Failures in 2025
UK construction companies that went bust in 2025
- Failures in 2025
- 26
- In 2024
- 36
- Largest
- Ardmore Construction
26 construction companies in our register failed in 2025, against 36 in 2024. Of these, 12 were administrations, 10 were creditors' voluntary liquidations, 3 were compulsory liquidations and 1 was a company voluntary arrangement.
The largest was Ardmore Construction, with turnover of £313m in its last accounts. 12 were main contractors, the most of any type of business. Companies in the same group are counted separately (2 from Merit).
Failures by month
The most in one month was 4, in September.
The biggest failures of 2025
Ranked by turnover in each company's last accounts before it failed, with the largest company in each group.
| # | Company | Failed | Last turnover | Staff | Owed to creditors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ardmore Construction | Aug 2025 | £313m | 244 | £30m |
| 2 | Glenlee | Sept 2025 | £102m | 456 | |
| 3 | Merit Holdings | Nov 2025 | £87m | £17m | |
| 4 | Breyer Group | Apr 2025 | £83m | 254 | £17m |
| 5 | Marbank Construction | Mar 2025 | £67m | 24 | £10m |
| 6 | MY Construction | Apr 2025 | £65m | 5 | |
| 7 | Sheen Lane Developments | Mar 2025 | £50m | 22 | £41m |
| 8 | Baxter Kelly | Aug 2025 | £43m | 154 | £4m |
| 9 | Premier House | Nov 2025 | £41m | ||
| 10 | Vidi Construction | Sept 2025 | £40m | 40 | £6m |
Why they failed
The reasons given in the insolvency reports for the companies that failed in 2025.
- Cash flow100%
- Losses on contracts50%
- Clients not paying or failing50%
- Funding withdrawn42%
- Cost inflation33%
- Delays33%
Share of the 12 failures (each group counted once) whose insolvency reports explain why the business failed. Most give several reasons, so the shares add up to more than 100%. Each failure's page shows its own reasons and links to the report.
By type of insolvency
- Administration12
- Creditors' voluntary liquidation10
- Compulsory liquidation3
- Company voluntary arrangement1
By region
- Greater London7
- East Anglia4
- South East England3
- Yorkshire and the Humber3
- South West England3
- West Midlands3
- North East England2
- East Midlands1
Where the company was based before it failed.
Every failure in 2025
| Company | Date |
|---|---|
| Maypine Construction | 22 Dec |
| Transform Schools (Stoke) | 5 Dec |
| Merit HealthPart of Merit | 18 Nov |
| Merit HoldingsPart of Merit | 18 Nov |
| Premier House | 10 Nov |
| Assent Building Compliance | 6 Nov |
| Glenlee | 25 Sept |
| Gibbs Surfacing | 23 Sept |
| Vidi Construction | 8 Sept |
| Kingston Modular Systems | 5 Sept |
| Ardmore ConstructionPart of Ardmore | 28 Aug |
| ST Mark Homes | 26 Aug |
| Baxter Kelly | 8 Aug |
| J Ffrench | 31 Jul |
| Core Special Projects | 24 Jun |
| LF Solutions | 17 Jun |
| Elements (Europe) | 4 Jun |
| Corbyn Construction | 15 May |
| MY Construction | 9 Apr |
| Breyer Group | 1 Apr |
| London South Build | 27 Mar |
| Sheen Lane Developments | 26 Mar |
| Marbank Construction | 7 Mar |
| Burrington Estates (Pinhoe) | 18 Feb |
| Acheson Construction | 18 Feb |
| Kaybridge Construction (Barnet) | 11 Feb |
Other years
Our register covers larger UK construction companies (those filing full, group or medium-sized accounts) plus well-known failures, from Companies House and The Gazette. It doesn't include every insolvency: the Insolvency Service's official statistics count all construction company insolvencies, most of them small firms. Turnover comes from each company's last accounts and what was owed from the administrators' or liquidators' reports.