MEA (Michael Edwards Consultants Ltd)

What MEA (Michael Edwards Consultants Ltd) does

MEA (Michael Edwards Consultants Limited) is a UK-based construction consultancy founded in 1967, headquartered in Elstead, Surrey with regional offices in London (Southwark) and Bath. The firm employs 19 chartered quantity surveyors and construction consultants and has completed over 6,500 projects across education, prime residential, commercial, hospitality, retail, sports & leisure, conservation, community, and sustainability sectors. Project budgets range from £500,000 to £50 million, encompassing private residential refurbishments, heritage and listed-building projects, school and academy trust developments, fund monitoring for lenders, and design-and-build contract administration.

The firm operates five core services: Quantity Surveying (feasibility through final account), Project Management (delivery to time and budget), Employer's Agent Services (design and build contract representation), Contract Administration (independent contractual management), and Fund Monitoring (bank/funder oversight and reporting). A wholly-owned subsidiary, Building Schools for Nothing (BSfN), extends the firm into education-sector funding strategy. MEA is regulated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and is BS EN ISO 9001:2015 accredited. The technology stack is process-based rather than platform-based; directors are involved on every project from outset, and business is generated primarily through direct client engagement, recurring framework agreements, and word-of-mouth referrals within the UK construction sector.

Revenue is generated through project-based professional services fees, with pricing determined by scope, complexity, and budget size. The firm sells predominantly to enterprise clients including Shaftesbury Capital, Bicester Village, Workspace, Motor Fuel Group, Surrey County Council, Blue Cedar, and NHS Trusts, alongside private prime residential clients. Geographic reach is concentrated in the UK (South East, London, South West) with light footprints in Dublin and Portugal. The company is privately held, has no disclosed parent, no external funding rounds, and operates as a closely-held consultancy with long-tenured senior staff acting as custodians of the business.

Name

MEA (Michael Edwards Consultants Ltd)

Legal name

Michael Edwards Consultants Limited

Website

https://meaconsult.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MEA is a UK chartered quantity surveying and construction consultancy founded in 1967, employing 19 staff across Surrey, London, and Bath, delivering QS, project management, employer's agent, contract administration, and fund monitoring services to enterprise clients across education, commercial, residential, and heritage sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Elstead, Surrey

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Project-based fee arrangements for quantity surveying, project management, contract administration, employers agent services, and fund monitoring across construction projects

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

MEA is a chartered quantity surveying and construction consultancy firm providing quantity surveying, project management, employers agent, contract administration, and fund monitoring services for construction projects ranging from £500,000 to £50 million in budget. Services span sectors including education, hospitality, residential, retail, commercial, conservation, sustainability and community, and are delivered by RICS-regulated professionals with director involvement from project outset.

Product overview

MEA is a professional team of chartered quantity surveyors and construction consultants offering a unified suite of construction consultancy services. The core service portfolio comprises five interconnected offerings: Quantity Surveying (cost consultancy from feasibility to final account), Project Management (delivery oversight to time and budget), Employers Agent Services (design and build contract representation), Contract Administration (independent contractual management), and Fund Monitoring (bank/funder oversight). Services are delivered across diverse sectors including Education, Hospitality, Residential, Retail, Sports & Leisure, Sustainability, Commercial, Prime Residential, Conservation, and Community. The firm operates a sister company, Building Schools for Nothing (BSfN), which focuses specifically on school funding solutions and operates as a separate organisation under shared ownership.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Quantity Surveying

Quantifiable outcome

• 6,500+ projects successfully completed across diverse sectors
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles5 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.

• Building Schools for Nothing (BSfN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSubsidiary of MEA providing consultancy services to schools, academy trusts and multi academy trusts to develop strategies for generating unique funding solutions to deliver new school buildings and facilities. Works collaboratively with MEA while operating as a separate organization, combining knowledge, experience and shared values.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Gleeds: UK-rooted construction consultancy offering quantity surveying, project management and advisory across commercial, heritage and education sectors. Closest peer in scale, heritage specialism and regional UK footprint.
• Ridge and Partners LLP: UK construction consultancy delivering quantity surveying, project management and building surveying across commercial, education, heritage and residential sectors. Similar mid-size, multi-office UK profile to MEA.
• Turner & Townsend: UK-headquartered global cost consultancy providing quantity surveying, project management and fund monitoring across real estate and infrastructure. Most directly comparable in core service mix, though materially larger and more internationally diversified than MEA.
• Currie & Brown: International cost management and project consultancy with deep UK heritage and a strong heritage/conservation practice. Directly comparable service offering and similar client profiles in commercial real estate and public sector.
• Pick Everard: UK construction and property consultancy providing QS, project management and building surveying to public and private sector clients including heritage and education work. Closely comparable in scale and sector mix.

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with a large cost management practice serving real estate, transportation and public-sector clients. Competes with MEA on larger tenders where integrated multi-disciplinary capability is required.
• Arcadis: Global design and consultancy firm with significant UK cost management practice through its IBI/Hyder heritage. Competes with MEA on commercial real estate, education and public sector QS work but at materially greater scale.
• AtkinsRéalis (Faithful+Gould): International engineering services group whose Faithful+Gould brand runs a UK cost consultancy practice directly comparable to MEA's QS, PM and fund monitoring services. Operates at significantly greater scale and geographic breadth.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering, management and development consultancy with cost management and project management services in the UK. Overlaps with MEA on public sector, education and heritage work but as part of a much wider portfolio.
• Mace Group: Global construction and consultancy group offering cost consultancy, project management and construction services. Overlaps with MEA on QS and PM but operates as a much larger, end-to-end delivery business rather than a boutique advisor.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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