2020 WATES GROUP COMPANY CREDENTIALS COMPANY GROUP WATES CREATING TOMORROW TOGETHER wates.co.uk Abbey Area, Abbey Road WATES GROUP CREDENTIALS - WHO WE ARE Group Turnover Forward order book 2.1% £ INCREASE to £5.9bn 9.2% Who we are £1.63bn up (2018: £5.4bn) Gross cash balance before PROFIT tax £142.2m £36.2m up 24.5% INDUSTRY LEADING 3,803 EMPLOYEES The 4th generation of the Wates Family HEALTH AND SAFETY RECORD 186 Accident incidence rate management Chairman: Sir James Wates CBE trainees and Chief Executive: David Allen apprentices About Wates Zero Harm The Wates Group, established in 1897, is one of the leading, At the heart our work is BELOW% privately-owned construction, development and property the absolute commitment construction industry average services companies in the UK. We employ almost 4,000 people, to the health, safety and 79 working with a range of customers and partners from across wellbeing of our people. both the public and private sectors. Everything we do is guided We have maintained an by our purpose of working together to inspire better ways of industry-leading health and creating the places, communities and businesses of tomorrow. safety record for the past three consecutive years, £20mspent with social enterprises Fourth generation of family ownership with an accident incidence 500,000 Now in its fourth generation of family ownership, Wates Group rate nearly 80% below homes in the social is committed to the long-term future of the built environment. the construction industry housing sector maintained The Wates Family is focused on the long-term sustainability of average. Since the launch of our ‘We’re Safer Together’ Zero the company and is committed to handing over to the next Harm programme 2016, the probability of sustaining a significant 4,400+ generation an even stronger, more sustainable business. injury during a lifetime working on Wates sites has fallen by 80%. new homes under construction Our Zero Harm strategy now extends to three environment targets for 2025: zero waste from our operations; zero carbon People from our operations and operational vehicles, and a positive 726 As well as nearly 4,000 employees, Wates also works with up impact on nature from our operations. new colleagues Managed facilities in to 15,000 supply chain operatives and partners, delivering our joined the Group projects throughout the UK. We are committed to offering Purpose opportunities to diverse talent and to building an inclusive organisation. By 2025, our ambition is for our workforce to be Together with everyone involved in what we do, we aim to more diverse, with at least 40% being women, 20% from ethnic inspire better ways of creating the places, communities and minorities, 5% identifying as LGBT+ and 3% colleagues who businesses of tomorrow. Our goals are to be more sustainable, 21,000 trusted and progressive, and our people are driven by our in the development pipeline identify as having a disability. The Wates Group is an Investors 300+commercial buildings in People Gold accredited employee. behaviours of we care, we are fair, and we look for a better way. WATES GROUP CREDENTIALS - OUR BUSINESSES WATES GROUP CREDENTIALS - AWARDS Our businesses Wates Construction Wates Developments www.wates.co.uk/construction www.wates.co.uk/developments Wates Construction undertakes programmes and projects Wates Developments specialises in land, planning and residential for government, local authorities and the private sector across development throughout the South of England, with a large and education, residential, commercial, leisure and justice sectors. growing portfolio of potential residential development land. Creating The business is a recognised leader in the design The business focuses on securing land and delivering planning and construction of schools, colleges and universities. consents in sustainable town and country locations, in areas of Executive Managing Director: Paul Chandler high demand. tomorrow SES Engineering Services Executive Managing Director: David Brocklebank www.ses-ltd.co.uk Wates Residential together SES is an outstanding design-led mechanical and electrical www.wates.co.uk/wates-residential engineering (M&E) provider, working in a wide range of “ The Wates Group takes very seriously its responsibilities environments. It delivers bespoke solutions for the whole Wates Residential develops mixed tenure housing schemes in construction industry, maximising its project use of offsite partnership with public sector bodies and housing associations. to be a good corporate citizen, to pay our taxes manufacturing from its production facility, Prism, in Coventry. The team believes that everyone deserves a great place to live and to contribute to social value via our activities and is committed to addressing the UK’s urgent need for new Managing Director: Steve Joyce housing. As well as building and selling open market homes, the in the communities where we work. We are economic business also delivers affordable homes with local authorities multipliers, guided by our purpose of working Wates Smartspace and housing associations. together to inspire better ways of creating the www.wates.co.uk/smartspace Executive Managing Director: Helen Bunch places, communities and businesses of tomorrow.” Wates Smartspace is a national business, delivering high-quality fit out, refurbishment and property upkeep projects, enhancing Sir James Wates CBE Chairman its customers’ operating environments. Wates Living Space www.wates.co.uk/livingspace Wates Living Space is one of the UK’s leading providers of planned and responsive maintenance services in social housing, maintaining hundreds of thousands of homes every year. It provides a broad range of services for partners, supporting the regeneration of disadvantaged communities and improving living standards for residents by renewing existing housing stock. Wates received the Queen’s Award for Our work with Orbit Group at Erith We are among a select group of companies Executive Managing Director: David Morgan Enterprise: Sustainable Development for Park saw us win the Best Regeneration that have achieved the Investors in People the second consecutive time in 2016. Project Award at the Inside Housing Gold accreditation for a third consecutive Wates Facilities Management The award, which was presented by HRH Development Awards. three-year period. The standard means our www.wates.co.uk/watesfm The Princess Royal, lasts for five years. employees know they work for an organisation that is committed to being trusted, progressive Wates FM is a growing presence in the UK facilities and sustainable, and which seeks to engage management (FM) sector, providing self-delivered mechanical, people by treating them fairly and with care. electrical and total FM services to an impressive client list across the public and private sectors. Managing Director: James Gregg Needspace? www.needspace.co.uk Needspace? provides quality managed, flexible workspace to a growing number of small businesses in London and the South Through our partnership with Cardiff We were a finalist in three categories at the In 2019 we received a Silver award East, offering a range of office, workshop and studio units to Council for the Cardiff Living project, Construction News Awards 2020, including from the Chartered Institute of Building businesses looking to grow in an entrepreneurial environment. we were awarded Best Starter Home Contractor of the Year (>£500m) and Health, at the Construction Manager of the Managing Directors: Charlies Wates and Richard Trimming Scheme at the WhatHouse? Awards. Safety and Wellbeing Excellence Year Awards. Some of our clients and partners Tel: 01372 861000 wates.co.uk.