Wates Group, one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies, today reported a strong and resilient performance for 2025, delivering record turnover and its largest-ever pipeline of work with £10bn secured.

Wates Construction has announced the appointment of Roger Forsdyke as UK Operations Director, reinforcing its ambitious growth plans and continued focus on delivering exceptional outcomes for customers across the public and private sectors.

We’re excited to be part of two innovative projects funded through Ofwat’s Water Efficiency Lab (WEL) programme, helping to explore and develop practical ways to improve water efficiency across both commercial buildings and homes.

Our partnership with the Big Issue will allow us to support more vulnerable communities and reinforce our commitment to being a bold, purpose-led business.

Over the past three years, this partnership has grown into something far greater than we first imagined. What began as a shared commitment to support Papyrus developed into a collective, business-wide effort – bringing together our teams, sites and communities around a cause that truly matters.

We were proud to take part in Big Issue’s first-ever Top 100 Changemakers celebration event, recognising inspiring individuals and organisations driving positive change across communities in the UK.

Our full annual results for 2025, including animation video content from around our business.

Join senior leaders from Wates at UKREiiF 2026. The Wates House pavilion will be hosting multiple events across the three-day event – meet us there!

Great careers aren’t always a straight line. They’re shaped by moments of challenge and opportunity, by confidence built over time, and by the people who encourage us to take the next step.

We are partnering with The Zen Project for a fourth year to fund free mental health support for children and teachers across the UK.

We’re excited to share that Wates will be partnering with Big Issue as the lead sponsor of its Top 100 Changemakers – a national programme that celebrates 100 people and organisations who are reshaping communities and creating positive change.

WPS Facilities Management has been awarded a significant contract renewal by global engineering, management and development consultancy Mott MacDonald, extending a successful relationship that has been in place since 2017.

CEO Eoghan O’Lionaird shares why purpose powers thriving businesses – and how Wates delivers value beyond profit through people, places and planet.

Join Eoghan O’Lionaird behind the hoarding to see Wates’ purpose in action across three projects — Trinity Road, Crawley and Brent.

At Wates, we’re proud to celebrate Green Careers Week, an annual event organised by National Careers Week and supported by the Department for Education (DfE) and The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC). Running from 3–8 November 2025, the week aims to inspire young people to pursue careers that contribute to a more sustainable future.

Martine Corbett, Social Value Manager, shares her thoughts on how our programme is helping develop future generations in the built environment industry.

As part of developing the future generation in the built environment, we caught up with Cynthia Lakos, who is currently completing a placement at Wates Construction.

As we go through T-Levels Week, find out how Matthew at SES has reimagined his career journey.