A record year for turnover, staff growth and social value delivery

Warden Construction is proud to report a record year for turnover, staff numbers and social value delivery in our 2025 accounts.

Our financial results show revenue was up 15% on the previous year, moving from £26.7m in 2024 to £30.6m – the highest level in our company’s history – while gross profit was up 20% in 2025.

We also saw growth in our staff numbers with headcount for directly employed staff going to 85, another record number, while we increased our number of apprentices by 50% per cent.

Warden also delivered significant social value contributions, both through the delivery of our projects and wider responsible business activity. This included 464 volunteering and social value hours and £16,382.44 in charitable giving.

Ian Williams, managing director of Warden Construction, said: “We’re incredibly proud of our whole team and also very thankful to our wider supply chain partners for helping us deliver a really solid performance in 2025 against an unpredictable and challenging economic backdrop.

“Our performance has been strong not just in financial terms, but also in the quality of our project delivery, investment in people development and the wider social value impact of our work.

“Throughout 2025 we delivered projects across multiple sectors including youth and community buildings, local markets, important healthcare facilities, education buildings, public decarbonisation and fire remediation projects.

“This has included work across many public sector funding streams, working successfully with local authorities to strengthen communities. Our achievements in 2025 are a clear reflection of our mission to ‘build something greater’ and put us on a firm footing for future growth.”

We hope to build on our strong performance in 2026 with investments made in the business over the last 12-months putting us in a position to overcome the challenges caused by current geopolitical uncertainty.

These investments have included the opening of an additional office in Birchwood to bring our team closer to projects and widen our potential talent pool, growth in team numbers, ongoing training programmes, and the expansion our low-emissions fleet. We also invested in its social value activity, bringing in Heather Thompson as a dedicated social value manager.

Dan Culshaw, financial director at Warden commented, said: “Our outlook at the start of 2026 was positive and we remain cautiously optimistic as the year progresses. Our pipeline remains strong and we’re confident our risk profiling and management approach will sustain short-term inflationary pressures, political uncertainty and international instability.

“We’re ready to go again and ensure our team is equipped with the skills and resources needed to meet the demands of an uncertain market. These strategic investments not only strengthen our operational capabilities but also position us to maintain our strong market position in 2026 and beyond, enabling us to deliver high-quality projects efficiently and effectively.”

Some of our projects in the last 12-months have included a new £4m endoscopy facility at Southport Hospital on behalf of Mersey and West Lancs Teaching Hospitals and a new health and education hub in Runcorn with North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust. We have also completed projects on behalf of Manchester Airports Group, Manchester City Council and Lancashire County Council among others.