UK Land & Property

What UK Land & Property does

UK Land & Property is a privately-held property development and investment company headquartered in Manchester, North West England. The company operates four core service lines: office developments (new-build office parks and city centre refurbishments, including the £25m Grade II listed Exchange Flags in Liverpool), industrial and logistics developments (1.1m sq ft Boulevard Industry Park, 500,000 sq ft B&M retail logistics facility, 40-acre Hawarden Business Park), residential developments (build-to-rent and open-market schemes such as The Filaments, Hughes House, and Nuovo Apartments totalling ~£170m GDV), and land and planning services covering the full lifecycle from site identification through planning, infrastructure, funding, and delivery. The business is led by a small senior team — Managing Director Simon Parker (Harvard-educated principal shareholder, 25 years of property experience), Finance Director Andrea Buchanan (Chartered Accountant, joined 2006), and Project Director Paul Johnson (joined 2004) — and has delivered over 5 million sq ft of space across the UK.

The company serves four distinct customer segments: public sector bodies (housing associations such as Riverside and Adactus, government agencies including the Homes & Communities Agency and National Blood Service), private sector corporates requiring bespoke facilities (B&M, Bank of Scotland, DHL, Communisis, Kier, Keepmoat), institutional investors (Grainger plc, Home Group/CTI) that forward fund build-to-rent schemes, and land owners seeking to unlock value through planning and development. Revenue is generated through a hybrid model combining development management fees on large-scale projects (gross development values ranging £30m–£100m), forward-funded development delivery for institutional capital partners, and recurring investment income from held assets. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales: bespoke deal-making on individual large schemes rather than recurring contracted revenue.

The business is capital- and relationship-intensive rather than technology-intensive. There is no proprietary software platform; UK Land & Property relies on established partnerships with tier-one contractors (Sir Robert McAlpine, Equans Regeneration), institutional funders (Grainger, Home Group, Close Brothers Bank), and public sector stakeholders. Operating from a single Manchester headquarters (Bartle House, Oxford Court), the company is currently active across North West England, North Wales, and Bedfordshire, with no disclosed parent, external equity backers, or M&A activity.

Name

UK Land & Property

Legal name

UK Land & Property

Website

https://uklandandproperty.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

UK Land & Property is a Manchester-based private property developer and investor delivering office, industrial and logistics, residential (including build-to-rent), and land planning projects across the UK for public sector bodies, corporate occupiers, institutional investors, and landowners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Property Development and Investment

NAICS

Land Subdivision (23721), Land Subdivision (2372), Lessors of Other Real Estate Property (53119)

SIC

Land Subdividers & Developers (No Cemeteries) (6552), Real Estate Operators (No Developers) & Lessors (6510), Real Estate Dealers (For Their Own Account) (6532)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Land Development & Subdivision Homebuilding (Build-to-Sell Communities) (IMAFABAL)

Keywords

• Property development services
• Commercial real estate
• Industrial logistics facilities
• Build-to-rent housing
• Land planning solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Manchester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Property Development: The company generates revenue through developing and delivering large-scale property projects including offices, business parks, industrial parks, logistics facilities, and residential developments. Revenue is realized through property sales, forward funding arrangements, and development fees from joint venture partnerships.
2. Property Investment: Investment returns are generated through holding and managing developed property assets, including participating in build-to-rent (BtR) developments where properties are forward funded by institutional investors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

UK Land & Property is a property development and investment company that delivers large-scale offices and business parks, industrial parks, logistics facilities, city centre residential developments, and land opportunities across the UK. The company works with public sector bodies, private sector companies, and joint venture partners to bring bespoke property solutions to market, with project gross development values (GDV) ranging from £30m to £100m. It also offers complete land strategy, planning, and development services, including managing sites in protected policy areas.

Product overview

UK Land & Property is a property development and investment company offering four core service lines: Office Developments (new office parks and city centre refurbishments), Industrial & Logistics Developments (bespoke logistics facilities and industrial parks), Residential Developments (build-to-rent and open-market schemes), and Land & Planning (comprehensive land strategy from planning through to development delivery). The company has delivered over 5 million sq ft of space across the UK.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Office Developments

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 5 million sq ft of space delivered to the market in recent years

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Sir Robert McAlpinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSir Robert McAlpine is the main contractor for both The Filaments (£100m GDV, 3 residential blocks of 13-22 storeys) and Nuovo Apartments (£30m GDV, 166 residential units) developments.
• Equans Regeneration LimitedcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEquans Regeneration Limited is the contractor for the Hughes House development in Liverpool, with construction running from August 2021 to September 2024.
• Joint Venture PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUK Land & Property works with joint venture partners to bring development opportunities to market, combining capital with development expertise.
• Public Sector BodiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe company collaborates with public sector bodies on development projects, providing planning, research, infrastructure, funding and development delivery capabilities.
• Land OwnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUK Land & Property works with land owners to bring land opportunities from planning and research through to development delivery.
• Regeneration AgenciesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUK Land & Property works with regeneration agencies and specialists to deliver industrial parks and logistics facilities for national and international companies.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Henley Homes: UK regional residential developer with similar city centre and brownfield regeneration project profile, competing for institutional and intermediate rent mandates.

Emerging players

• Mount Anvil: London-focused residential developer with similar model of bespoke city centre schemes and institutional co-investment, valuable as a sector benchmark.

Direct peers

• Vita Group: UK Build-to-Rent developer and operator with multi-region city schemes, competing directly with UKLP for institutional forward-funded BtR opportunities.
• Ask Real Estate: Manchester-based commercial and residential property developer with a similar focus on large-scale city centre projects, mixed-use schemes, and institutional partnerships across the North West.
• Sigma Capital Group: UK Build-to-Rent and residential development investor with institutional partnerships, directly comparable to UKLP's BtR development model.
• Capital & Centric: Manchester-based developer specialising in residential-led regeneration projects and large city centre schemes, sharing UKLP's BtR and regional regeneration focus.

Broad incumbents

• M&G Real Estate: UK institutional real estate investor with significant Build-to-Rent and commercial development exposure, comparable both as a peer and as a forward-funding capital source.
• Peel Group (Peel L&P): Major North West landlord and developer with residential, commercial, and logistics portfolios across the Liverpool Waters and Manchester markets where UKLP operates.
• Legal & General Capital (L&G BTR): Major institutional Build-to-Rent operator and developer across UK regional cities, both as a competitor for BtR schemes and as a potential forward-funder counterpart.
• Bruntwood: Manchester-headquartered property development and investment company focused on office, lab, and innovation hubs across UK regional cities, competing for similar occupier mandates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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

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