City Building

Name

City Building

Legal name

City Building (Glasgow) LLP

Website

https://citybuildingglasgow.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction and Maintenance Services

NAICS

Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (236220), Construction of Buildings (236), Residential Building Construction (23611)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

Housing Development, Construction & Rehabilitation Programs (BPAIANAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Government & Civic Building Construction (Courthouses, City Halls, Public Safety) (IMAFACAF), Public Works & Municipal Infrastructure (Streets, Stormwater, Facilities) (BPAIACAF)

Keywords

• Construction services
• Social housing maintenance
• Building refurbishment
• Retrofit sustainability
• Apprenticeship training

Headquarters

HQ city

Glasgow

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Sector Contracts - Repairs and Maintenance: Provides repairs and maintenance, manufacturing, construction and refurbishment activities for Glasgow City Council and Wheatley Housing Group customers and citizens. Approximately £30m of repairs delivered annually for Glasgow City Council.
2. Commercial Construction Contracts: City Building (Contracts) LLP undertakes construction work for Glasgow City Council and delivers commercial contracts. Order book of more than £200m in contracts for next financial year.
3. Manufacturing and Furniture Supply (RSBi): RSBi manufacturing division designs and manufactures furniture products for contracts including student accommodation (Swan Residences £275,000 contract), NHS facilities (Parkhead Hub), housing associations, and public sector organisations.
4. Training and Apprenticeship Services: Operates own SQA-approved training college providing apprenticeship programmes and continual professional development for workforce. Provides SVQ Level 3 training programmes for mainstream trades and construction training courses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

City Building is a Glasgow-based construction, repairs, maintenance and refurbishment services provider operating as a 50:50 joint venture between Glasgow City Council and Wheatley Housing Group. It delivers housing repairs, new builds, void management, compliance services, heritage restoration, and energy retrofit works, alongside RSBi (Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries), its in-house furniture manufacturing division, and an SQA-approved training college offering construction apprenticeships.

Product overview

City Building is a construction and maintenance services company comprising City Building (Glasgow) LLP and City Building (Contracts) LLP. It offers a unified portfolio of services including Repairs & Maintenance, Construction, Voids & Investment Work, Compliance Services, Heritage Maintenance, and Retrofit & Sustainability. The company also operates RSBi (Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries) as its manufacturing division producing furniture products, and maintains its own SQA-approved Training College for apprenticeships. The services are delivered primarily for Glasgow City Council, Wheatley Housing Group, and other public, private, and third sector clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RSBi: Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries - manufacturing division of City Building, specializing in furniture manufacturing and providing employment opportunities for people with disabilities. It is Europe's largest supported business and a leading UK social enterprise.

Products and services

• Repairs & Maintenance

Quantifiable outcome

• 94-95% apprentice qualification rate compared to 75% industry average
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• yattlecoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026Youth-focused jobs app partnership to widen access to apprenticeship opportunities. Partnership delivered record 980 apprenticeship applications, 116% increase in female applicants, and 43% increase in ethnic minority applicants.
• Glasgow Employment and Skills BoardminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026City Building's Director of People Services appointed to Glasgow Employment and Skills Board which brings together employers, education providers and industry leaders to tackle skills shortages.
• Swan ResidencesminorOthers · 1 January 2026Developer appointed RSBi without market tender to furnish new 105-unit premium student accommodation development. Development directors supported local employment and sustainable jobs for disabled people.
• Glasgow City Council (GCC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 201750:50 joint venture partnership established in 2017 between Glasgow City Council and Wheatley Housing Group forming City Building (Glasgow) LLP. In 2025, CBG joined WHG's VAT Group allowing for further investment in service delivery.
• Wheatley Housing Group (WHG)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 201750:50 joint venture partnership with Glasgow City Council. Wheatley Housing Group owns 50% of City Building (Glasgow) LLP. In 2025, CBG joined WHG's VAT Group for further investment in services.
• Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) GlasgowminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership working with DYW Glasgow hosted by Glasgow Chamber of Commerce to improve employability and create pathways into work for young people.
• Glasgow Chamber of CommercecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlison McRae, Senior Director at Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and Director of yattle. Chamber supports DYW Glasgow initiative and partnership with City Building.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Mears Group: Mears Group is one of the UK's largest providers of repairs, maintenance, and management services to social housing, directly comparable to City Building's core repairs & maintenance and voids work for Glasgow City Council and Wheatley Housing Group.
• Keepmoat: Keepmoat is a UK homebuilder and refurbishment contractor focused on affordable and social housing construction, repairs, and maintenance, closely mirroring City Building's social housing construction and refurbishment activities for public sector clients.
• Morgan Sindall Property Services: MSPS delivers repairs, maintenance, and compliance services for social housing landlords across the UK, directly comparable to City Building's housing repairs, voids, compliance, and retrofit services for GCC and WHG.
• Galliford Try: Galliford Try's housing division delivers affordable and social housing construction and maintenance across the UK, comparable to City Building's public sector housing construction, voids, and refurbishment work.
• Lovell Partnerships: Lovell is a UK partnership housing specialist delivering new-build affordable housing, refurbishment, and repairs programmes, directly comparable to City Building's mixed new-build, voids, and repairs workstreams.
• United Living: United Living provides repairs, maintenance, regeneration, and new-build services to housing associations and local authorities across the UK, overlapping closely with City Building's social housing construction and maintenance portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• Wates Group: Wates is a major UK construction and property services group with substantial social housing, public sector, and retrofit activity, overlapping with City Building's construction, refurbishment, and sustainability offerings at greater scale.
• ENGIE UK: ENGIE UK is a major facilities management and public services provider operating in social housing, public buildings, and energy retrofit, broadly comparable to City Building's repairs, maintenance, and retrofit/sustainability services.
• Mitie: Mitie is a large UK facilities management and public services provider covering maintenance, compliance, and retrofit for public sector clients, broadly comparable to City Building's compliance, retrofit, and maintenance offerings at much larger scale.

Regional players

• Robertson Group: Robertson is a leading Scottish construction and infrastructure group with significant public sector, housing, and facilities work, comparable to City Building but competing mainly in Scotland rather than the wider UK market.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/city_building

Compliance12 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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