IN Brief:
- Getjar increased turnover to £96m and reported a pre-tax profit for the year to August 2025.
- The concrete frame specialist said delayed major projects are beginning to move through regulatory bottlenecks.
- Gateway 2 remains a major factor in the timing of higher-risk residential and mixed-use building starts.
Getjar has reported turnover of £96m for the year to 31 August 2025, up from £72m in the previous year, as delayed major building projects begin to move through a tougher regulatory environment.
The concrete frame specialist also reported a pre-tax profit of £2m, with the business remaining debt-free and holding net assets of £19m. Cash reduced from £12.6m to £6.9m during the year, although the company continued to trade from a stronger position than many specialist contractors exposed to high-rise residential and mixed-use markets.
Getjar works across residential, healthcare, education, leisure, retail, and commercial schemes, with services including piling, groundworks, reinforced concrete frames, post-tensioned frames, temporary works, and design support. The business has also been investing in cut-and-carve capability and precast work, broadening its offer beyond standard new-build frame delivery.
The latest results point to a partial recovery from disruption caused by delays to higher-risk building starts. Schemes affected by planning, funding, and Building Safety Act approval requirements have created uneven workloads for frame contractors, particularly those with strong exposure to tall residential buildings.
Gateway 2 approvals are beginning to release some stalled residential work, with more than 12,000 homes unlocked through the building safety approvals process in recent months. Individual high-rise schemes are still having to work through detailed regulatory sequencing, including JRL’s Sparkle Street project, which has been progressing toward Gateway 2.
Concrete frame specialists sit at a particularly exposed point in that sequence. They are engaged early, carry major labour and plant commitments, and often need to plan mobilisation before downstream trades are in place. When projects pause before a committed start, frame contractors can be left with capacity waiting for regulatory, funding, or design assurance decisions to conclude.
Once delayed schemes move, the pressure changes quickly. Clients often expect rapid mobilisation to recover lost time, while specialist contractors must secure labour, plant, formwork, reinforcement, concrete supply, temporary works design, and site logistics within tighter windows. A strong balance sheet becomes valuable in that environment, not because it removes risk, but because it gives the business room to manage volatility without overcommitting.
Getjar’s debt-free position gives it useful resilience at a time when payment terms, labour costs, design responsibility, and insurance pressures remain live concerns for specialist contractors. Its investment in cut-and-carve and precast work also provides exposure to refurbishment, structural alteration, and off-site-led delivery, which may offer steadier opportunities if new-build high-rise demand remains uneven.
The wider market signal is that Gateway 2 is now shaping contractor revenue, tender timing, subcontractor capacity, and the sequence of work across the frame and envelope supply chain. Companies that can manage approval-led uncertainty without weakening their balance sheets are likely to be better placed as delayed schemes return to site.
