14 Additional information on subsidiary undertakings and joint ventures

The Company acts as a holding company for the Group and has the following principal subsidiary undertakings and significant interests in joint ventures which affected the Group’s results or net assets:

Subsidiary undertakings Activity
Backbone Furniture Limited Furniture specialists
Lovell Partnerships Limited Affordable housing
Magnor Plant Hire Limited Construction plant hire
Morgan Ashurst plc Construction
* Morgan Est plc Infrastructure services
Morgan Lovell plc Office transformation services
Morgan Professional Services Limited Design services
Morgan Sindall Investments Limited Project investments
Muse Developments Limited Urban regeneration
Newman Insurance Company Limited Insurance
Overbury plc Fitting out and refurbishment specialists
Underground Professional Services Limited Infrastructure services
Vivid Interiors Limited Retail and leisure fit out specialist
   
Joint Ventures  
* Ashton Moss Developments Limited (50%) Inner city regeneration
* Bluelight Holdings Limited (50%) Investment in the development of emergency services facilities
* Bromley Park Limited (50%) Residential development
* Chatham Place (Building 1) Limited (50%) Residential and commercial property development
* Claymore Roads (Holdings) Limited (50%) Infrastructure services
* Community Solutions for Primary Care (Holdings) Limited (50%) Investment in the development of primary care facilities
* English Cities Fund (12.5%) Inner City regeneration
* Eurocentral Partnership Limited (50%) Commercial premises and rail freight terminal development
* Ician Developments Limited (50%) Mixed use regeneration
* ISIS Waterside Regeneration (25%) Waterside regeneration
* Lewisham Gateway Developments Limited (50%) Mixed use regeneration
* Lingley Mere Business Park Development Company Limited (50%) New commercial office space development
* Morgan-Vinci Limited (50%) Infrastructure services
* North Shore Development Partnership Limited (50%) Mixed use regeneration
* Renaissance Miles Platting Limited (33 1/3%) Mixed tenure development
* The Compendium Group Limited (50%) Investment in affordable housing

All subsidiary undertakings are wholly owned unless shown otherwise and with the exception of companies marked * all shareholdings are in the name of Morgan Sindall plc. The proportion of ownership interest is the same as the proportion of voting power held except for English Cities Fund and ISIS Waterside Regeneration, details of which are shown in the consolidated financial statements note 11. With the exception of Newman Insurance Company Limited registered and operating in Guernsey, all undertakings are registered in England and the principal place of business is the United Kingdom. Newman Insurance Company Limited has a year end of 30 November coterminous with the renewal date for the insurance arrangements in which it participates.