IDP Group

What IDP Group does

IDP Group (legal entity IDP Limited) is a private UK architectural practice founded in 1996 in Coventry as The IDPartnership and rebranded to IDP Limited in 2006 when it expanded beyond pure architecture into a multi-disciplinary offering. The firm delivers three integrated service lines — Architecture, Urban Design & Masterplanning, and Landscape & Environment — through a single collaborative team operating from a Coventry headquarters at 27 Spon Street and a London office at 35 New Broad Street.

Its project portfolio skews toward large-scale residential masterplanning and regeneration (e.g., the 8,000-home New Eastern Village in Swindon, the 2,150-home Godley Green Garden Village in Greater Manchester, the 2,000-unit Beam Park regeneration in London), alongside healthcare, education, heritage conservation, and commercial commissions for public-sector and housebuilder clients including Barratt London, Bellway, Vistry, Tilia Homes, Kier Living, Hill Group, the London Borough of Waltham Forest, NHS trusts, and Coventry University. The integrated design model — where architecture, landscape, and urban design are coordinated under one roof — is the core differentiator, supported by RICS and LABC award recognition and Carbon Neutral certification achieved in June 2023.

The business is a fee-based B2B professional services practice. Revenue is generated from project-based contracts tendered directly with developers, local authorities, housing associations, NHS trusts, universities, and commercial operators, with pricing negotiated per engagement rather than published. The firm markets primarily through its project portfolio and case studies, regional award submissions, sponsorships of Coventry cultural and sporting institutions, and an active relationship with Coventry University for early-career pipeline. The headcount is approximately 60-100 professionals across architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, technical, and support functions.

Name

IDP Group

Legal name

IDP Limited

Website

https://weareidp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

IDP Group is a UK-based multi-disciplinary architectural practice founded in 1996, delivering integrated architecture, urban design, masterplanning, and landscape architecture services. It serves housing developers, local authorities, NHS trusts, and universities across the Midlands, London, and wider England from offices in Coventry and London.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Coventry

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Design Services: Fee-based professional services for architecture, urban design, masterplanning, and landscape architecture projects. Revenue generated through project-based contracts with developers, local authorities, housing associations, and commercial clients.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

IDP Group is a multi-disciplinary architectural practice that delivers integrated design services across three streams: Architecture, Urban Design & Masterplanning, and Landscape & Environment. The firm provides full-service design from concept to delivery for residential developments, commercial buildings, schools, healthcare facilities, and large-scale strategic land/regeneration projects, working primarily for developers, local authorities, housing associations, NHS trusts, educational institutions, and commercial clients across the UK Midlands and London.

Product overview

IDP Group is a multi-disciplinary architectural practice offering three integrated service streams: Architecture, Urban Design & Masterplanning, and Landscape & Environment. The company operates as a unified practice with these specialisms working collaboratively on projects of varying scales, from individual buildings to large strategic land developments. IDP Group's integrated design approach combines these disciplines to deliver comprehensive placemaking solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services Full architectural design services for residential, commercial, educational, healthcare, and hospitality projects, including new build, refurbishment, and heritage conservation work, delivered for developers, local authorities, housing associations, and commercial clients.
• Urban Design & Masterplanning Services Strategic masterplanning and urban design services for large-scale developments, urban extensions, and regeneration projects, creating comprehensive frameworks for new communities ranging from thousands of homes to multi-million-pound regeneration schemes.
• Landscape & Environment Services Landscape architecture and environmental design services integrating green infrastructure, public realm design, ecology, and sustainable drainage systems into development projects delivered alongside architecture and masterplanning work.

Quantifiable outcome

• LABC Building Excellence Award 2023 London region - Best Large Social Housing Development for Whitethroat Court
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Harris LambcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 8 January 2024Planning consultant partner working alongside IDP on New Eastern Village project in Swindon, one of the largest greenfield developments in the country (8,000 homes)
• McBainscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMasterplanning partner for New Eastern Village Redlands in Swindon, working alongside IDP landscape architecture
• PJS Consulting EngineersminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering consultancy partner for New Eastern Village Swindon development
• EquanscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient partner for Whitethroat Court LABC award-winning social housing project in London Borough of Waltham Forest. IDP provided full service including consultation, designs, planning, working drawings, and collaboration with multiple stakeholders.
• MADE PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead master developer for Godley Green Garden Village project. IDP serves as lead masterplanners and landscape architects on this 2,150 home garden village project in Greater Manchester.
• Countryside PartnershipscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient partner for MG Longbridge Birmingham regeneration delivering 688 new homes including affordable housing
• RCA Regeneration LimitedminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDevelopment partner for Stoneleigh View project (620 dwellings) in Kenilworth with Vistry Partnerships

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• LDA Design: UK landscape, urban design and masterplanning practice with comparable placemaking methodology and similar public/developer client base. Overlaps with IDP's Landscape & Environment and Urban Design & Masterplanning service streams.
• Allies and Morrison: Multi-disciplinary UK practice covering architecture, urban design and masterplanning with a strong portfolio in residential, mixed-use and public projects. Similar integrated service model and comparable client base of housebuilders and local authorities, slightly larger in scale.
• PRP Architects: Long-established UK architectural practice specialising in housing, regeneration and public sector clients including local authorities and housing associations. Closely mirrors IDP's developer-and-public-sector client mix and project typology mix.
• JTP (John Thompson & Partners): London-based masterplanning and urban design practice combining architecture, landscape and engagement on large-scale housing and regeneration projects. Directly comparable to IDP's integrated, placemaking-led approach and similar project typologies (urban extensions, garden villages, brownfield regeneration).
• Proctor & Matthews: UK practice combining architecture and landscape on new settlements, urban extensions and housing-led regeneration. Direct overlap with IDP's strategic land, masterplanning and landscape-led placemaking work.
• HTA Design LLP: UK practice integrating architecture, landscape and urban design with a specialist reputation in housing, estate regeneration and public realm. Strongly comparable to IDP's three-legged integrated offering and its focus on large residential and masterplanning commissions.
• Pollard Thomas Edwards (PTE): UK architectural practice with a comparable mix of housing, healthcare, education and regeneration clients and similar mid-sized, multi-office scale. Direct overlap in residential-led regeneration and public-sector framework work.
• Feilden Fowles: UK architectural practice with a mixed portfolio across housing, education and cultural projects at a comparable studio scale. Similar designer-led positioning and reputation for design quality that has won industry awards.

Broad incumbents

• Foster + Partners: Global architectural giant with selected UK residential and masterplanning commissions. Competes with IDP on high-profile masterplanning and regeneration bids as a much larger incumbent whose brand alone reshapes competitive dynamics.
• BDP (Building Design Partnership): One of the UK's largest multi-disciplinary design firms operating across architecture, landscape, urbanism and engineering. Overlaps with IDP on residential, healthcare and education but at materially greater scale and brand reach, making it the lead incumbent IDP competes against on larger tenders.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/weareidp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/idp-group
• Instagraminstagram.com/weareidp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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