LAING O'ROURKE DELIVERY LIMITED
Formerly known as Laing O'Rourke Construction Limited, the company operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Laing O'Rourke Holdings Ltd, providing commercial building construction and project delivery services.
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Cash
£85m
+3.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£52m
+52.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£64m
+309% highest in 3 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of LAING O'ROURKE DELIVERY LIMITED's latest filing
Laing O'Rourke's main UK trading arm crossed £2bn in revenue, but slipped down the industry league table. 🏗️
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,046,723,000 | £1,830,739,000 | £2,101,700,000 | +14.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£41,157,000 | -£21,050,000 | £69,814,000 | +431.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£52,411,000 | -£30,689,000 | £64,148,000 | +309% | |
| Net profit | -£52,085,000 | -£25,161,000 | £57,805,000 | +329.7% | |
| Cash | £65,729,000 | £82,564,000 | £85,388,000 | +3.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £69,458,000 | £5,435,000 | £77,281,000 | +1,321.9% | |
| Net assets | -£85,010,000 | -£110,171,000 | -£52,366,000 | +52.5% | |
| Equity | -£85,010,000 | -£110,171,000 | -£52,366,000 | +52.5% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.0% | -1.1% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | -2.5% | -1.4% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -59.3% | -387.3% | 90.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 115.0% | 121.6% | 107.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.13x | 1.01x | 1.12x | |
| Interest cover | -3.42x | -2.06x | 7.01x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- LAING O'ROURKE DELIVERY LIMITED 2022-04-01 → present
- LAING O'ROURKE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 2008-06-05 → 2022-04-01
- LAING O'ROURKE CONSTRUCTION NORTH LIMITED 2006-04-10 → 2008-06-05
- LAING O'ROURKE NORTHERN LIMITED 2002-12-30 → 2006-04-10
- LAING CONSTRUCTION NORTHERN LIMITED 2001-10-23 → 2002-12-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis, which assumes that the Company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Directors have assessed whether the going concern basis of preparation is appropriate by reference to the position of the LOR Holdings Group... there were no material uncertainties identified that may cast significant doubt on the LOR Holdings Group's going concern status.”
Group structure
- LAING O'ROURKE DELIVERY LIMITED · parent
- BYLOR Services Limited
Significant events
- “In June 2025 a new reward and recognition platform ceLORbrate was launched in the Europe Hub, aligned to the successful platform in Australia, Feedbucks. This was launched as a direct result of feedback from the employee engagement surveys where people wanted to see more done to recognise hard work and achievement.”
- “Our global Rethinking Safety Day was held on 17 June 2025, providing everyone in the business with the opportunity to take time to focus on our approach to Rethinking Safety through Inclusion and Wellbeing, with a focus on the three key pillars of the programme - Human Performance, Engineered Safety and Delivery Excellence.”
- “The 'Subcontract Green Principles' handbook was distributed to the business in February 2025 with the purpose of improving the subcontracting process, and making it quicker, clearer, fairer, and more consistent.”
- “The Group maintained an unsecured bilateral revolving credit facility with HSBC, which expired on 1 May 2026 (having been extended from its original expiration date of 3 April 2026). On that date, the Group entered into a new unsecured syndicated revolving credit facility of £40 million with HSBC and Bank of China for a term of three years, expiring on 1 May 2029.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'HARA, Marie-Claire | Secretary | 2026-02-13 | — | — |
| CHATWIN, Simon Terence | Director | 2023-11-10 | Feb 1980 | British |
| LYONS, Peter John | Director | 2025-11-03 | Mar 1981 | Irish |
| MCGEENEY, Declan James | Director | 2019-12-20 | Jul 1978 | Irish |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCKENZIE, Clive William Price | Secretary | 2001-10-23 | 2010-05-28 |
| STYANT, Teresa Ann | Secretary | 2010-05-28 | 2016-06-29 |
| TURNER, Robert Edward | Secretary | 2016-06-29 | 2026-02-13 |
| BAKER, Rowan Clare | Director | 2020-09-22 | 2024-09-27 |
| BOYLE, Patrick Denis | Director | 2002-05-20 | 2006-03-01 |
| BRAMALL, Janine | Director | 2006-03-01 | 2009-10-31 |
| CHAMBERS, John Butland | Director | 2002-05-20 | 2010-07-20 |
| COLEBY, Steve | Director | 2014-02-03 | 2017-12-22 |
| COLLINS, Paul Cornelius | Director | 2010-07-20 | 2014-08-07 |
| CROMPTON, Andrew | Director | 2002-05-20 | 2013-08-13 |
| CUMMINS, Liam John | Director | 2016-03-17 | 2019-11-07 |
| DEMPSEY, Bernard Anthony | Director | 2004-06-24 | 2011-09-01 |
| DOHERTY, Daniel James | Director | 2002-05-20 | 2012-11-08 |
| GRAMMER, Paul Clive | Director | 2008-08-28 | 2014-10-31 |
| GREY, Alister James, Mr | Director | 2015-05-27 | 2015-11-27 |
| HIGGINS, Thomas Martin | Director | 2004-02-02 | 2012-11-08 |
| HOLLINGSHEAD, Stephen | Director | 2009-10-12 | 2010-10-19 |
| JACKSON, Andrew | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2010-10-19 |
| JOHNSON, Dennis Arthur | Director | 2001-10-23 | 2006-03-01 |
| LEWIS, Michael John | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2015-05-27 |
| LUMBERG, Graham | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2008-11-18 |
| MCDEVITT, Patrick Kevin | Director | 2002-05-20 | 2010-07-20 |
| MCINTYRE, Alexander Stewart | Director | 2016-03-30 | 2020-09-22 |
| MCNERNEY, Paul William | Director | 2019-12-20 | 2025-10-31 |
| MORAN, John | Director | 2002-05-20 | 2009-03-31 |
| O'ROURKE, Ceire Halligan | Director | 2019-12-20 | 2021-07-29 |
| O'ROURKE, Hubert Desmond | Director | 2006-03-01 | 2019-12-20 |
| O'ROURKE, Raymond Gabriel | Director | 2001-10-23 | 2008-08-28 |
| PURVES, Stuart Robert | Director | 2014-11-10 | 2016-07-01 |
| RICHARDSON, George Mark | Director | 2008-08-28 | 2013-08-13 |
| ROBINS, Michael Grant | Director | 2008-08-28 | 2010-07-20 |
| ROBINSON, Roger William | Director | 2010-10-19 | 2014-03-14 |
| SHEFFIELD, Paul | Director | 2016-09-21 | 2017-03-31 |
| STAEHR, Martin | Director | 2023-08-03 | 2025-12-05 |
| STONEY, Michael Gordon | Director | 2002-05-20 | 2006-01-02 |
| TUCKETT, Callum Mitchell | Director | 2010-01-04 | 2013-08-13 |
| WAINWRIGHT, Philip Michael | Director | 2006-03-01 | 2007-03-09 |
| WALKER, Colin James | Director | 2002-05-20 | 2010-07-20 |
| WELLS, Gary Russell | Director | 2014-11-10 | 2015-12-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laing O'Rourke Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-04-01 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-02-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-04-01 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2021-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.