What Booth King Partnership does

Booth King Partnership Limited is a privately held UK structural and civil engineering consultancy founded in 1965 (incorporated 2007) and headquartered in Ramsbottom, with additional offices in Manchester and Edinburgh. The firm provides structural engineering, civil engineering (drainage and highways), and specification authoring services to architects, property developers, contractors, and institutional clients across residential, commercial, education, healthcare, hospitality, life sciences, heritage, industrial, and entertainment sectors. Notable enterprise clients include Whitbread (Premier Inn UK-wide framework), Bruntwood (Alderley Park life sciences), Lidl, Costa Coffee, Academy Music Group (O2 venues), Renaker Build, Marshall Commercial Developments, and the Universities of Manchester and Liverpool. Projects range from small conservation works to landmark schemes such as 1 City Road (£130M) and Alderley Park (£300M+).

The firm operates a director-led delivery model in which a Director is personally involved on every project from concept through construction, supported by a team of chartered engineers, technicians, and apprentices. Its technology stack centres on BIM under ISO 19650-2:2018 (Revit adopted since 2009), complemented by SCIA Engineer, Tekla Building Designer, Autodesk Civil 3D, Navisworks, BimCollab, NBS Chorus, and PDS Flow. Booth King is recognised for innovative construction methods including tulipwood CLT (Maggie's Centre, Oldham), prefabricated timber cassettes, ultra-high-performance concrete (Ductal), and award-winning geotechnical design over buried infrastructure.

Revenue is generated through professional service fees on a project-by-project basis; pricing is not publicly disclosed and varies with scope and complexity. New work is primarily relationship-driven, sourced from existing clients and referrals, and amplified by a portfolio of 37 award-winning buildings since 2013 and inclusion in Building Magazine's Top 150 UK Consultants (131st in 2025). The company is owned by its directors — Barry Jefcoate (Managing Director), Alan Isherwood, Andrea Manenti, and Chris Corrigan — with no external investors or parent company identified.

Name

Booth King Partnership

Legal name

Booth King Partnership Limited

Website

https://booth-king.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Booth King Partnership is a UK structural and civil engineering consultancy, founded in 1965, serving architects, contractors, and developers from offices in Ramsbottom, Manchester, and Edinburgh via a director-led service model across eight-plus sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Structural and Civil Engineering Consultancy

NAICS

Construction (23), Nonresidential Building Construction (2362)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540)

akta.pro primary industry

Retail & Mixed-Use Commercial Construction (IMAFACAB)

Keywords

• Structural engineering consultancy
• Civil engineering design
• Building information modelling
• Foundation engineering
• Construction design services

Headquarters

HQ city

Ramsbottom

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional engineering consultancy services: Booth King provides structural and civil engineering services to architects, developers, and contractors. Revenue is generated through professional service fees for engineering design, analysis, and project delivery across residential, commercial, industrial, and infrastructure projects. Services include initial site acquisitions, detailed design, construction phase services, and ongoing structural advice.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Booth King Partnership is a structural and civil engineering consultancy that designs the structural framework and civil infrastructure for buildings and built-environment projects. Services span feasibility and concept design, detailed structural and civil analysis, BIM modelling, sustainable construction input, and technical advisory for projects in residential, commercial, education, healthcare, retail, leisure, and transport-related sectors for architects, developers, contractors, and public-sector clients across the UK.

Product overview

Booth King Partnership is a structural and civil engineering consultancy providing design-led engineering solutions. The firm operates as a single unified service offering rather than a modular platform, combining structural engineering, civil engineering, and BIM services. Their core service is structural engineering design, supported by civil engineering capabilities for drainage and highways, and BIM services for digital project delivery. Projects span sectors including residential, commercial, education, healthcare, hotels, historic/listed buildings, refurbishment, and sports/leisure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Structural Engineering Design
• Civil Engineering Design Design of civil and infrastructure elements including highways, drainage, foundations, and external works to support building and development projects for the same client base.
• Building Information Modelling (BIM) BIM-based modelling of structural and civil engineering information to enable coordinated design, clash detection, and information exchange across project teams.
• Sustainable Construction Advice Engineering input on sustainable construction methods, energy and efficiency considerations, and environmentally responsible design choices for building projects.
• Technical Advisory and Due Diligence Technical engineering advice and due diligence support for clients evaluating sites, existing structures, or design options for built-environment projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• 28% steel savings achieved through design optimisation (45T saving from 161T to 116T)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Engineers DeclarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBooth King Partnership is a proud signatory of the Engineers Declare charter, responding to the construction industry's negative impact on the environment. This is a public declaration of commitment to take positive action in response to climate change and biodiversity collapse.
• Bruntwood SciTechcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting Bruntwood SciTech in their sustainability targets. Booth King provides civil and structural engineering design for the Birmingham Health Innovation Campus and ongoing work at Alderley Park (£300M+ life sciences development).

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Price & Myers: Structural engineering consultancy with a comparable boutique-but-award-winning profile, heritage expertise, and director-led project model serving architects on complex and award-eligible schemes.
• Hydrock (now Stantec-merged): UK multidisciplinary engineering consultancy with structural and civil engineering services, similar scale and client mix including commercial developers and education/healthcare projects, direct competitor for mid-market UK framework work.
• Heyne Tillett Steel: London- and Manchester-based structural and civil consultancy of similar standing, with a comparable award-winning portfolio across commercial, residential, and heritage sectors and a comparable director-led model.
• Waterman Group: UK-based structural and civil engineering consultancy with similar services and framework-style client relationships; both firms serve developers and architects on commercial, residential, and education projects across the UK.
• Curtins: UK structural and civil engineering consultancy with comparable size, Northwest England roots, BIM expertise, and multi-sector project portfolio including heritage, residential, education, and healthcare, directly competing for similar mid-market developer and architect clients.
• AKT II: Structural and civil engineering consultancy with a comparable award-winning, design-led ethos and a strong portfolio of complex and architecturally ambitious projects in the UK, similar to Booth King's positioning around signature buildings.

Broad incumbents

• Buro Happold: Multidisciplinary engineering consultancy with structural and civil capabilities, known for sustainability-led and complex structural work such as heritage and cultural buildings overlapping with Booth King's Maggies and Hallé St Peter's portfolio.
• Arup: Global engineering consultancy with structural and civil engineering offerings that frequently compete on larger projects in the same Northwest UK market; represents the top of the pyramid Booth King is positioned beneath.
• WSP in the UK: Global engineering consultancy with extensive UK structural and civil engineering practices, competing on property and buildings projects of all scales; over-diversified relative to Booth King's specialist boutique positioning.
• Mott MacDonald: Large multidisciplinary engineering consultancy with UK structural and buildings practices; competes for major developer and public-sector frameworks including similar sectors (education, healthcare, commercial).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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