Rochdale construction company hits record £16m turnover
The family-run firm which specialises in education; commercial; and housing construction and employs 40 people was involved in 30 projects last year.
Projects included the building of a £3m assembly centre at Rochdale manufacturer Dunphy Combustion (pictured)
A family-run construction firm has reported a record turnover for 2020.
PLP Construction based in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, reported a turnover of £16m for 2020, up from £12m in 2019.
The family-run firm which specialises in education, commercial, and housing construction employs 40 people and was involved in 30 projects last year.
Founded by managing director Philip Bradley, whose son Laurie Bradley and daughter Joanne James are both directors and responsible for the day-to-day running of the business.
The turnover was made up of £13m from their construction division and £3m from their civils division.
Director Laurie Bradley put their record-breaking performance down to the firm’s hard work.
He said: “2020 was a very challenging year because of Covid-19 so we’re very proud of our trading performance.
“A lot of hard work went into it. We were involved in around 30 projects, which included schemes started in the previous year and finished in the last financial year and also jobs started in the last financial year and still live today.
“Our average value of projects is increasing.”
Projects included the building of a £3m assembly centre at Rochdale manufacturer Dunphy Combustion.
Education also accounts for 25% of the firm's business with the company being involved in projects at Castleton Primary School, Hopwood Hall College; St Luke’s C of E Primary School and Harwood Park Primary School.
Laurie said: “We can do most things in a construction environment ranging in value from £50,000 up to £5m.
"We endeavour to have a good mix of work to insulate ourselves against the rise and falls we experience within the sectors of the market.
“A significant part of our work is in the housebuilding sector and we work closely with housing associations and private developers where individual house prices can be in the millions of pounds.”
“We want to ensure we can pass on to the next management team a business with a strong balance sheet and a healthy pipeline of work.”
Director Joanne said: “The company is a family-run business built on a foundation of strong family values of honesty and openness.
“Our greatest asset is our locally-based, directly employed workforce.
"We have a low staff turnover with the majority of our staff being employed by us for in excess of five years.
“We invest heavily in staff training and development, as well as employing apprentices and trainees, to future-proof our business.
“Rochdale is very important to us and accounts for about 20 percent of our work.”
