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McLaren Construction reports sustainable growth continues for the business as it reaches the start of its 25th anniversary year.
The Tier One contractor’s annual report and accounts for the year ending 31 July 2025 shows the benefits of repeat business, diversification and the use of rigorous digital systems to ensure quality and efficiency.
Turnover reached £1.12 billion (2024: £924 million) alongside pre-tax profit of £21 million (2024: £11.9 million).
After comfortably exceeding £1 billion, McLaren says its turnover is continuing to rise to a forecast £1.25 billion in the 2025/26 financial year. Growth is driven by increased demand in sectors such as data centres, industrial and logistics, commercial, sports-leisure and entertainment, health and education, coupled with expanded capability through the UK-wide Construction Management and Specialist Projects division.
During the financial year, McLaren engaged in more than 81 active projects in both the UK and UAE – 21 in negotiation, 31 live on site and 29 successfully completed.
McLaren has subsequently established operations in Wales with two prestigious projects: Cardiff Arena for Live Nation and the Kop Stand redevelopment for Wrexham AFC.
Repeat business came from leading developers such as British Land, Landsec, The Crown Estate, Big Yellow, Manchester Airports Group, Department for Education and sister company McLaren Property. New customers included Panattoni, Live Nation and London School of Economics.
McLaren’s diversification into the public sector contributed £250 million to turnover and continues with places successfully attained on new frameworks. McLaren is now on a total of 24 frameworks.
The company states it is continuing investment in business systems, competencies, digitalisation, data management, robotics, AI and security in response to business growth, existing and new sector requirements and legislative change. This will support diversification into growing sectors such as health, defence, education, data centres and education, and meets the demands of carbon reduction targets, building safety legislation and the move to digital construction.
Investment by McLaren in technical functions have produced some strong results during the year. The sustainability strategy recorded a 57 per cent decrease in Scope 1 emissions from 2023/24, and McLaren now identifies and mitigates 90 per cent of potential environmental risks.
McLaren Construction’s Group Chief Executive, Paul Heather, said: “Geographical spread and sector diversity have allowed us to grow in a tough market. McLaren has reached the point where it can offer expertise in any building sector, anywhere in England and Wales, and in the UAE. Our project wins range from £10 million to £350 million in contract value and we have kept ourselves lean and flexible enough to handle any size and complexity of scheme delivering value to our customers.”
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