What Freeman Beesley Ltd. does

Freeman Beesley Ltd. is a UK-based building services engineering consultancy founded in 1998 and headquartered at 24 Windlesham Road, Brighton. The firm provides a full suite of mechanical and electrical (M&E) design services — including heating, cooling, ventilation, power distribution, fire protection, energy assessment, low-carbon consulting, feasibility studies, survey work, and contract administration — to commercial, education, leisure & retail, and residential clients across the UK and Europe. Its core technology is Building Information Modeling (BIM) delivered via REVIT, in use across all design output since 2013, with documented outputs meeting BREEAM Excellent, Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4, and Part L compliance benchmarks.

The firm's go-to-market is enterprise project-based consulting: clients are engaged directly (developers, councils, NHS trusts, property owners) and indirectly via long-term partnerships with architectural firms such as Adams & Sutherland, Morgan Carn Partnership, AAB Architects, and Maccreanor Lavington. Revenue is generated through professional service fees quoted on a project-by-project basis tied to scope and complexity, with no public pricing, subscription, or retainer model disclosed. The firm holds CIBSE and ACE accreditations and is registered on the CIBSE Low Carbon Consultants/Energy Assessors register, credentials that gate access to sustainability-led tenders in the UK public and private sectors.

Notable enterprise engagements include independent testing and commissioning advice for The Shard, M&E design for Motorola's 10,700m² European HQ in Basingstoke (BCO Regional Award 2006), M&E design for the 4-star 177-room H10 London Waterloo hotel (30% renewable energy inputs), M&E and coordination for Smythson's New Bond Street flagship, and feasibility/refurbishment work for London Borough of Camden schools and Sussex Community NHS Trust. The firm has no parent company, no subsidiaries, no disclosed external funding, and operates as a privately held limited company with headcount in the 11–50 range.

Name

Freeman Beesley Ltd.

Legal name

Freeman Beesley Ltd

Website

https://freemanbeesley.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Freeman Beesley Ltd. is a Brighton-based building services engineering consultancy, founded in 1998, providing M&E design, BIM, feasibility, and low-carbon consulting across commercial, education, leisure/retail, and residential sectors in the UK and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Building Services Engineering Consultancy

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Engineering Services (541330)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Building Information Modeling (BIM) & Digital Design Services (BPAHAKAK)

Keywords

• Building services engineering
• Mechanical electrical design
• Building information modeling
• Low carbon consulting
• Sustainable building design

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Building Services Engineering Consultancy: The company provides full range of Building Services expertise including M&E design, feasibility studies, project management, and contract administration. Revenue is generated through professional service fees for engineering design and consultancy work on construction projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Freeman Beesley Ltd. is a building services engineering consultancy providing full Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) design, feasibility studies, energy assessments, BIM modelling and project management services. The firm works across commercial, education, leisure & retail, and residential sectors throughout the UK and Europe. All design information is produced in REVIT (BIM) since 2013, with low-carbon and renewable technology integration central to every project.

Product overview

Freeman Beesley Ltd. is a building services engineering consultancy offering a unified suite of M&E (Mechanical and Electrical) design services. Their core offerings include M&E Design Services, BIM Services (using REVIT since 2013), Full Design and Project Management, Feasibility Studies, Survey and Design, Energy Assessments, and Low Carbon Consulting. The company operates across commercial, education, leisure & retail, and residential sectors throughout the UK and Europe. All services are provided under CIBSE and ACE accreditation as members of the CIBSE register of Low Carbon Consultants/Low Carbon Energy Assessors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• M&E Design Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Achieved 30% renewable energy inputs using air source heat pumps and gas-fired CHP for H10 London Waterloo hotel
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 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

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Woodfuel WorksminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture partnership with Woodfuel Works for conducting feasibility studies into biomass fuelled CHP installations for Medway District Council municipal buildings.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Hydrock (now Stantec): Multi-disciplinary built-environment consultancy with an M&E building services practice in the UK; competes for the same commercial and education tenders but from a much larger footprint.
• Arup: Global engineering consultancy with deep building services, low-carbon and sustainability offerings operating across the UK and Europe; a broader incumbent competing for flagship commercial projects.
• Buro Happold: Global multi-disciplinary engineering firm with a substantial building services and sustainability practice; offers overlapping services but at very different scale and project size.

Direct peers

• Max Fordham: UK building services engineering consultancy with strong emphasis on low-carbon and sustainable design, CIBSE-aligned practices and BIM delivery — directly comparable in size, accreditation profile and sector mix.
• Price & Myers: UK-based engineering consultancy offering M&E / building services design with sustainability focus for commercial, residential and education projects; comparable boutique profile and client mix.
• Hilson Moran: UK building services engineering consultancy offering mechanical, electrical and sustainable design for commercial, residential, education and leisure schemes — direct head-to-head on project types and accreditations.
• Hoare Lea: UK-headquartered MEP engineering consultancy providing M&E design, sustainability and BIM services for commercial, education, residential and leisure projects — a near-identical service set to Freeman Beesley's.
• Cundall: Engineering consultancy with a strong building services and sustainability practice in the UK and internationally; comparable M&E, BIM and low-carbon consulting offerings across similar sectors.
• Atelier Ten: Specialist environmental design consultancy focused on building physics, energy and sustainability in M&E-driven projects; overlaps with Freeman Beesley's low-carbon consulting and CIBSE Low Carbon credentials.
• Elementa Consulting: UK-based building services and sustainability engineering consultancy delivering MEP design, energy strategy and low-carbon solutions for commercial, education and residential projects.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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