Kori Construction

What Kori Construction does

Kori Construction Ltd is a privately held UK main contractor headquartered in Corby, Northamptonshire, founded in 2009 by Steve Culbert as S.A.C. Construction and rebranded in 2022. The company delivers design and build construction projects typically valued between £5m and £25m for developers, occupiers, and funders across the UK, with its primary vertical being care and later living accommodation (care homes, nursing, dementia, and retirement living apartments). It also undertakes life sciences laboratory construction (e.g., BSL-2 facilities for Science Creates), multi-room/supported housing (e.g., One YMCA's Peartree Hostel), education, and commercial projects.

Operationally, Kori runs a direct enterprise field-sales model, with approximately 80% of new business sourced from repeat clients such as Care UK, Barchester Healthcare, Cinnamon Care Collection, Birchgrove, Avery Healthcare, and Oakland Care. Revenue is generated through one-time project contracts rather than recurring streams, with project economics typically negotiated individually. The company employs roughly 45-100 staff and is led by Managing Director Jordan Connachie alongside founder Steve Culbert, with a strengthened board including Construction Director Scott Bartlett, HSEQ Director Richard Ball, and Pre-Construction Director Tony Robinson.

Financially, Kori has grown from £2m turnover in 2016 to £65m+ in 2024, with stated expectations to exceed £100m by 2026 supported by a £200m forward order book. The company is founder-owned with no disclosed external funding, has achieved a Net Promoter Score of 90, delivers over 1000 care beds to date, and holds multiple industry accreditations including CIOB Chartered Building Company, CHAS, Safe Contractor, Considerate Constructors Scheme membership, and ISO certifications.

Name

Kori Construction

Legal name

Kori Construction Ltd

Website

https://koriconstruction.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Kori Construction is a UK-based main contractor specialising in design and build projects valued £5m-£25m, primarily serving care and later living operators, with additional work in life sciences, supported housing, and education. The company delivers construction services directly to enterprise clients with a heavy repeat-customer model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Services

NAICS

Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (236220), New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) (236116), Nonresidential Building Construction (2362)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540), Operative Builders (1531)

akta.pro primary industry

Design-Build / EPC General Contracting (IMAFAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Senior Living & Assisted Living Facility Construction (IMAFACAJ), Office & Corporate Building Construction (IMAFACAA)

Keywords

• Design and build construction
• Care home construction
• Later living construction
• Main contractor services
• Commercial building construction

Headquarters

HQ city

West Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Construction Services: Kori Construction generates revenue through one-time construction project contracts. They specialize in design and build projects ranging from £5m to £25m in value. Revenue is project-based with no recurring component. Projects span care homes, later living facilities, life sciences laboratories, multi-room housing, education, and commercial sectors. The company has demonstrated significant revenue growth from £2m in 2016 to approximately £65m+ by 2024, with expectations to exceed £100m.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Kori Construction is a UK main contractor that delivers design and build construction services for projects typically valued between £5m and £25m. Its primary focus is on care homes and later living facilities for elderly residents, alongside life sciences laboratories, multi-room supported housing, educational facilities, and commercial builds. The company works directly with developers, occupiers, funders, and care operators on bespoke negotiated contracts, with no consumer-facing sales channel.

Product overview

Kori Construction is an award-winning main contractor specializing in construction services for developers, occupiers, and funders nationally. The company focuses on design and build projects ranging from £5m to £25m, operating across several construction sectors including Later Living (care homes and retirement communities), Life Sciences (laboratory facilities), Multi-Room (hostels and multi-unit residential), Education (schools and educational facilities), and Commercial construction. The company was originally established as SAC Construction in 2009 and rebranded to Kori Construction in 2022. Kori offers the full construction lifecycle from pre-construction through to completion, with a focus on the care and later living sectors where they have established market leadership.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Design and Build Construction Services End-to-end design and build main contracting service for projects valued between £5m and £25m across the UK, including pre-construction planning, design, construction and completion. Delivered as a single negotiated contract to developers, occupiers, funders, care operators and local authorities.
• Care Home and Later Living Construction Design and build of residential care, nursing, dementia care, respite care and later living accommodation for elderly residents. Includes dementia-friendly design, communal spaces, amenity areas and landscaped gardens, delivered for major care operators nationally.
• Life Sciences Laboratory Construction Specialist construction of biosafety level 2 laboratories, containment level 2 labs, office and meeting spaces, event spaces and complex mechanical/electrical systems for life sciences, biotech and deep tech companies.
• Multi-Room Supported Housing Construction Design and build of multi-room accommodation including hostels, supported housing and self-contained studios for vulnerable populations, with psychologically informed environments and sustainable accommodation solutions.
• Educational Facility Construction

Quantifiable outcome

• 32.54% Social Return on Investment on Lady Jane Court project (vs 19.55% industry average)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered supporting.

• Holden & LeesupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 27 April 2026Appointed as Employer's Agent for the Ipswich care home development, providing oversight and supporting successful project delivery from inception through to completion.
• InndexsupportingTechnology or Integration · 24 April 2026Strategic partnership for implementation of digital safety and workforce management systems. Richard Ball, HSEQ Director, led the advancement of these digital systems in partnership with Inndex.
• Fed3 ProjectssupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 21 November 2024Construction Project Management Consultants managing the Thurnby care home project. Providing oversight and project management services.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Willmott Dixon: Top-tier UK contractor with a dedicated care/later living and residential business. Larger and broader than Kori but competes head-to-head in the same care home operator tenders.
• Bowmer + Kirkland: Established UK main contractor active in commercial, healthcare and life sciences sectors at a larger scale than Kori, with overlapping tender opportunities in the Midlands and South.
• Wates Group: Large privately held UK contractor with a public-sector and healthcare focus. Comparable sustainability and social-value positioning, but with much greater scale and geographic reach.
• Sir Robert McAlpine: Historic UK main contractor covering healthcare, commercial and life sciences projects. Significantly larger than Kori and competes on the same national design-and-build tenders.
• Galliford Try: UK-listed contractor with a strong public-sector, healthcare and education pipeline. Competes for the same institutional clients as Kori but at materially larger scale.
• Morgan Sindall Construction: Major UK contractor with significant healthcare, education and mixed-use development activity. Larger balance sheet and broader portfolio but overlaps on care/later living and life-sciences projects.

Direct peers

• McLaren Construction Group: Mid-sized UK main contractor with a healthcare, residential and commercial mix and a similar regional-to-national growth trajectory. Closest in scale and operating model among non-specialist general contractors.
• Robertson Group: Privately held UK construction group covering commercial, healthcare, education and residential with comparable revenue scale and design-and-build delivery model.
• LNT Group: Care home and later living construction specialist operating across the UK. Comparable to Kori on customer profile (major care operators), design-and-build delivery, and £5m–£25m project sweet spot.
• Castleoak: UK specialist contractor focused on care home, retirement living and healthcare construction, very similar in project size band and customer base to Kori. Most directly comparable peer by vertical specialism.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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