Turnover fell by 16% to £29.5m last year according to latest accounts
Hawkins Brown’s turnover has fallen by 16% over the past year following staff cuts which have seen its average number of employees reduced by 49.
The practice behind the Manchester Metropolitan University’s downsized All Saints Library earned £29.5m in the year to 31 March 2025, down from £35.3m in the year before while its pre-tax profit slumped by 79% from £1.3m to just £267,000.
The Clerkenwell-based firm’s average number of employees also fell 15% during the period, from 318 to 269, with its total number of technical staff down from 262 to 215.
The cuts helped bring down the firm’s wage bill from £17m in 2024 to £15.2m in 2025 while the total amount it owed to creditors also fell from £5.2m to £4m.
Its income from the UK, by far the firm’s largest market, fell from £33.3m to £28m and its revenue overseas slid from £2m to £1.4m.
Hawkins Brown was forced to drastically redesign its £90m plans for Manchester’s All Saints LIbrary due to rising construction costs, submitting a much-pared back scheme in December.
Other projects the practice started work on during the accounting period include a refurbishment of the grade II*-listed Norwich City Hall.
The practice is also working with Acme on a major redevelopment of London’s Victoria Station for Network Rail, which is expected to be unveiled this year.
Hawkins Brown has been approached for comment.
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