Building & Construction Ltd

What Building & Construction Ltd does

Mike Crowe Building & Construction Ltd is a privately-held, founder-owned general contractor established in 2007 and headquartered at 21 Hest View Road, Ulverston, Cumbria. The firm provides an integrated portfolio of construction services — new builds, extensions and barn conversions, structural work, bespoke joinery, landscaping and paving, and groundworks including drainage, septic tanks, civil engineering and operated mini digger hire — to residential property owners and the local community across Barrow-in-Furness, Ulverston, Grange and South Cumbria. Its go-to-market is direct-to-consumer: customers contact the firm by phone or email, receive a free on-site consultation and a fixed quote with no hidden extras, and the firm either project-manages the build or acts as main contractor. Services are delivered by in-house, CITB-trained craftsmen (builder, joiner, plumber) using the firm's own machinery and a fully equipped joiner's workshop, which together enable bespoke, hand-crafted joinery products such as doors, window frames, gates, kitchens, bathrooms and bedroom furniture without subcontracting.

The business model is entirely project-based, one-off fee revenue tied to custom quotes following on-site consultation, with no recurring contracts, public pricing or disclosed financials. Marketing is overwhelmingly word-of-mouth and customer referrals, supplemented by a basic company website. The company is a member and approved contractor of the Federation of Master Builders, providing industry-recognized credentialing and signaling professional standards to local customers. With 87 employees, a single-site footprint and no external investment, parent company, subsidiaries, M&A activity or social media presence, the business operates as a stable, vertically integrated local contractor whose growth has historically been organic and reputation-driven rather than capital-driven.

There are no disclosed digital products, software platforms, APIs, mobile apps or data assets. All five service lines are delivered via traditional on-site construction execution and in-house workshop fabrication, and the firm's only technology footprint is a brochure-style website and standard telephone/email channels. No partnerships beyond the FMB trade association are documented.

Name

Building & Construction Ltd

Legal name

Mike Crowe Building & Construction Ltd

Website

https://crowe-construction.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Mike Crowe Building & Construction Ltd is a privately-held, founder-owned general contractor in Ulverston, Cumbria, providing building, structural, joinery, landscaping and groundworks services to residential property owners across South Cumbria. With 87 in-house CITB-trained craftsmen, the firm delivers projects on a quote-based, direct-to-consumer basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ulverston

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Construction Services: One-time project-based fees for building, extensions, renovations, and construction work. Pricing provided through custom quotes following on-site consultation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Mike Crowe Building & Construction Ltd is a local construction company based in Ulverston, Cumbria, providing an integrated portfolio of construction services including new builds, extensions, barn conversions, structural work, joinery (bespoke kitchens, doors, window frames), landscaping and paving, and groundworks/drainage with operated mini digger hire. The company uses in-house trained craftsmen and quality machinery to deliver projects directly to customers in the South Cumbria area, acting as main contractor or project manager.

Product overview

Mike Crowe Building & Construction Ltd is a local construction company providing an integrated portfolio of construction services. The core offerings consist of Building Services (new builds, extensions, barn conversions), Structural Work, Joinery, Landscaping and Paving, and Groundworks & Machinery. The company has in-house trained craftsmen and quality machinery, allowing it to provide and carry out projects using its own workforce rather than relying on subcontractors. Services are trusted, relied upon and valued by customers in the Barrow-in-Furness, Ulverston, Grange and South Cumbria area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Building Services New build, extensions and barn conversions including footings, drainage, slab laying, brick/block work, plastering, structural work, roofing, and first fix joinery and electrics. The company can project manage sites or work as a main contractor. Targeted at residential property owners in South Cumbria.
• Structural Work Structural works completed in line with building regulations to provide a more spacious and better quality project finish, integrated with the company's building services.
• Joinery Full joinery service including providing and fitting kitchens, bathrooms and bedroom furniture. Hand crafted doors, window frames, gates and other joinery projects made in a fully equipped joiner's workshop to provide a complete bespoke package. Also undertakes maintenance work, fitting skirting boards, internal and external doors and decking.
• Landscaping and Paving Full landscape and paving service including fencing, decking, levelling of project area, turfing and various other landscaping needs for residential properties.
• Groundworks & Machinery All ground works and drainage projects including septic tanks, driveway preparations, footings, structural retaining walls and civil engineering work. Also supplies operated mini digger machinery hire, on site crushing and brown field regeneration.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Federation of Master BuilderscoreOthersMike Crowe Building & Construction Ltd is a member of the Federation of Master Builders, ensuring a professional service and standard is provided. All work is completed to the required high standard.

Scale indicators1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Morgan Sindall Group: UK-wide construction and regeneration group with operations across construction, fit-out, infrastructure and property services. Comparable as a UK construction company with overlapping building services but operating at significantly larger scale and broader geography.
• Kier Group: Major UK infrastructure and construction group delivering buildings, highways, utilities and housing. Comparable as a UK construction services provider with overlapping residential and building capabilities, though at substantially larger scale and broader portfolio.
• Persimmon plc: UK's largest volume housebuilder delivering new-build homes nationally. Comparable in residential new-build delivery but operates at volume/tract scale fundamentally different from the subject company's custom bespoke model.
• Bellway plc: Major UK residential homebuilder constructing new homes across England, Scotland and Wales. Comparable as a UK residential homebuilder with overlapping new-build capability, though at substantially larger scale and different operating model.
• Willmott Dixon: Major UK contractor delivering residential, commercial, education and leisure construction. Comparable as a UK building contractor with overlapping residential building capabilities, operating at national scale rather than regional.
• Galliford Try: UK construction group operating across building, infrastructure and housebuilding. Comparable as a UK contractor combining construction services with residential homebuilding, though at national scale rather than hyper-local.

Direct peers

• Seddon Group: North West England contractor providing construction, painting, planned maintenance and fit-out services. Comparable as a regional building contractor with similar trade-based service delivery and SMB/residential customer mix.
• Eric Wright Group: Lancashire-based construction and property group operating across the North West. Comparable as a regional contractor offering building, civil engineering, and property services in adjacent geography with similar mid-sized contractor profile.
• Story Contracting: Major Cumbria-headquartered contractor delivering civil engineering, construction, and property services across northern England and Scotland. Comparable as a regional construction company operating in overlapping geography with similar building, groundworks and infrastructure service lines.
• McGoff Construction: North West England contractor focused on residential, commercial and healthcare construction. Comparable as a regional building contractor with similar service offering and customer base of property developers and homeowners.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/building-&-construction-ltd

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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