NG BAILEY LIMITED
Operating as a family-owned group, the company provides engineering, construction, and maintenance services for buildings, digital infrastructure, and high-voltage energy networks across the UK.
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Cash
£19m
+82.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£41m
+29.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,532
+3.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£16m
+152.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-02-27
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-01 | 2025-02-28 | 2026-02-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £311,987,000 | £346,122,000 | £301,327,000 | -12.9% | |
| Operating profit | £778,000 | £1,707,000 | £9,678,000 | +467% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,778,000 | £6,207,000 | £15,678,000 | +152.6% | |
| Net profit | £3,358,000 | £5,973,000 | £13,422,000 | +124.7% | |
| Cash | £5,623,000 | £10,628,000 | £19,442,000 | +82.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,952,000 | £31,925,000 | £41,347,000 | +29.5% | |
| Net assets | £25,952,000 | £31,925,000 | £41,347,000 | +29.5% | |
| Equity | £25,952,000 | £31,925,000 | £41,347,000 | +29.5% | |
| Average employees | 1,464 | 1,486 | 1,532 | +3.1% | |
| Wages | £83,222,000 | £87,042,000 | £89,178,000 | +2.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-01 | 2025-02-28 | 2026-02-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.2% | 0.5% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 1.7% | 4.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.0% | 5.3% | 23.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.33x | 1.36x | 1.51x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- NG BAILEY LIMITED 2011-07-29 → present
- BAILEY LIMITED 2006-02-24 → 2011-07-29
- N.G.BAILEY & COMPANY LIMITED 1938-07-22 → 2006-02-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, including a review of forecasts for a period extending to 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the Board continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- NG BAILEY LIMITED · parent
- NG Bailey IT Services Limited 100%
- NG Bailey Facilities Services Limited 100%
- NGBF Holdings Limited 100%
- The Freedom Group of Companies Ltd. 100%
- OSM Ventilation Limited 100%
- Hamsaard 2019 Limited 100%
- Berdost 2019 Limited 100%
- Bailey Building Management Limited 100%
- Bailey Rail Limited 100%
- SI Site Services Limited 100%
- Morfind 2019 Limited 100%
- Morfind 2020 Limited 100%
- Morfind 2021 Limited 100%
- Morfind 2022 Limited 100%
- Morfind 2023 Limited 100%
- Morfind 2024 Limited 100%
- Morfind 2025 Limited 100%
- Morfind 2026 Limited 100%
- Morfind 2027 Limited 100%
- Morfind 2028 Limited 100%
- Morfind 2029 Limited 100%
- Morfind 2030 Limited 100%
- British Power International Limited 100%
- Bailey Energy Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In March 2025, as part of our strategy to expand into new markets and derisk our supply chain, the company incorporated a new subsidiary company OSM Ventilation Limited and acquired several specialist ductwork and ventilation assets.”
- “On 31 March 2026, the Company acquired Engineering Solutions Group (ESG), a specialist engineering group operating across the water, environmental and wider infrastructure sectors.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRUCE, Rosemary Fay | Secretary | 2024-06-01 | — | — |
| SALMON, Rachel Clare | Director | 2024-06-01 | Jun 1975 | British |
| STOCKTON, Jonathan | Director | 2020-07-01 | Feb 1982 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHMAN, Linda Margaret | Secretary | 2002-12-19 | 2007-12-21 |
| COWELL, Barbara | Secretary | 2007-12-21 | 2012-06-29 |
| ILLINGWORTH, Mark Clafton | Secretary | 1997-09-30 | 2002-12-19 |
| MCDONELL, Lisa Michelle | Secretary | 2012-07-02 | 2018-09-30 |
| ROGOWSKI, Michael | Secretary | — | 1997-09-30 |
| SALMON, Rachel Clare | Secretary | 2018-10-01 | 2024-06-01 |
| ANDREWS, Mark | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2009-10-30 |
| BAILEY, Martin Richard | Director | 2002-12-19 | 2010-02-09 |
| BAILEY, Richard Grenville | Director | — | 2000-06-19 |
| BILSBROUGH, John Terence | Director | — | 2003-02-20 |
| CARPENTER, Michael James | Director | 1997-06-19 | 2001-08-31 |
| COGAN, Paul Murray | Director | 2011-02-25 | 2011-09-30 |
| COGAN, Paul Murray | Director | 2010-02-09 | 2010-10-04 |
| COGAN, Paul Murray | Director | 2005-05-31 | 2007-07-18 |
| CONWAY, Michael John | Director | 1998-06-18 | 2004-08-31 |
| COOPER, Brian | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| FRANCIS, Leslie | Director | 1992-11-01 | 1994-10-18 |
| HARRIS, Daren Robert | Director | 2011-08-30 | 2015-06-30 |
| HURCOMB, David Stuart | Director | 2010-09-24 | 2024-06-01 |
| ILLINGWORTH, Mark Clafton | Director | 1993-06-29 | 2002-12-19 |
| KIRK, Raymond | Director | — | 1992-11-20 |
| MARKS, Lee | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2015-09-21 |
| MARSHALL, Samuel, Dr | Director | 1995-01-23 | 2004-04-01 |
| MAWSON, Eric Peter | Director | — | 2000-06-19 |
| NEWTON, Christopher John Landsborough | Director | 2005-01-12 | 2011-02-25 |
| OUGHTRED, Nicholas Alwyn Mclaren | Director | 1997-10-30 | 2000-06-19 |
| PORTER, Michael | Director | 2015-09-21 | 2020-06-30 |
| ROBERTS, John | Director | — | 1993-06-30 |
| ROGOWSKI, Michael | Director | 1993-06-29 | 1997-09-30 |
| THOMPSON, Peter John Stuart | Director | 2000-06-19 | 2001-07-19 |
| TOWNSON, Walker | Director | — | 2000-06-19 |
| TUNNICLIFFE, David Edwin | Director | 1994-10-21 | 2000-03-13 |
| WINTER, David | Director | — | 2003-02-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ng Bailey Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 200 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-31 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.