Assessment · drainage and groundwork contractors round groundworks-drainage-2026-09

McPhillips Wellington Ltd review

Ranked 9 of 10 in Drainage and groundwork contractors in Telford

Best for: Civil engineering programmes including groundworks and drainage

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Trading as Mcphillips (Wellington) Limited · Telford · Service area: Telford

McPhillips Wellington Ltd in short

McPhillips Wellington is a Telford civil engineering and building contractor working from Hortonwood on housing, infrastructure and civil engineering schemes. Its engineering page lists groundworks, drainage, sewers, earthworks and land remediation, which maps directly onto this round.

The company record is the longest here, with the limited company active since nineteen sixty-four. Quality, considerate-building and safety-assessment marks are named on its certifications page. Customer evidence is thinner, above four stars from a modest Google set. Our review finds a programme-scale contractor.

What counts against it is a domestic gap: no pricing and no insurance details are published, and the customer score trails the smaller firms. Our judgement: the history and the engineering spread carry McPhillips Wellington for larger briefs, not for a single driveway.

McPhillips Wellington Ltd reviews and ratings on other sites

Every public rating we hold for McPhillips Wellington Ltd, with the source, scale, count and the date we read it. These are customers' ratings, not ours.
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Google4.3 out of 528

Our verdict

Our judgement: McPhillips suits you if your brief runs to civil engineering scale, with groundworks and drainage inside a 1964-vintage company record [1] [3]. The Google score is modest at 4.3 from 28 reviews [4]. No prices or insurance details are published, which counts against it for smaller jobs [1].

Score summary

Scored on the home trades rubric v2.0. Insufficient evidence takes the neutral value and is not shown as a low mark.

Composite score
61.1 / 100

Customer evidence C1 · weight 30%

56 out of 100

Google 4.3 out of 5 from 28 reviews [4].

Qualifications and accreditations C2 · weight 25%

70 out of 100

ISO 9001, Considerate Constructors and CHAS marks are named on the firm's own certifications page [2] [1].

First-hand responsiveness C3 · weight 15%

Insufficient evidence

Insufficient evidence

Trading history C4 · weight 10%

80 out of 100

On the Companies House record since 1964 [3].

Insurance and safeguards C5 · weight 10%

Insufficient evidence

Insufficient evidence

Pricing transparency C6 · weight 5%

40 out of 100

No pricing information of any kind is published [1].

Website and service information C7 · weight 5%

85 out of 100

Housing, infrastructure, building and civil engineering services with news, contact routes and company detail [1].

Evidence

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Years trading62Source companies-house

Industry qualifications

Can't be sourced. We looked at the issuing registers, the business's own website and platforms such as Checkatrade and Which? Trusted Traders and found no scheme membership or registration to record.

Strengths

  • Mcphillips (Wellington) Limited is active on the company record since 22 December 1964 [3].

  • The civil engineering page lists groundworks, drainage, sewers, earthworks and land remediation among its schemes [1].

  • ISO 9001, Considerate Constructors and CHAS marks are named on the firm's certifications page [2].

Limitations

  • Google shows 4.3 from 28 reviews, the weakest score in this round apart from one outlier [4].

  • No pricing information and no insurance details are published [1].

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Questions about McPhillips Wellington Ltd

Is McPhillips any good?

On the evidence, it is a different shape from the rest of this round: a civil engineering contractor trading since nineteen sixty-four, with groundworks, drainage, sewers and earthworks on its services page but a thinner customer record. Read it as a commercial-scale pick, then use the contact form.

Is McPhillips on a trade register?

Quality, considerate-building and safety-assessment marks are named on the firm's own certifications page. Those are the firm's own statements rather than register checks. Ask for the current certificate details and their renewal dates when you enquire, and check who the certificates name.

How much does McPhillips charge?

No pricing information of any kind is published. The site runs news, project and contact pages instead of rates. Send the full scope with drawings or photos through the contact form, and agree the price and payment stages before anything is booked.

Where does McPhillips work?

The firm works from Hortonwood in Telford on housing, infrastructure, building and civil engineering schemes. Groundworks, drainage, sewers, earthworks and land remediation sit inside its civil engineering list. Send your location with the scope to confirm fit, and ask for a recent project of a similar size.

How is McPhillips ranked?

It ranks ninth of the ten in our September round, the programme-scale pick for briefs a civil contractor should own. History plus engineering spread put it there despite the thinner record. Read the full review, then use the contact form.

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Sources

  1. McPhillips homepage — civil engineering services and contact Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  2. McPhillips certifications and awards page Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  3. Companies House overview — MCPHILLIPS (WELLINGTON) LIMITED (00832117) Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  4. Google Maps listing — McPhillips Wellington Ltd Retrieved 4 September 2026.

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