What Hunters does

Hunters is a multi-disciplinary architectural and building consultancy practice headquartered in Hammersmith, London, operating as Hunter & Partners Limited (a private limited company registered in England). Founded around 1950 and active for over 70 years, the practice delivers integrated professional services across architecture, building consultancy (building surveying, employer's agent, joint venture supervisor, principal designer/CDM & BSA adviser, project management, and quantity surveying/cost management), and—since 2023—civil and structural engineering. The firm serves enterprise and public-sector clients including major housing associations (Peabody, Notting Hill Genesis, Catalyst, L&Q, Clarion), private developers (Mount Anvil, Barratt, Redrow, Vistry/MTVH, Vastint), NHS trusts (St George's, Solent, Homerton, Kingston via NHS SBS framework), local authorities (Lewisham, Southwark), and later-living operators (Birchgrove, Care Concern).

Hunters' underlying technology centers on BIM Level 2 delivery using BS 1192:2007 and AEC (UK) standards, with Revit, AutoCAD, and Navisworks as core production tools; specialist technical capabilities include Passive House design, dementia design using the University of Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre toolkit, heritage/conservation expertise, and regulated Principal Designer services under the Building Safety Act 2022 (with HRB Register registration). The firm delivers across housing (regeneration, mixed-tenure, affordable, shared ownership), healthcare (NHS acute/mental health/community, private care), later living, education, commercial, and community sectors.

The business model is project-based professional services. Hunters is engaged via competitive tender, negotiated framework, or repeat appointment, earning fees against defined scopes across multi-phase schemes. Notable contract values include Brunel Street Works (£250m), University College London Hospital Phase 1 (£350m), Dee Park (£140m), Alperton Waterside (£101m), Gallions Quarter (£200m), and Royal Eden Docks (Phase 2, 854 units). Distribution is direct enterprise field sales concentrated in London and South East England, with NHS SBS serving as the framework channel for healthcare.

Name

Hunters

Legal name

Hunter & Partners Limited

Website

https://hunters.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1950

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Hunters is a London-based multi-disciplinary architectural and building consultancy practice delivering architecture, building consultancy, cost management, and civil/structural engineering services to UK housing associations, developers, NHS trusts, and local authorities across regeneration, healthcare, and later-living sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Services: Hunters generates revenue through providing architectural design services across residential, healthcare, commercial, later living, education, estate modernisation and community sectors. Services span from concept design through to planning and technical delivery.
2. Building Consultancy Services: Includes building surveying, employers agent, joint venture supervisor, principal designer (CDM & BSA adviser), project management, and quantity surveying/cost management services. Revenue is earned on professional service fee basis across public and private sector projects.
3. Civil & Structural Engineering Services: Civils & Structures team established in 2023 provides structural engineering design and civil engineering services, including flood risk assessments, SuDS/attenuation schemes, and BREEAM assessments.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Hunters is a multi-disciplinary architectural and building consultancy practice providing integrated professional services across housing, healthcare, commercial, later living, education, estate modernisation and community sectors. The core offering combines Architecture (design, planning, technical delivery) with Building Consultancy (Building Surveying, Employer's Agent, Joint Venture Supervisor, Principal Designer/CDM & BSA Adviser, Project Management, Quantity Surveying/Cost Management) and Civils & Structures (civil and structural engineering, flood risk assessments, SuDS, BREEAM support).

Product overview

Hunters is a multi-disciplinary architectural and building consultancy practice offering integrated professional services. The core offering comprises Architecture Services (design across housing, healthcare, commercial, later living, education, and community sectors), Building Consultancy (including Building Surveying, Employer's Agent, Joint Venture Supervisor, Principal Designer, Project Management, and Quantity Surveying), and Civils & Structures (civil and structural engineering). These services work together to deliver projects from design through to completion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services Full architectural design, planning, and technical delivery services spanning concept design through to completion across housing, healthcare, commercial, later living, education, estate modernisation, and community sectors. Delivered by a RIBA-qualified team including specialist healthcare, later living/dementia, heritage, and residential design leads.
• Building Consultancy

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivered 975 mixed-tenure homes at Brunel Street Works as part of one of London's largest regeneration programmes.
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers25 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Mount AnvilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture partnership with Mount Anvil and ExCeL London for Royal Eden Docks project — 850+ new homes with Mount Anvil as developer and ExCeL London as landowner. Hunters acts as executive architects on the project. Also delivered Royal Docks West (£105m, 105 apartments) and 854-unit Phase 2 with Mount Anvil.
• Peabody Developments & Redrow HomescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint Venture between Peabody Developments and Redrow Homes at Alperton Waterside — £101m project delivering 475 new homes. Hunters acts as Joint Venture Supervisors and Open Book Administrators. Previously worked with same partnership at Pontoon Reach (£62m, 295 homes).
• PeabodycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing joint venture advisory relationships with Peabody across multiple flagship projects: Pontoon Reach (295 homes), Alperton Waterside (475 homes), Vista (Battersea), and Southall Waterside (186 units). Hunters provides JV supervision, employers agent, and cost consultancy services.
• Catalyst Housing Group, Reading Borough Council and Willmott DixoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture for Dee Park regeneration in Reading — £140m project delivering 900+ homes over five years across three phases. Hunters provided Joint Venture, Cost Consultancy and Employers Agent services.
• Notting Hill Genesis, Telford Homes and Galliford Try PartnershipscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint Venture Advisors for Gallions Quarter — £200m redevelopment of three large sites near Beckton providing up to 800 homes. Hunters acts as both JV Advisors and Employer's Agents on affordable homes, overseeing risk management, programme management, procurement, and commercial management across all three phases.
• Vistry / Metropolitan Thames Valley HousingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture with Vistry / Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing at Brunel Street Works — £250m, 975 homes as one of London's largest regeneration sites. Also involves London & Quadrant, Fizzy Living, and Linden Homes as partners.
• Barratt HomescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Barratt Homes at Alperton Waterside (JV with Peabody/Redrow) and Ridgeway Views (with L&Q). Hunters works as JV Supervisor and Cost Consultant alongside Barratt on these major residential developments.
• L&QcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBuyers Agent role for L&Q at Ridgeway Views under S106 Development Agreement — 201 units for shared ownership and affordable rent across 13 blocks. Hunters worked with Barratt and L&Q's legal team to ensure construction and legal risks remained with Barratt.
• NHS SBS (Shared Business Services)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHunters delivers projects through NHS SBS framework, having facilitated 37 projects for 11 NHS trusts including Homerton, Solent, Kingston, and St George's. This framework enables streamlined procurement for NHS healthcare projects.
• St George's NHS Foundation TrustcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMultiple projects for St George's NHS Foundation Trust including IR Unit refurbishment, Moorfields Eye Centre, and various A&E, UCC, Jenner Wing, and paediatrics refurbishments. One of a number of projects designed for the Trust.
• BirchgrovecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorArchitect for Birchgrove's later living developments: Lower Mill in Surrey (50+ waterside homes for over 65s) and Banstead Place in Surrey (54 extra care apartments in Grade II* Listed Manor House).
• Care Concern GroupcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorArchitect for Care Concern Group's Oak Hill care home (120 beds, planning achieved, Waltham Forest) and St Johns Wood care home redesign (121 beds, planning achieved). Both projects use Stirling dementia design principles.
• ENGIEminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorConstruction partner on Tollgate Gardens regeneration in Maida Vale, where Hunters acted as Executive Architects for client Clarion.
• BidwellsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConservation experts who worked with Hunters on Lower Mill heritage refurbishment in Surrey, focused on The Mill and Granary listed buildings.
• Art in SiteminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerArt in Site collaborated with Hunters on the Solent NHS Trust Sexual Health Clinic and Children's Therapy Unit in Southampton, providing art installations for privacy and an uplifting clinical environment.
• Cain InternationalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner alongside Peabody and Sager and Galliard at Almeida, Islington Square — a major mixed-use regeneration project with 350 new homes.
• GuildmoreminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction contractor on Ratcliffe Cross Street (Kiln Works) for Notting Hill Genesis. Hunters worked alongside Guildmore to agree resident communication protocols during construction.

Scale indicators19 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Levitt Bernstein: London architecture and urban design practice with deep expertise in housing, estate regeneration, and public sector masterplanning. Comparable to Hunters in residential regeneration focus and long-standing relationships with housing associations and local authorities.
• Pollard Thomas Edwards (PTE): London-based multi-disciplinary architecture and planning practice with deep expertise in housing, regeneration, and public sector work. Closely comparable to Hunters in sector mix (housing associations, local authorities), client types, and project typologies (estate regeneration, mixed-tenure residential).
• JTP (John Thompson & Partners): UK architecture and masterplanning practice with strong housing, regeneration, and placemaking portfolio. Comparable to Hunters in residential regeneration expertise and engagement with housing associations, developers, and local authorities.
• Haworth Tompkins: Mid-sized London architecture practice working across housing, education, theatre, and community sectors with a strong track record in housing association and public sector regeneration. Comparable to Hunters in scale, client mix, and emphasis on residential and civic projects.
• PRP Architects: Long-established UK architecture practice specialising in housing, estate regeneration, later living, and public sector work for housing associations and local authorities. Strongly comparable to Hunters in residential regeneration focus and blue-chip housing association client base.
• Mikhail Riches: Award-winning London architecture practice with strong focus on sustainable housing, estate regeneration, and public sector projects. Comparable to Hunters in housing-led portfolio and Stirling-influenced design credentials.
• Karakusevic Carson Architects: London architecture practice specialising in council housing, estate regeneration, and public sector residential projects. Highly comparable to Hunters in estate regeneration typology, public sector client base, and inner-city London focus.
• Allies and Morrison: Large London architecture and urbanism practice with broad sectoral reach including housing, education, and public sector. Comparable to Hunters in mixed-sector London practice profile, though materially larger in scale and headcount.

Broad incumbents

• HTA Design: Multi-disciplinary UK design practice with architecture, planning, and landscape capabilities focused on housing, regeneration, and later living. Comparable to Hunters in later living and housing specialisms, though operating at greater scale across multiple UK offices.
• AHR (formerly Aedas Horne Robertson): Large multi-disciplinary architecture and building consultancy practice with national UK coverage across housing, healthcare, education, and commercial sectors. Comparable to Hunters in multi-disciplinary architecture/building consultancy model, but materially larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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