- CEO
- Jason M. Honeyman
- Full Time Employees
- 2,719
- Sector
- Consumer durables
- Industry
- Homebuilding
- Address
- Woolsington House Newcastle-upon-Tyne TY United Kingdom NE13 8BF
- IPO Date
- Jan 6, 1986
- Business
- Bellway p.l.c. (BWY.L) is a United Kingdom-based home construction company that builds and sells a range of residential properties including one-bedroom apartments, detached and semi-detached houses, luxury penthouses, executive homes and six-bedroom family homes; it also provides social housing to housing associations. The company operates through approximately 20 divisions covering main population centres across England, Scotland and Wales from its headquarters in Woolsington House, Newcastle upon Tyne; founded in 1946 as a family business by John Thomas Bell and sons, it has evolved into a FTSE 250 constituent focused on brownfield regeneration sites, sustainable construction practices, innovative designs and affordable housing solutions with emphasis on high-quality builds recognised by nine consecutive five-star Home Builders Federation awards. Bellway emphasises its Artisan Collection of standardised house types comprising 80% of non-apartment output, increasing use of timber frame construction targeting 30% of output by 2030 via its proprietary Bellway Home Space facility set to commence production in early 2026, and maintains a robust land bank of 95,704 plots including 47,800 strategic plots for long-term growth. In its fiscal year ended 31 July 2025, Bellway reported housing completions of 8,749 homes up 14.3% from prior year with revenue of £2,783 million up 16.9%, underlying operating profit of £304 million up 27.5% at 10.9% margin, net cash of £42 million, and proposed total dividend of 70.0 pence per share up 29.6%; it launched a £150 million share buyback programme over 12 months commencing October 2025 via non-discretionary arrangements including with Citigroup, committed £13.5 million plus costs to affordable housing under CMA investigation settlement without admitting wrongdoing, contracted 8,120 land plots for £567 million across 51 sites, appointed Shane Doherty as CFO in December 2024 and Gill Barr as independent non-executive director in September 2025, and targets volume output of around 9,200 homes in FY26 rising to 10,000 by FY28 with mid-teens underlying operating margins longer-term.