Mott Macdonald Limited
Registered name: MOTT MACDONALD LIMITED
Part of Mott Macdonald Group Limited groupMott Macdonald Limited made £1.1bn revenue and £44.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Mott Macdonald Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £1.1bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £44.2m profit and 8,619 employees. The company is classified under “other engineering activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 50 yrs · since 1976
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1bn | £1.1bn |
| Cost of sales | −£574m | −£599m |
| Gross profit | £462m | £456m |
| Operating profit | £44.1m | £25.1m |
| Profit before tax | £84.7m | £55.7m |
| Profit after tax | £69m | £44.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £69m | £44.2m |
| Employees (average) | 8,553 | 8,619 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.7% | 4.2% |
| Gross margin | 44.6% | 43.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £121k | £122k |
| Profit per employee | £8.1k | £5.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼36% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £122k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 8,619
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Mott Macdonald Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Mott Macdonald Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (6)
- Bentley Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cambridge Education Associates LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Franklin & Andrews International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fulcrum First LimitedFigures not disclosed
- HLSP LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Multi Design Consultants LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (14)
- Cambridge Education LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ewbank and Partners LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ewbank Preece Consulting LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ewbank Preece LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Franklin & Andrews LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mott Hay & Anderson International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mott Macdonald Holdco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mott Macdonald International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mott Macdonald Pension Trustee LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mott Macdonald Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Multi Design Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Preece Cardew & Rider LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Project Management International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sir M Macdonald & Partners LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £44.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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