Balsham (Buildings) Ltd was conceived from a company originally formed in 1935. The organisation originated from a blacksmith's shop in the centre of the village of Balsham near Cambridge and specialised in light engineering and machinery dealership.

In the early 1960's, a chance remark by a local farmer that he could not obtain a building to meet his required delivery date, led to the company undertaking it's first building fabrication contract.

In 1978 the company became part of the multi-national Czarnikow Group when they were purchased by FA Standen & Sons Ltd. This transaction saw an immediate rationalisation of the company that resulted in steel framed building manufacture becoming the mainstay of the business.

In 1986 Czarnikow divested itself of F.A. Standen & Sons, who were bought by the Thurlow Nunn Group. Today the Group turnover sits at around £100m pa and the Group is one of the largest family owned concerns in Eastern England. Collectively the Group employs over 500 staff. For more information on our Group, please click here.

With the support and direction of the Group's owners, Balsham Buildings have developed and grown as a business. Since 2002, the company's turnover has doubled and 2007 should see completed projects with a value of around £10m. This growth has been delivered through diversification and development of newer product lines, particularly industrial cladding systems. However, we are delighted to maintain our links with our roots and we are proud of our wide ranging portfolio. We do not believe that many of our competitiors can provide a traditional farm building on one project and a high specification standing seam aluminium roof on the other!