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Company description
BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 17 February 1997; registered for 29 years; registered office reported in WATFORD, HERTFORDSHIRE. Its primary declared activity is 72190 · Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 30 trade marks, 14 procurement records. 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
- BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED
- Company number
- 03319324
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 7 total · 4 outstanding · 3 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 2025Next accounts due
31 December 2026Last statement made up to
12 January 2026Next statement due
26 January 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 0.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- -24.0%
- Women receiving bonus
- 27.4%
- Men receiving bonus
- 22.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 30.6%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 44.4%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 41.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 48.9%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 500 to 9998.1% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99912.5% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9999.0% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99910.0% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99916.1% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99918.1% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99916.5% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99921.9% 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.
04 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Building Research Establishment Limited
Registration Z4827934
- Registered from
- 14 July 2000
- Current end date
- 13 July 2027
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.
05 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
ECO4 Technical Advice on Scoring Methodology
Ofgem · ocds-b5fd17-0c7c7071-d23c-465f-866d-bd7bfdb0871c
- Supplier named in award
- Building Research Establishment Ltd
- Award value
- £70,000
- Contract period
- 9 June 2025 – 8 June 2026
- Published
- 16 July 2025
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Main CPV
- 73110000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-0c7c7071-d23c-465f-866d-bd7bfdb0871c-2025-07-16T17:45:09+01:00
Review of damp/mould in accommodation across Torbay
TORBAY COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-868bcaa1-1733-4b71-9032-b90610b85b2d
- Supplier named in award
- Building Research Establishment Limited (BRE)
- Award value
- £33,080
- Contract period
- 1 April 2025 – 29 July 2025
- Published
- 5 March 2025
- Procedure
- Other - Award via waiver 872
- Main CPV
- 71000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-868bcaa1-1733-4b71-9032-b90610b85b2d-2025-03-05T12:59:10Z
PS22365 - Demand Led Innovation Scoping Study - Construction Products
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-0a815749-a163-4b0d-8b5d-d3959315bcaa
- Supplier named in award
- BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LTD T/A BRE
- Award value
- £24,956
- Contract period
- 4 January 2023 – 31 March 2023
- Published
- 5 January 2023
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 71241000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-0a815749-a163-4b0d-8b5d-d3959315bcaa-2023-01-05T10:45:07Z
CCOS N - SADC Theatre Redevelopment Carbon Consultancy Services
St Albans City & District · ocds-b5fd17-f8c1c143-40d8-451d-ab5b-9092fc09eef7
- Supplier named in award
- Building Research Establishment Ltd
- Award value
- £38,950
- Contract period
- 3 November 2022 – 3 February 2023
- Published
- 2 December 2022
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award via Framework
- Main CPV
- 71530000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-f8c1c143-40d8-451d-ab5b-9092fc09eef7-2022-12-02T11:42:46Z
Alternate delegates for ten International Energy Agency Technology Collaboration Programmes
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy · ocds-b5fd17-f43c488c-2492-4fcd-b7c3-fec6c8de9d4f
- Supplier named in award
- Building Research Establishment Limited
- Award value
- £392,125.20
- Contract period
- 13 October 2022 – 31 March 2025
- Published
- 8 December 2022
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 73100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-f43c488c-2492-4fcd-b7c3-fec6c8de9d4f-2022-12-08T19:36:24Z
Ofgem 2022-048 Technical Advice for the ECO4 Scheme
Ofgem · ocds-b5fd17-5037602c-eb29-43c3-bb3d-b7c7ad3ec654
- Supplier named in award
- Building Research Establishment Ltd
- Award value
- £40,000
- Contract period
- 16 May 2022 – 29 March 2024
- Published
- 12 May 2022
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Main CPV
- 72220000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-5037602c-eb29-43c3-bb3d-b7c7ad3ec654-2022-05-12T17:45:08+01:00
TERMITE MONITORING AND ERADICATION
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES · ocds-b5fd17-37ff17f8-cfc2-4cec-99d6-bd954c90f46e
- Supplier named in award
- BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED
- Award value
- £97,500
- Contract period
- 9 December 2021 – 27 March 2022
- Published
- 17 December 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Main CPV
- 73000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-37ff17f8-cfc2-4cec-99d6-bd954c90f46e-2021-12-17T15:14:13Z
FM21172 - Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) 11
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-ca6fd535-1d8e-4e20-829b-b0746a848c73
- Supplier named in award
- BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED
- Award value
- £3,456,000
- Contract period
- 21 October 2021 – 20 October 2024
- Published
- 24 November 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Main CPV
- 71314000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-ca6fd535-1d8e-4e20-829b-b0746a848c73-2021-11-24T09:14:25Z
Dwelling-Level Stock Modelling Study
Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council · ocds-b5fd17-306e539c-3e7d-4c03-80bf-8ccd50e043cd
- Supplier named in award
- BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED
- Award value
- £37,940
- Contract period
- 7 October 2021 – 7 February 2022
- Published
- 3 January 2022
- Procedure
- Other - Exemption under Contract Procedure Rules
- Main CPV
- 73210000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-306e539c-3e7d-4c03-80bf-8ccd50e043cd-2022-01-03T16:30:56Z
Conventions Groups
MINISTRY OF HOUSING, COMMUNITIES & LOCAL GOVERNMENT · ocds-b5fd17-c68b4390-e7bd-43d0-9401-f1af19468f75
- Supplier named in award
- BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED
- Award value
- £77,433.50
- Contract period
- 15 September 2021 – 14 September 2023
- Published
- 21 September 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Main CPV
- 75112000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-c68b4390-e7bd-43d0-9401-f1af19468f75-2021-09-21T08:35:44+01:00
Research for the National Calculation Methodology (NCM) an Simplified Building Energy Model (SBEM)
MINISTRY OF HOUSING, COMMUNITIES & LOCAL GOVERNMENT · ocds-b5fd17-8202e331-cea9-4713-a389-b5acaef849b0
- Supplier named in award
- Building Research Establishment Ltd
- Award value
- £824,693.50
- Contract period
- 9 September 2021 – 31 August 2024
- Published
- 20 September 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Main CPV
- 73000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-8202e331-cea9-4713-a389-b5acaef849b0-2021-09-20T13:24:48+01:00
FM21105 - Lot 2 - Technical Services to Maintain the Methodology for Calculating Energy Performance of Domestic Buildings - Maintenance of third party produced SAP 1- Software
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-9f5b6399-e865-4f9b-8163-2bbfe3cb4218
- Supplier named in award
- BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED
- Award value
- £199,931
- Contract period
- 12 July 2021 – 11 July 2024
- Published
- 30 July 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Main CPV
- 71314000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-9f5b6399-e865-4f9b-8163-2bbfe3cb4218-2021-07-30T12:12:13+01:00
FM21105 - Lot 1 - Technical Services to Maintain the Methodology for Calculating Energy Performance of Domestic Buildings - Ongoing Maintenance of SAP and RdSAP 10 Methodologies
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-bde6d81d-0ba1-4e74-a6bb-8456d7d12120
- Supplier named in award
- BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED
- Award value
- £1,463,996
- Contract period
- 12 July 2021 – 11 July 2025
- Published
- 30 July 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Main CPV
- 71314000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-bde6d81d-0ba1-4e74-a6bb-8456d7d12120-2021-07-30T12:11:17+01:00
Private Sector Stock Condition Survey
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council · ocds-b5fd17-815efc78-fef6-471f-b03e-c421d690d5a1
- Supplier named in award
- BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED
- Award value
- £57,500
- Contract period
- 14 September 2018 – 13 September 2020
- Published
- 14 September 2018
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
- Main CPV
- 71315210
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-815efc78-fef6-471f-b03e-c421d690d5a1-2018-09-14T14:40:31+01:00
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.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
SMARTSITE
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 9,45
- Filed / designated
- 19 April 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 April 2027
SITESMART
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 9,16,37,38,40,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 12 December 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 December 2026
SMARTWASTE
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 15 November 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 November 2026
LPCB
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 42
- Filed / designated
- 12 April 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 April 2026
CALIBRE
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 9,16,37,42
- Filed / designated
- 13 May 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 May 2023
impact
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 9,37,42
- Filed / designated
- 4 December 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 December 2022
BRE SITE SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 9,16,37,41
- Filed / designated
- 5 April 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 April 2022
LPS
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 9,16,36,37,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 4 August 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 August 2021
GreenPrint
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 9,16,37,40,42
- Filed / designated
- 11 July 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 July 2018
greenprint enabling sustainable communities
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 9,16,37,40,42
- Filed / designated
- 11 July 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 July 2018
greenprint
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 9,16,37,40,42
- Filed / designated
- 11 July 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 July 2018
greenprint enabling sustainable communities
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 9,16,37,40,42
- Filed / designated
- 11 July 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 July 2018
GreenChip
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 9,16,37,40,42
- Filed / designated
- 3 June 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 June 2018
SMARTSTART
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 9,42
- Filed / designated
- 14 August 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 August 2023
SMARTSTART
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 16,40
- Filed / designated
- 14 August 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 August 2023
BREMAP
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 40
- Filed / designated
- 7 July 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 July 2023
EcoHomes
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 2,9,11,16,37,42
- Filed / designated
- 8 February 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 February 2020
SMARTWASTE
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 16,37,40,42
- Filed / designated
- 17 July 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 July 2019
ENVEST
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 9,16,19,35,37,42
- Filed / designated
- 14 April 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 April 2019
BRE Certification
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 2,6,9,16,17,19,37,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 19 May 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 May 2018
CALIBRE
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 9,16,37,42
- Filed / designated
- 24 September 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 September 2027
FRS
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 9,16,37,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 23 July 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 July 2026
BREEAM
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 9,16,42
- Filed / designated
- 23 July 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 July 2026
BRE
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 9,16,37,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 23 July 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 July 2026
BRENCH
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 26 April 1989
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 April 2026
BREDEM
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 26 April 1989
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 April 2026
UK Green Building Coalition
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 9,16,37,40,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 20 March 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 March 2016
. BRE Certification Limited
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 2,6,9,16,17,19,37,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 6 February 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 February 2009
BRECOM
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 9,16,35,37
- Filed / designated
- 23 December 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 December 2008
ZeLro
Owner Building Research Establishment Limited · classes 9,16,37,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 1 April 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 April 2008
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
06 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Bre Group Ltd
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England And Wales
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 02704081
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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07 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
08 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.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
09 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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.
10 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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.
11 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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.
12 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
13 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
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
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.
14 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
15 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House 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.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.