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LAING O'ROURKE PLC.

Operating as an unlisted public limited company, Laing O'Rourke is a major multinational engineering and construction group delivering large-scale infrastructure and commercial building projects across Europe, the Middle East, and Australia.

#04222545 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 2001-05-23 (25y 3m) · Last filing 2026-07-26 (1mo ago)
Industrials · SIC 41201 · F Construction · Group accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 1y) · Confirmation due 2027-07-10 (in 11 months) · 1 watchout

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Cash

£356m

+65.3% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

-£257m

+18.7% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

6,512

+2.3% vs 2025

Profit before tax

£69m

+1,101.4% highest in 3 filed years

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31

Metric Trend 2024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £2,394,500,000£2,164,300,000£2,414,100,000 +11.5%
Operating profit £26,700,000£17,700,000£100,600,000 +468.4%
Profit before tax £3,600,000-£6,900,000£69,100,000 +1,101.4%
Net profit £1,300,000-£8,800,000£59,400,000 +775%
Cash £131,500,000£215,300,000£355,800,000 +65.3%
Total assets less current liabilities -£34,000,000-£13,400,000-£61,200,000 -356.7%
Net assets -£307,800,000-£315,500,000-£256,500,000 +18.7%
Equity -£307,800,000-£315,500,000-£256,500,000 +18.7%
Average employees 6,9366,3636,512 +2.3%
Wages £484,700,000£471,200,000£508,300,000 +7.9%
Directors' remuneration £6,100,000£4,400,000£5,300,000 +20.5%

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 2024-03-312025-03-312026-03-31
Operating margin 1.1%0.8%4.2%
Net margin 0.1%-0.4%2.5%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 131.6%129.5%119.0%
Current ratio 0.45x0.43x0.50x
Interest cover 0.97x0.47x2.63x

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

  1. LAING O'ROURKE PLC. 2002-03-08 → present
  2. O'ROURKE PLC 2001-10-23 → 2002-03-08
  3. SHELFCO (NO.2482) LIMITED 2001-05-23 → 2001-10-23

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
IFRS
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Based on this assessment, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due in the period to 31 March 2028 and that there are no material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt on the Group's going concern status.”

Group structure

  1. LAING O'ROURKE PLC. · parent
    1. Anchor Boulevard Limited 100% · England and Wales · Property investment company
    2. Crown House Technologies Limited 100% · England and Wales · Mechanical and electrical contracting
    3. Expanded Piling Limited 100% · England and Wales · Non-trading
    4. Explore Capital Limited 100% · England and Wales · Holding company
    5. Explore Investments Limited 100% · England and Wales · Holding company
    6. Explore Living Limited 100% · England and Wales · Residential development
    7. Explore 2050 Engineering Limited 100% · England and Wales · Civil and structural engineering, piling, and demolition
    8. Explore 2050 Manufacturing Limited 100% · England and Wales · Manufacture of construction products
    9. John Laing Construction Limited 100% · England and Wales · Non-trading
    10. John Laing International Limited 100% · England and Wales · Holding company
    11. Laing Abu Dhabi LLC 100% · UAE · Non-trading
    12. Laing Construction Limited 100% · England and Wales · Non-trading
    13. Laing Engineering Limited 100% · England and Wales · Non-trading
    14. Laing International Nigeria Limited 100% · Nigeria · Dormant company
    15. Laing Limited 100% · England and Wales · Holding company
    16. Laing O'Rourke Canada Limited 100% · Canada · Building contracting and civil engineering
    17. Laing O'Rourke Delivery Limited 100% · England and Wales · Building contracting, civil engineering and infrastructure
    18. Laing O'Rourke Holdings Limited 100% · England and Wales · Holding company
    19. Laing O'Rourke Infrastructure Limited 100% · England and Wales · Civil engineering and infrastructure
    20. Laing O'Rourke Midlands Limited 100% · England and Wales · Construction of commercial buildings
    21. Laing O'Rourke Scotland Limited 100% · England and Wales · Building contracting
    22. Laing O'Rourke Services Limited 100% · England and Wales · Service company
    23. Laing O'Rourke Utilities Limited 100% · England and Wales · Non-trading
    24. Laing O'Rourke Wales & West Limited 100% · England and Wales · Building contracting
    25. O C Summers Limited 100% · England and Wales · Non-trading
    26. O'Rourke Civil & Structural Engineering Limited 100% · England and Wales · Non-trading
    27. O'Rourke Civil Engineering Limited 100% · England and Wales · Non-trading
    28. R O'Rourke & Son Limited 100% · England and Wales · Holding company
    29. Select Plant Hire Company Limited 100% · England and Wales · Plant hire and operations
    30. Sycamore Properties Limited 100% · Bahamas · Property holding company
    31. Vetter UK Limited 100% · England and Wales · Finished stone products

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 37 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
RUELLE, Helen Elizabeth Secretary 2026-02-13 — —
O'CONNOR, John Christopher Director 2019-12-20 Dec 1965 British
O'ROURKE, Cathal Halligan Director 2023-06-30 Mar 1977 British
O'ROURKE, Raymond Gabriel Director 2001-07-25 Jan 1947 Irish
Show 37 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
MCKENZIE, Clive William Price Secretary 2002-02-04 2010-05-28
NEELY, Paul Secretary 2010-10-19 2011-04-30
STYANT, Teresa Ann Secretary 2011-04-30 2016-06-29
STYANT, Teresa Ann Secretary 2010-05-28 2010-10-19
TURNER, Robert Edward Secretary 2016-06-29 2026-02-13
EPS SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2001-05-23 2001-07-25
ANDERSON, David Joseph Alfred Director 2002-03-28 2003-04-30
BAKER, Rowan Clare Director 2020-09-22 2024-09-27
CHATWIN, Simon Terence Director 2023-08-03 2024-04-26
COLEBY, Steve Director 2015-05-27 2017-06-30
DEMPSEY, Bernard Anthony Director 2001-07-25 2011-09-01
DOUGLAS, Anthony John Director 2007-09-01 2010-01-04
FERGUSON, Iain Donald Director 2006-05-11 2010-03-22
HOLLINGSHEAD, Stephen Director 2013-08-13 2013-11-08
HOLLINGSHEAD, Stephen Director 2002-03-28 2003-12-01
IGOE, Madeleina Director 2019-12-20 2025-07-01
JOHNSON, Dennis Arthur Director 2001-07-25 2009-03-09
LEWIS, Michael John Director 2015-05-27 2015-12-10
MCGEENEY, Declan James Director 2015-05-27 2019-12-20
MCINTYRE, Alexander Stewart Director 2015-05-27 2020-09-22
MCNERNEY, Paul William Director 2015-05-27 2019-12-20
MURRAY, Joshua Jon Director 2019-12-20 2023-06-30
O'ROURKE, Hugh Desmond Director 2002-03-28 2024-07-17
RICHARDS, Ceri Director 2013-08-13 2017-05-31
RICHARDSON, Brian Director 2002-04-24 2004-01-05
ROBINSON, Roger William Director 2010-10-19 2014-03-14
ROCHE, Gus Director 2002-03-28 2003-06-30
ROSE, George Wilfred Director 2011-11-08 2015-12-14
SESHAN, Roger Director 2012-02-13 2012-12-07
SHEFFIELD, Paul Director 2015-05-27 2017-03-31
STEWART, Anna Marie Director 2006-03-01 2013-04-24
STONE, Peter Charles Director 2002-03-28 2003-05-02
TUCKETT, Callum Mitchell Director 2013-04-24 2015-05-27
WAINWRIGHT, Phillip Michael Director 2013-08-13 2015-03-12
WELLS, Gary Russell Director 2015-05-27 2015-12-16
WHITE, Andrew Director 2002-03-28 2002-09-18
MIKJON LIMITED Corporate Director 2001-05-23 2001-07-25

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
O'Rourke Investments Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 195 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-07-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2026-06-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-02-20 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2026-02-20 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-30 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-09-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-07-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-09-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-07-25 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-05-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-04-30 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-12-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-08-24 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-08-04 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-07-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-05-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-10-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-04-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
6

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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