A family-owned contractor and housing developer, founded in 1897 in Little Hulton, near Salford, now based in Bolton and building homes across the North West, Midlands and Yorkshire.
Seddon is a family-run construction company that builds and improves homes. Its website says it provides new housing and improves homes for people across the North West and Midlands, and has done so for more than 120 years. It can manage a whole housing development, from feasibility studies and planning to design, construction, sales, marketing and aftercare, and it works under frameworks, traditional contracts, design and build contracts and development agreements. Its homes include houses, bungalows, apartments and extra-care schemes, for sale, shared ownership, rent and private rented sector tenures.
The company began in 1897 in Little Hulton, Salford, as G and J Seddon, named after the brothers George and John. A trade article published in August 2026 describes it as having survived two world wars and many economic cycles in its 130 years. It is now in its fourth and fifth generations of Seddon family leadership, with Jonathan Seddon as group chief executive. The company says it wants everyone to take pride in its achievements, building on its history, values and culture. We did not find a formal mission statement on the pages we read.
Seddon's headquarters are in Bolton, and the August 2026 article names offices in Birmingham, Derby, Normanton in Yorkshire, and Stoke-on-Trent. The company's own page lists regional delivery offices in Bolton, Warrington, Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent, so the list has changed over time. The company said that it had built about 1,350 homes in the previous three years, had around 500 homes on site and 1,000 more waiting to start, and that 75% of its work came from repeat clients. It also does affordable housing, decarbonisation work on existing homes, and maintenance and property services, and it focuses on contracts of up to £30 million.
On people, Seddon says it employs a 270-strong in-house trades workforce, supported by planning, design and operations teams, and that it puts a lot into training for new and existing staff. The 2026 article says each business unit now has full responsibility for its own performance and resources, which suggests a business that gives managers real ownership. These are the company's own claims and a trade writer's summary.
Careers in a business like this include bricklayers, joiners, plumbers and other tradespeople, site managers, quantity surveyors, planners, designers, sales and marketing staff for new homes, customer care teams, and finance and administration. If you enjoy practical work, or seeing a family business that has lasted more than a century, Seddon offers a different feel from the big national firms.
Website: www.seddon.co.uk
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