The concrete frame, piling, demolition and joinery specialist said orders stood at £340m in January 2026, up from £241m a year earlier.
The haul includes the design and build of Aston Villa’s new North Stand at Villa Park and a major piling, basement and superstructure package for Sisk on phase 3C of the Battersea Power Station redevelopment.
At Battersea, Morrisroe will work on two 15-storey concrete frame buildings forming part of the latest Frank Gehry-designed phase.
Its scope includes sheet piling around a two-storey basement, rotary bored bearing piles, basement slabs, an elevated podium slab and post-tensioned concrete frames.
The £280m pair of blocks will complete the Gehry-designed section of the scheme
One tower will sit above Transport for London’s new Battersea Northern Line Extension station, requiring a complex steel transfer structure to carry loads through the station box.
At Villa Park, Morrisroe will deliver the new North Stand in a live stadium environment, with work due to start this month and finish in December 2027.
Around 40% of specialist services on the stadium job will be delivered in-house by Morrisroe companies.
Morrisroe also secured work on Mace’s planned British Library redevelopment at St Pancras, Red Lion Court on London’s South Bank, St John’s Wood Barracks, 110 Queens Walk and St John’s Wood Road overlooking Lord’s Cricket Ground.
The order book surge came as Morrisroe lifted pre-tax profit to £4.5m for the year to 31 October 2025 from £708,000 last time.
Turnover edged up to £190m from £187m as the group resisted chasing volume and targeted better-margin work.
Operating margin improved from 0.4% to 2.7% year-on-year.
Group chief executive Brian Morrisroe said the improved performance had been driven by a stronger structures business after a deliberate shift “towards profitability rather than sales”.
He said: “As in previous years, we have benefited from the strength in the diversity of the group, with its portfolio of specialist services operating across several sectors.
“This diversity has enabled us to withstand the somewhat difficult market conditions of recent years.”
The group said its piling business had a quieter 2025 but is expected to bounce back this year, particularly in heavy piling.
Morrisroe Demolition returned closer to historic trading levels, while joinery businesses Houston Cox and Piper Joinery continued to perform steadily.
Turnkey contractor Kingscote Construction now accounts for almost 14% of group sales, underlining the benefit of Morrisroe’s vertically integrated offer.
The group is forecasting turnover of £195m for 2026, with Morrisroe pointing to further growth from early contractor involvement and PCSA work as clients push for earlier design input and better risk management.
