Mott Macdonald Group Limited
Other engineering activities · London
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 1973Private Limited Company
Financial position
Accounts to 2025-12-31 · GBP · Group accounts
Net assets
£523,291,000
Cash
£344,048,000
Turnover
£2,482,019,000
Profit / loss
£68,835,000
Current assets
£1,150,624,000
Creditors < 1 year
£664,641,000
Equity
£523,291,000
Average employees
18,765
Balance-sheet trend
GBP · consolidatedFinancial statements
Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.
Some figures were read by AI from scanned accounts, so small errors are possible. View the filed accounts
| Reported figures | 2025-12-3112 months · Group · Amended · AI-read | 2024-12-31Group · Amended · AI-read |
|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net assets | £523,291,000 | £490,196,000 |
| Equity | £523,291,000 | £490,196,000 |
| Share capital | £11,713,000 | £11,713,000 |
| Retained earnings | £528,284,000 | £476,932,000 |
| Assets | ||
| Fixed assets | £102,619,000 | £99,796,000 |
| Intangible assets | £4,203,000 | £7,618,000 |
| Property, plant & equipment | £98,363,000 | £92,125,000 |
| Investments | £53,000 | £53,000 |
| Current assets | £1,150,624,000 | £1,073,227,000 |
| Cash at bank | £344,048,000 | £253,925,000 |
| Debtors | £588,369,000 | £614,638,000 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Creditors within one year | £664,641,000 | £602,664,000 |
| Creditors after one year | £9,277,000 | £10,300,000 |
| Provisions | £56,034,000 | £69,863,000 |
| Net current assets | £485,983,000 | £470,563,000 |
| Assets less current liabilities | £588,602,000 | £570,359,000 |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Turnover | £2,482,019,000 | £2,518,138,000 |
| Cost of sales | £1,514,498,000 | £1,546,179,000 |
| Gross profit | £967,521,000 | £971,959,000 |
| Administrative expenses | £877,859,000 | £871,290,000 |
| Other operating income | £1,932,000 | £8,529,000 |
| Operating profit | £89,662,000 | £100,669,000 |
| Profit before tax | £107,843,000 | £123,276,000 |
| Tax | £39,008,000 | £34,705,000 |
| Profit / loss | £68,835,000 | £88,571,000 |
| Dividends | £6,272,000 | £6,277,000 |
| Operating costs | ||
| Depreciation | £29,547,000 | £24,141,000 |
| Amortisation | £3,292,000 | £7,688,000 |
| Cash flow | ||
| Cash from operations | £154,620,000 | £114,156,000 |
| People & pay | ||
| Average employees | 18,765 | 18,778 |
| Staff costs | £1,378,098,000 | £1,371,338,000 |
| Wages & salaries | £1,150,684,000 | £1,154,739,000 |
| Social security costs | £117,707,000 | £106,703,000 |
| Pension costs | £109,707,000 | £109,896,000 |
| Directors' remuneration | £5,168,000 | £4,640,000 |
| Highest paid director | £1,143,091,000 | £1,099,419,000 |
| Source evidence | View filing | View filing |
From the accounts
What the accounts for 2025-12-31 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.
- Comparatives
- Prior-year figures were restated
- Principal activity
- Mott MacDonald is one of the world’s leading engineering, management and development consultancies.
- What it does
- engineering · management · development consultancies · Buildings · Defence & Security · Energy · Environment & Society · Transport · Water (AI keywords)
- The year
- The Group has performed well to compete and win work, and the directors are pleased with the excellent results achieved given the challenging market conditions.
- Outlook
- The outlook for 2026 continues to look challenging, given the lead indicators for the markets we operate in. Geopolitical pressures look likely to continue, leading to a continuing need for agility and astute commercial judgement in growing the business.
- Auditor
- BDO LLP · senior statutory auditor Lucie Kingdom
- Accounts
- Full accounts · FRS 102
- Approved
- 2026-03-27, signed by James Harris, Ed Roud
Turnover by segment (7)
- Europe: 1,515,064 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Americas: 475,306 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Australia and New Zealand: 181,796 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Middle East and Africa: 179,285 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Asia: 130,568 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Consulting services: 1,882,968 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Building and civil engineering contracting (construction contracts): 599,051 (000s) (2025-12-31)
Related parties (2)
- joint ventures · joint ventures · Sales made during the year · £15,237,000
- joint ventures · joint ventures · Net balance owed at year end · £71,000
Borrowings (1)
- Unsecured bank loans · 9,277 (000s) · secured on Unsecured
Directors' report (5)
- James Harris
- David Johnson
- Ed Roud
- Cathy Travers
- Richard Risdon · appointed 2025-01-01
Principal risks (3)
- liquidity risk
- credit risk
- exchange risk
Contingent liabilities (3)
- Guarantee of bank loans and overdrafts in respect of other Group companies: £9,277,000 (Company, 2025).
- In addition, in the normal course of business, down payment, performance and tender bonds have been given by certain subsidiary undertakings. In the opinion of the directors, these are not expected to give rise to any significant liability. There are no contingent liabilities at the year end in relation to bonds (2024 – £nil).
- The Group is a party to claims and litigation arising in the normal course of operations. There are no contingent liabilities at the year end in relation to claims where, in the event the Group is found liable, material exposure, individually or in aggregate, exists (2024 – none).
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.
Charges and related records
0 outstanding chargesShow 4 satisfied / released
Shares · created 1999-03-05 · satisfied 2010-11-18
All monies
SatisfiedUnknown · created 1993-03-19 · satisfied 2003-07-17
All monies
SatisfiedProperty · created 1991-12-16 · satisfied 1997-12-30
All monies
SatisfiedAll Assets · created 1982-06-10
All monies
Satisfied