaldwick, York, YO10 3JQ
Postcode
YO10 3JQ
Capital
50,000 GBP
Accounts category
Full
Charges
10 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
2026-05-01
Next due by
2027-05-15
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 41201 Construction of commercial buildings

Officers 4 current · 11 resigned

Appointed 2016-11-01
Appointed 2016-11-01
Appointed 2006-01-01

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Group structure 4 subsidiaries

Controlled by WILLIAM BIRCH HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-10-17

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Public contracts won 20

£3,446,598,657 total awarded value where published.

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Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z747914X (Tier 1), registered since 2003.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Contact details

Website
http://www.williambirch.co.uk

Previous company names

NameDate changed
WILLIAM BIRCH AND SONS,LIMITED2010-06-07

Previous registered addresses 3

AddressChanged on
1 LINK ROAD COURT, OSBALDWICK, YO10 3JQ, NORTH YORKSHIREYO10 3JQ2011-05-04
LINK ROAD COURT, OSBALDWICK, YORK, NORTH YORKSHIRE, YO10 3JQ2010-05-17
FOSS ISLANDS ROAD, YORK, YO31 7ZP2002-05-30

Among its peers

Top 5%

by shareholders' funds, of 131 similar companies in YO

The largest employer among its local peers (47 staff).

The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1913.

No.2 of the largest construction of commercial buildings companies in York →

Competitors York

This company ranks 2 among construction of commercial buildings in York.

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Property in England & Wales 8 titles

Freehold
8
Most recent registration
2016-09-12
Where
York (4), West Yorkshire (2), North Yorkshire (2)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
NYK436626 York Freehold 2016-09-12
WYK891824 West Yorkshire Freehold 2008-11-12
WYK874771 West Yorkshire Freehold 2008-03-20
NYK316857 North Yorkshire Freehold 2006-01-17
NYK249470 North Yorkshire Freehold 2001-04-19
NYK249060 York Freehold 2001-04-05
NYK178383 York Freehold 1996-06-17
NYK45142 York Freehold 1987-07-21

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