PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF LTD
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Cash
£24m
+150.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£15m
+95.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
241
+8.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£9.1m
+143.7% 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 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,923,000 | £36,576,000 | £75,146,000 | +105.5% | |
| Operating profit | £2,210,000 | £3,673,000 | £9,024,000 | +145.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,205,000 | £3,731,000 | £9,091,000 | +143.7% | |
| Net profit | £2,165,000 | £3,419,000 | £7,912,000 | +131.4% | |
| Cash | £3,369,000 | £9,449,000 | £23,691,000 | +150.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £8,255,000 | £15,124,000 | +83.2% | |
| Net assets | £6,491,000 | £7,550,000 | £14,735,000 | +95.2% | |
| Equity | £6,491,000 | £7,550,000 | £14,735,000 | +95.2% | |
| Average employees | 192 | 222 | 241 | +8.6% | |
| Wages | £12,784,000 | £15,417,000 | £17,252,000 | +11.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £4,273,000 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £1,156,000 | £1,016,000 | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.6% | 10.0% | 12.0% | |
| Net margin | 10.3% | 9.3% | 10.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 44.5% | 59.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 57.6% | 71.9% | 81.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.81x | 1.33x | 1.22x | |
| Interest cover | — | 40.36x | — |
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 3 times since incorporation
- PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF LTD 2003-03-31 → present
- PB POWER LIMITED 1998-11-02 → 2003-03-31
- MERZ AND MCLELLAN LIMITED 1990-12-04 → 1998-11-02
- VASTSTART LIMITED 1990-11-01 → 1990-12-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements and the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF LTD · parent
- Parsons Brinckerhoff Arabia Company Limited 75%
Significant events
- “In the prior year on 2 January 2024, PB Power Ltd was dissolved.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 43 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PILSWORTH, Hannah Frances | Secretary | 2025-03-06 | — | — |
| BARNARD, Miles Lawrence | Director | 2017-03-01 | May 1966 | British |
| GREEN, Anthony | Director | 2018-05-03 | Nov 1980 | British |
| MCGRAIL, Dean Kevin | Director | 2021-07-22 | Mar 1976 | British |
| THOMPSON, Ciaran Michael | Director | 2024-12-16 | Feb 1969 | British |
Show 43 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIDSON, Stanley John Embleton | Secretary | — | 2010-01-08 |
| HANKIN, David Mark | Secretary | 2013-10-31 | 2016-03-24 |
| PARTRIDGE, Sally | Secretary | 2016-01-31 | 2016-12-15 |
| PROCTOR, Richard James | Secretary | 2010-01-07 | 2013-10-31 |
| SEWELL, Karen Anne | Secretary | 2016-12-15 | 2025-03-06 |
| WESTON, Nikolas William | Secretary | 2013-10-31 | 2016-01-31 |
| AYRES, Gregory Richard | Director | 2003-05-22 | 2010-05-28 |
| BENNETT, Joel Herbert | Director | 1999-01-06 | 2003-05-22 |
| BINGHAM, Stephen Derek | Director | 2010-01-21 | 2016-07-31 |
| BRUCE, Robert Graham, Dr | Director | — | 1995-05-30 |
| BURTON, Eric Charles | Director | 1998-10-06 | 2010-01-31 |
| CARLSON, Charles Edward | Director | 1995-01-25 | 1997-07-01 |
| CHEESMOND, Paul | Director | 1997-07-01 | 2007-03-29 |
| CHEESMOND, Paul | Director | — | 1996-02-16 |
| CUNLIFFE, Michael Lister | Director | — | 1996-06-25 |
| DULLEY, Terence Alexander Charles | Director | — | 1995-06-30 |
| FLEW, Nicholas William John | Director | 2010-01-19 | 2013-06-04 |
| HAWKSWORTH, Keith Jan | Director | 1995-01-25 | 1996-02-16 |
| HILL, Jack Thomas | Director | 2003-05-22 | 2005-06-09 |
| KANE, Gregory | Director | 2018-05-03 | 2021-07-22 |
| KENNEDY, Malcolm William, Dr | Director | — | 2003-04-16 |
| LIMAYE, Vikram Rajaram | Director | 1996-06-19 | 1999-01-28 |
| MACKELLAR, George William | Director | 2000-02-14 | 2006-08-14 |
| MACLEAN, Robert Ian | Director | 2016-07-31 | 2017-05-17 |
| MALT, Alfred Philip John | Director | — | 1996-03-25 |
| MARTIN, Philip Richard | Director | 2003-10-14 | 2006-01-20 |
| MATTHEWS, Timothy John | Director | 2003-10-13 | 2007-05-14 |
| MAZANY, Daniel Keith | Director | 2000-01-24 | 2005-09-20 |
| MCALISTER, David Arthur | Director | 2001-06-06 | 2004-03-30 |
| MORRIS, Robert Michael | Director | 2003-05-22 | 2010-05-28 |
| NAGLE JR, Paul Richard | Director | 1995-01-25 | 1998-10-06 |
| NAYSMITH, Mark William | Director | 2015-04-09 | 2024-12-16 |
| NOBLE, Andrew Christopher John | Director | 2015-04-09 | 2017-03-01 |
| PORTEOUS, James | Director | 1998-10-06 | 2002-03-31 |
| PORTEOUS, James | Director | 1992-02-01 | 1996-06-25 |
| REFFITT, Stephen John | Director | 2011-10-05 | 2015-12-04 |
| REYNOLDS, Stephen Christopher | Director | 2003-05-22 | 2010-05-28 |
| RITCHIE, William Montgomerie, Dr | Director | 2000-02-14 | 2006-12-31 |
| ROGERSON, Michael Patrick | Director | 2015-04-09 | 2018-05-03 |
| SCHRADER, Richard Allen | Director | 1999-02-22 | 2000-01-25 |
| SEWELL, Karen Anne | Director | 2016-07-31 | 2016-12-15 |
| THOMPSON, Ian Corrie | Director | 1995-06-13 | 1996-06-25 |
| WOODS, Jack | Director | 1998-10-06 | 2000-11-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wsp Uk Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 261 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-22 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-03 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2023-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-18 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-04-17 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2022-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.