What Baqus does

Baqus Group Ltd is a privately held, multi-disciplined UK construction and property consultancy headquartered in London, founded in 2007 by consolidating several legacy surveying practices whose roots extend to the 19th century. The firm delivers eight core services — Cost Management, Project Management, Employer's Agent, Building Surveying, CDM Advisor, NEC Supervisor, Party Walls, and Principal Designer — across nine market sectors: Art/Sports/Leisure, Commercial, Education, Government, Healthcare, Heritage, Hospitality, Hotels, and Residential. Each engagement is overseen by a Director assigned to the client, with the firm operating from six UK offices (London, Birmingham, Canterbury, Chichester, Liverpool, Manchester) to provide national coverage.

Revenue is generated exclusively through project-based professional consultancy fees, with pricing tailored to scope and contract terms typically running multi-year. The firm is regulated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and holds ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, and ISO 45001 certifications under a unified certificate (No. 974), supporting eligibility for public-sector framework tenders. Marquee clients include Whitbread (25+ year relationship covering Premier Inn), multiple NHS Trusts, Merlin Entertainments, London Academy of Dramatic Arts (£29.2m capital project), St Albans Cathedral (20-year relationship), Kings College London, and Elstree Studios (£15m stages project).

The firm has no disclosed AI, software, or technology product layer; its moat is built on chartered talent tenure (300+ years combined experience, including a 37-year veteran), long-cycle client relationships, RICS-regulated credentials, and demonstrable project delivery across regulated sectors. Ownership is concentrated among founding partners and executive directors (current Chairman Rob McNeill), with no disclosed institutional investor, PE sponsor, or external capital backing.

Name

Baqus

Legal name

BAQUS Group Ltd

Website

https://baqus.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Baqus Group Ltd is a privately held, RICS-regulated UK construction and property consultancy delivering cost management, project management, building surveying, and CDM advisory services across nine sectors from six UK offices, serving enterprise and public sector clients including Whitbread and the NHS.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Consultancy Services: BAQUS generates revenue through providing professional consultancy services including Cost Management, Project Management, Employer's Agent, Building Surveying, CDM Advisor, NEC Supervisor, Party Walls, and Principal Designer services. Revenue is generated through project-based professional fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Baqus is a multi-disciplined UK construction and property consultancy delivering eight core professional services — Cost Management, Project Management, Employer's Agent, Building Surveying, CDM Advisor, NEC Supervisor, Party Walls, and Principal Designer. The firm serves clients across nine market sectors (Art/Sports/Leisure, Commercial, Education, Government, Healthcare, Heritage, Hospitality, Hotels, Residential) using a Director-led delivery model underpinned by RICS regulation and ISO 9001/14001/45001 certification.

Product overview

Baqus is a multi-disciplined Construction & Property Consultancy providing professional services across the construction industry. The company operates as a unified consultancy offering eight interconnected core services: Cost Management, Project Management, Employer's Agent, Building Surveying, CDM Advisor, NEC Supervisor, Party Walls, and Principal Designer. These services are delivered across nine market sectors: Art/Sports/Leisure, Commercial, Education, Government, Healthcare, Heritage, Hospitality, Hotels, and Residential. The company is regulated by RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) and has roots dating back to the 19th Century, with over 300 years of combined experience among their team.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cost Management Professional cost management consultancy for construction and property projects, including quantity surveying and cost advisory. Provided to private and public sector clients across healthcare, education, heritage, hospitality and commercial sectors.
• Project Management End-to-end project management services for construction projects, overseeing delivery from inception through completion. Used by enterprise and public sector clients running capital build and refurbishment programmes.
• Employer's Agent Representation services acting on behalf of employers to manage construction contracts and project delivery under design-and-build and similar contract forms.
• Building Surveying Comprehensive building surveying services including condition assessments, building surveys, and expert advice on building performance for owners and operators of UK property portfolios.
• CDM Advisor Construction Design and Management (CDM) advisory services ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations throughout the construction project lifecycle.
• NEC Supervisor Supervision services under NEC contract forms, monitoring construction works and ensuring compliance with contract requirements.
• Party Walls Party wall surveyorship services for disputes and agreements between neighbouring property owners under the Party Wall etc. Act.
• Principal Designer Principal Designer services under CDM regulations, coordinating health and safety aspects during the design phase of construction projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• High level of retained Clients that have been with the company for many years
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)coreOthersBAQUS is regulated by RICS, a professional body representing 100,000 qualified members across 140 countries globally. This affiliation provides access to vast amounts of experience and information and ensures professional standards compliance.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Currie & Brown: UK-founded construction consultancy delivering cost management, project management, and advisory across real estate and infrastructure. Closely comparable to Baqus in service lines, RICS-credentialed delivery, and heritage of senior-led client engagement.
• Gleeds: UK-headquartered construction consultancy offering cost management, project management, and building surveying. Highly comparable to Baqus in service mix, multi-office UK presence, and heritage/RICS-regulated positioning, though larger and more internationally diversified.
• Pick Everard: UK-headquartered multi-disciplinary consultancy providing cost management, project management, building surveying, and CDM advisory. Closely comparable to Baqus in service mix, UK regional office footprint, and public/private sector client mix.
• Turner & Townsend: Global cost management and project management consultancy with deep UK heritage across real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources. Closest comparable to Baqus in core QS/PM offering, though operating at vastly larger scale with international footprint.
• Rider Levett Bucknall: Global construction consultancy with strong UK quantity surveying and project management practice. Direct peer in core cost consultancy services with comparable healthcare, education, heritage, and hospitality sector coverage.
• Mace Group: UK-headquartered construction and consultancy group covering cost consultancy, project management, and facilities management. Directly comparable service mix to Baqus, with broader delivery capability including construction management and fit-out.

Broad incumbents

• Arcadis: Global design and consultancy firm (incorporating former EC Harris) with substantial UK cost management and project management practice. Overlaps Baqus on QS/PM but operates as a much broader multi-disciplinary platform including design and engineering.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with UK cost consultancy and project management practice. Overlaps Baqus in QS/PM services for public sector and commercial clients but is dominated by design and engineering scale.
• CBRE Group: Global real estate services firm offering project management, building consultancy, and cost advisory through its CBRE Advisory line. Competes with Baqus for project management mandates but as part of a much larger investment/sales/management real estate platform.
• JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle): Global real estate services firm with Project & Development Services practice providing cost and PM consulting. Directly overlaps Baqus in project management for hospitality, healthcare, and commercial sectors, embedded within broader capital markets and facilities management platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BaqusGroupltd

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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