Steve Gilman Design Ltd

What Steve Gilman Design Ltd does

Steve Gilman Design Ltd is a privately held structural engineering design and consultancy firm registered in England (company number 5337463), founded in 2004 by chartered structural engineer Steve Gilman. The firm operates from purpose-built premises at Lych Gate Barn, Church Lane, Carlton Le Moorland, Lincoln, and serves clients across the East Midlands and the rest of the United Kingdom. Its team comprises six staff — a director, an associate director, two CAD technicians, a trainee engineer, and an office administrator — combining for over 35 years of industry experience.

The company delivers structural engineering services across two principal streams: residential work for homeowners (new builds, extensions, loft and barn conversions, refurbishments, alterations, and remedial defect work) and commercial work (retail, industrial, agricultural, public sector, sports and leisure, and heritage structures). Services span superstructure design (roof structures, beams, columns, portal frames, staircases, mezzanine floors) and substructure design (foundations, rafts, piles, retaining structures, drainage). Output is produced using modern analysis and 2D/3D CAD software, with deliverables including detailed technical drawings and building regulations submission packages.

Revenue is generated through project-based professional services fees, quoted per engagement rather than on a standardised pricing schedule. The firm is sales-led and delivers directly to clients while collaborating alongside architects, steel fabricators, builders, and contractors. Commercial lead flow is driven by direct enquiry, professional reputation, and referrals from architects and construction partners. The firm is bootstrapped and founder-owned, with no external investment, acquisitions, or divestitures on record.

Name

Steve Gilman Design Ltd

Legal name

Steve Gilman Design Ltd

Website

https://stevegilmandesign.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Steve Gilman Design Ltd is a UK-based structural engineering consultancy founded in 2004, serving homeowners and commercial clients across the East Midlands and the UK. A six-person team delivers structural design, calculations, and building regulations packages for residential and commercial construction projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Structural Engineering Consultancy

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Architectural Reconfiguration & Structural Alterations (HSAPAEAB), Structural Expansion (Foundation, Framing & Load-Bearing Modifications) (HSAPADAN)

Keywords

• Structural engineering services
• Residential structural design
• Commercial structural consultancy
• Building regulations design
• Construction engineering consultancy

Headquarters

HQ city

Carlton Le Moorland

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Structural Engineering Consultancy Services: Professional services revenue generated through structural engineering design and consultancy for construction projects. Services are project-based and tailored to client requirements, covering residential and commercial work from initial design through to building regulations submission packages.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Steve Gilman Design Ltd provides structural engineering design and consultancy services for residential and commercial construction projects. Their work spans new builds, extensions, loft and barn conversions, refurbishments, remedial works, and structural surveys for homeowners, plus structural design for commercial, industrial, agricultural, public sector, sports, leisure, and heritage projects. Services are delivered from concept through to completion and include building regulations submission packages, superstructure and substructure design, and value-engineered solutions produced using modern analysis and CAD software.

Product overview

Steve Gilman Design Ltd is a structural design consultancy offering two primary service streams: Services for Homeowners (new build homes, extensions, loft conversions, barn conversions, refurbishments, alterations, and remedial structural works) and Services for Commercial Clients (retail, industrial, agricultural, public sector, sports & leisure, and heritage projects). The company also provides specialized design modules for superstructure (roof structures, beams, columns, portal frames, staircases, mezzanine floors) and substructure (foundations, piles, retaining walls, drainage) design. All services are delivered by professionally qualified structural engineers using CAD technology for detailed technical drawings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Services for Homeowners

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Symmetrys: Symmetrys is a UK structural and civil engineering consultancy providing design services to architects, developers, and homeowners on building projects with a comparable small-team, project-led delivery model.
• HRW (formerly Hyder Roberts Wootton): HRW is a UK structural engineering consultancy offering design services for residential, commercial, and heritage building projects across multiple UK regions — closely comparable in service offering and project mix to Steve Gilman Design.
• Price & Myers: Price & Myers is a long-established UK structural engineering consultancy serving architects and direct clients on building projects ranging from residential alterations to major commercial schemes, closely comparable in service mix and client profile.
• Curtins: Curtins is a UK-based structural and civil engineering consultancy providing design services across residential, commercial, and infrastructure projects with a similar mid-sized team profile and project scope to Steve Gilman Design.
• BWB Consulting: BWB Consulting is a UK multi-discipline engineering consultancy whose structural engineering practice serves residential, commercial, and infrastructure clients in a project profile that overlaps directly with Steve Gilman Design's two service streams.
• ClarkeBonds (Clarke Bonds): ClarkeBonds is a UK structural and civil engineering consultancy delivering design services on residential, commercial, and industrial building projects with a similar small-team, chartered-led model to Steve Gilman Design.

Regional players

• Cameron Ross: Cameron Ross is a Scotland-based structural engineering consultancy serving residential and commercial clients on building design work; comparable in service scope but operating primarily in a different UK region from Steve Gilman Design.

Broad incumbents

• Waterman Group: Waterman Group is a UK engineering consultancy with structural, civil, and environmental practices serving overlapping client segments, but operating at materially larger scale and across a broader portfolio than Steve Gilman Design.
• Buro Happold: Buro Happold is a global multi-discipline engineering consultancy with a structural engineering practice delivering commercial and institutional projects at much larger scale than Steve Gilman Design, but competing for some of the same architect-led commissions.
• Arup: Arup is a global engineering consultancy whose structural engineering practice addresses building projects across commercial, infrastructure, and institutional sectors at vast scale; it competes for high-end commissions and pulls architect relationships that regional consultancies like SGD depend on.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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