Mott Macdonald Group Limited
Registered name: MOTT MACDONALD GROUP LIMITED
Mott Macdonald Group Limited made £2.5bn revenue and £68.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Mott Macdonald Group Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £2.5bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £68.8m profit and 18,765 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, London
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1973
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.5bn | £2.5bn |
| Cost of sales | −£1.5bn | −£1.5bn |
| Gross profit | £972m | £968m |
| Operating profit | £101m | £89.7m |
| Profit before tax | £123m | £108m |
| Profit after tax | £88.6m | £68.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £88.6m | £68.8m |
| Employees (average) | 18,778 | 18,765 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | 2.8% |
| Gross margin | 38.6% | 39% |
| Revenue per employee | £134k | £132k |
| Profit per employee | £4.7k | £3.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼22.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £132k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.7k
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now 18,765
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (15)
- 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 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).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £68.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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