What Shelby does

Shelby is a UK-based construction consultancy (legal entity: Shelby Project Solutions Limited, trading as Shelby) founded in July 2015 by Phil Taylor and headquartered in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, with a second office in Leeds. The firm provides a unified suite of professional services spanning project management, quantity surveying, programme management, principal designer, employer's agent, and contract administration, covering projects from pre-construction through to handover. Shelby is regulated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and holds CHAS Elite (Gold) health and safety accreditation. The leadership team is director-led and MRICS-qualified, with founder Phil Taylor (nearly 30 years' industry experience) and Director Steve Tighe overseeing client accounts, supported by Finance Director Jemma Tighe and HR & Marketing Director Dawn Taylor. The firm employs approximately 25 people, including chartered quantity surveyors, PRINCE2-qualified practitioners, and sector-specialist project managers. Shelby serves enterprise clients primarily across UK retail (Marks & Spencer, Asda, Primark, Co-op, Levi Strauss, Stonegate Group), leisure (Haven), logistics (Lidl), legal/commercial (Parklane Plowden Chambers, Nilorn UK), healthcare and non-profit (Fleetwood Trust, AGH Solutions), and government (Oldham Council). Representative engagements range from a £2m retail-to-office conversion for Oldham Council and a £2.3m UK headquarters build for Nilorn, to large-scale programmes such as 130 Asda store refurbishments, a £36m Lidl regional distribution centre extension in Bridgend, and Haven's 30+ holiday-pitch development schemes; one cross-border mandate was a £9m, 136-acre island development in Croatia for Sound Channel. Shelby's commercial model is straightforward professional services fees negotiated project by project, supplemented by retained framework arrangements with key accounts, delivered through direct senior-led engagement rather than a separate sales team. Reported 2022/23 operating metrics include £64m total project value managed, 44 projects undertaken, 20 active clients, and a 72% repeat business rate, signalling durable client relationships. The firm has no proprietary technology platform, no external funding, no disclosed parent company, and no AI/ML capability disclosed in the source data; competitive differentiation rests on director-led delivery, retail-sector specialism, and embedded enterprise relationships.

Name

Shelby

Legal name

Shelby Project Solutions Limited

Website

https://shelbygroup.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Shelby is a UK construction consultancy providing project management, quantity surveying, programme management, principal designer, employer's agent, and contract administration services to enterprise clients across retail, leisure, logistics, legal/commercial, healthcare, and government sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Consultancy Services

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Management (Agency/Owner’s Rep) (IMAFAAAC)

Keywords

• Construction consultancy
• Project management
• Quantity surveying
• Programme management
• Employer's agent

Headquarters

HQ city

Leeds

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Professional Services Fees: Revenue generated through consultancy fees for project management, quantity surveying, programme management, principal designer, employer's agent, and contract administration services. Services are delivered on a project basis with some key account clients providing ongoing retained work.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Shelby is a UK construction and property consultancy providing six core professional services: Project Management, Quantity Surveying, Programme Management, Principal Designer, Employer's Agent, and Contract Administration. These services cover the full project lifecycle from concept, design, and procurement through construction, contract administration, and final handover for clients across retail, commercial, leisure, logistics, healthcare, and public sectors.

Product overview

Shelby is a construction consultancy offering a unified suite of professional services. The core service portfolio comprises Project Management, Quantity Surveying, Programme Management, Principal Designer, Employer's Agent, and Contract Administration. These services work together to provide end-to-end project delivery from concept through to handover, serving clients across retail, commercial, residential, leisure, and industrial sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Project Management End-to-end project management service overseeing every aspect of a project life cycle from concept to design, construction, and handover, including programming, scheduling, risk management, value engineering, design management, procurement, and quality control.
• Quantity Surveying Expert cost advice on construction costs and building contracts, including cost estimates, forecasting, tender documents, contract administration, claims management, and lifecycle costing analysis.
• Programme Management Strategic management approach to oversee multiple related projects, including programme strategy, planning, and coordination of nationwide construction programmes.
• Principal Designer Service helping clients plan, manage, monitor, and coordinate health and safety in the pre-construction phase, including identifying pre-construction H&S information and preparing health and safety files.
• Employer's Agent Dedicated resource to manage all aspects of a project to achieve agreed outcomes in terms of time, cost, and quality, including brief management, pre-tender estimates, contract administration, and value engineering.
• Contract Administration Service ensuring construction contracts are correctly administered between client and building contractor, including tender document audits, cost audits, quality controls, and final accounts settlements.

Quantifiable outcome

• 72% repeat business rate demonstrating high client satisfaction
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Linesight: Construction consultancy specializing in cost management and project management across retail, commercial, hospitality, and data-centre sectors. Directly comparable service offering with similar emphasis on cost consultancy for multi-site programmes.
• Gleeds: UK-headquartered construction consultancy offering cost management, project management, and advisory services to retail, commercial, and public-sector clients. Closely comparable service mix to Shelby across PM and QS, though operating at substantially greater scale.
• Rider Levett Bucknall: Global construction consultancy providing cost management, project management, and advisory services to retail, leisure, and commercial real estate clients. Highly comparable in services, client verticals, and project types to Shelby.
• Currie & Brown: International construction consultancy providing cost management, project management, and contract advisory. Direct peer with nearly identical core offerings to Shelby — owner's-rep PM and quantity surveying — and similar retail/commercial client exposure.

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global infrastructure consultancy providing program management, cost management, and construction management services. Competes for similar PM/QS mandates as Shelby, particularly on retail and commercial programmes, at materially greater scale.
• AtkinsRéalis: Global engineering and project management consultancy providing program management and advisory across the built environment. Competes in adjacent PM/cost consultancy mandates with significantly greater scale and a wider service portfolio.
• Mace: International construction and consultancy group with a strong consultancy arm providing project and programme management services. Overlaps directly with Shelby's PM offering and shares UK retail and commercial clients, though Mace also operates as a main contractor.
• Turner & Townsend: Global cost and project management consultancy with deep UK roots, serving real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources. Offers the same PM and QS services as Shelby but as part of a much broader portfolio and at significantly greater scale.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering, management, and development consultancy with UK roots. Offers project management, cost consultancy, and advisory services overlapping with Shelby's core offerings, alongside broader engineering and infrastructure capabilities.
• Arcadis: Global design and consultancy firm offering project management, cost consultancy, and advisory across built environment and infrastructure. Provides overlapping capabilities to Shelby within a vastly wider portfolio and global footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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