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Company description
KNIGHTS BROWN CONSTRUCTION LTD is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 9 December 1986; registered for 39 years; registered office reported in HAMPSHIRE. Its primary declared activity is 42990 · Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.. In its latest electronically filed accounts for the period ended 31 March 2026, it reported turnover £136,329,000, profit after tax £4,000,000, net assets £19,248,000, average employees 324.
Among active companies with electronic accounts available to BritDB, it ranks 275 by latest disclosed GBP turnover; this is a dataset comparison, not a credit rating. This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 13 procurement records, 1 waste registration. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- KNIGHTS BROWN CONSTRUCTION LTD
- Company number
- 02081940
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 8 total · 1 outstanding · 7 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 March 2026Next accounts due
31 December 2027Last statement made up to
6 August 2026Next statement due
20 August 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Filed financials
Latest electronic accounts
- Turnover
- £136,329,000
- Gross profit
- £15,318,000
- Operating profit
- £5,460,000
- Profit before tax
- £5,579,000
- Profit after tax
- £4,000,000
- Fixed assets
- £4,724,000
- Net assets
- £19,248,000
- Current assets
- £57,410,000
- Current liabilities
- £40,350,000
- Total assets less current liabilities
- £21,784,000
- Cash at bank
- £12,627,000
- Equity
- £19,248,000
Figures are taken from company-filed iXBRL/XBRL. Coverage is limited to electronic filings in the imported Companies House batch. Missing figures do not mean zero, and values have not been audited by BritDB.
04 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 3.3%
- Mean bonus gap
- 28.2%
- Women receiving bonus
- 38.6%
- Men receiving bonus
- 45.6%
- Women in top quartile
- 7.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 15.3%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 19.7%
- Women in lower quartile
- 34.7%
Earlier reporting years (5)
- 250 to 49928.0% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49928.2% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49927.5% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49923.1% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49915.3% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
05 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 October 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Filed
- 20 April 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 7 days
- Longest standard term
- 60 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- Prompt Payment Code
- Construction retentions
- Reported as used
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 April 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £25,957,526
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £20,075,793
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £5,766,535
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £13,004,956
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 30.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 50.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
The maximum contractual payment period is 60 days from end of month.
Retention release
Retention is typically released in two stages: at completion of their works and at the end of the defects period of the main contract.
Retention release stages
At completion of their works and at the end of the defects period of the main contract.
- Retention in all contracts
- No
- Retention in standard terms
- Yes
- Retention threshold
- Not supplied
- Standard retention rate
- 5.0%
- Retention compared with client
- 36.0%
- Retention compared with payments
- 2.0%
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
We have various payment terms. The most common payment terms are 30 days from end of month.
- Dispute resolution process
To be approved for payment, invoices must quote a valid order number and have been receipted (goods receipt note or certification). Where an invoice does not quote a valid order number this is queried with the supplier. Where the invoice includes items or charges not on the order, or not receipted, this is queried with the supplier and the person who raised the order. Disputes are escalated to the Accounts Payable Manager or Commercial Finance Manager and then if not resolved to the Finance Director.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 26.0 average days to pay18.0% outside terms
- 35.0 average days to pay20.0% outside terms
- 41.0 average days to pay33.0% outside terms
- 45.0 average days to pay38.0% outside terms
- 42.0 average days to pay36.0% outside terms
- 44.0 average days to pay33.0% outside terms
- 44.0 average days to pay31.0% outside terms
- 40.0 average days to pay23.0% outside terms
- 37.0 average days to pay25.0% outside terms
- 42.0 average days to pay30.0% outside terms
- 48.0 average days to pay35.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- KNIGHTS BROWN CONSTRUCTION LTD
- Group submission
- No
- Statement period
- 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Approved
- 2 September 2026
- Sectors
- Construction, civil engineering and building products
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Not reported as covered
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- £100 million to £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 4 September 2026
Training described
Your whole organisation Other
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Businesses in your industry or sector
Social audits
Audit conducted by your staff
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app
Other monitoring
We have risk assessed our agency supply chain, updated our agency terms of business and have a planned audit programme.
Demonstrated progress
Over the next 12 months we have set progress goals to strengthen agency supplier assurance and increase worker awareness and confidence to speak up on all our sites.
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
07 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Knights Brown Construction Ltd
Registration ZA212211
- Registered from
- 18 October 2016
- Current end date
- 17 October 2026
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
08 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
G5-2E_HCC_102 Upper Street Junction Improvements
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-9e84831f-e736-490c-90af-61eaaa318bd8
- Supplier named in award
- Knights Brown Construction Limited
- Award value
- £729,960.13
- Contract period
- 14 September 2026 – 26 March 2027
- Published
- 13 July 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 45230000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-9e84831f-e736-490c-90af-61eaaa318bd8-2026-07-13T15:59:38+01:00
G4_2_HCC_â040â ââMarchwood Bypass, Rushington - TCFâ
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-6b627644-d8be-4db1-ac89-b199c2f13b99
- Supplier named in award
- Knights Brown Construction Limited
- Award value
- £3,735,807.40
- Contract period
- 16 October 2023 – 3 June 2024
- Published
- 25 October 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 45230000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-6b627644-d8be-4db1-ac89-b199c2f13b99-2023-10-25T15:58:05+01:00
G4_2_HCC_003 Portsmouth TCF - Elmleigh Road, Havant
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-f38ea980-3ee1-42a8-9702-39623c8100d7
- Supplier named in award
- Knights Brown Construction Limited
- Award value
- £1,161,754.39
- Contract period
- 13 April 2023 – 17 November 2023
- Published
- 14 April 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 45230000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-f38ea980-3ee1-42a8-9702-39623c8100d7-2023-04-14T10:26:01+01:00
G4_2_HCC-HBC_002 STCF Burseldon Road Cycle Route
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-478312ff-31d6-468f-b9d4-0c387f705e9a
- Supplier named in award
- KNIGHTS BROWN CONSTRUCTION LTD
- Award value
- £401,393.88
- Contract period
- 14 November 2022 – 22 December 2023
- Published
- 14 October 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 45100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-478312ff-31d6-468f-b9d4-0c387f705e9a-2022-10-14T15:17:20+01:00
G4_2_HCC_019 - Portsmouth TCF - Gosport Bus Station
Hampshire County Council · ocds-b5fd17-8a03ad21-2d62-4779-bbd2-ebb3b895c8fe
- Supplier named in award
- Knights Brown Construction Limited
- Award value
- £3,856,744.29
- Contract period
- 14 November 2022 – 22 December 2023
- Published
- 19 October 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 45233000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-8a03ad21-2d62-4779-bbd2-ebb3b895c8fe-2022-10-19T11:16:41+01:00
G4_2_HCC_045 B3334 Soil Nailing Remedial Works
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-876b5f55-50f3-4fce-a45d-3d27117f5647
- Supplier named in award
- KNIGHTS BROWN CONSTRUCTION LTD
- Award value
- £455,361.13
- Contract period
- 29 September 2022 – 10 November 2022
- Published
- 17 October 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 45220000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-876b5f55-50f3-4fce-a45d-3d27117f5647-2022-10-17T14:16:58+01:00
G4_2_HCC_017 - A32 / Wych Lane Junction Accessibility Improvements
Hampshire County Council · ocds-b5fd17-928cab7b-0453-4dac-abd4-61abe83019e8
- Supplier named in award
- Knights Brown Construction Limited
- Award value
- £572,113
- Contract period
- 21 February 2022 – 1 July 2022
- Published
- 2 February 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 45233000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-928cab7b-0453-4dac-abd4-61abe83019e8-2022-02-02T14:05:20Z
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
09 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Knights Brown Ltd
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Companies Act
- Legal form
- Limited Company
- Place registered
- England
- Registration number
- 0756733
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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10 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
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11 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
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12 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
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No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
13 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Wider Ecosystem
NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP LIMITED · updated 25 October 2024
- Tender value
- £8,000,000,000
- Awards
- 47
Generation 5 (Gen5) Civil Engineering, Highways and Transportation Collaborative Framework 2024 - 2028
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · updated 26 January 2024
- Tender value
- £500,000,000
- Awards
- 26
SCF 5
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · updated 3 April 2023
- Tender value
- £4,500,000,000
- Awards
- 5
WDC AB Knights Farm West Refuse Vehicle Depot and Road Infrastructure (ESPH732 CDS)
Wealden District Council · updated 7 August 2026
- Tender value
- £15,000,000
- Awards
- 1
Langstone Coastal Defence Scheme
Havant Borough Council · updated 1 May 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
GCC Highways Major Projects Construction Framework
Gloucestershire County Council · updated 23 February 2026
- Tender value
- £60,000,000
- Awards
- 2
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
14 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
15 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
16 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
6 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
1 exact company-number registration.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
17 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Detected change
Confirmation statement due date: 2026-08-20 → 2027-08-20
- Detected change
Accounts due date: 2026-12-31 → 2027-12-31
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: RAYMOND BROWN CONSTRUCTION LTD
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
18 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Company-filed electronic accounts and extracted headline financial facts.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
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