Bowmer + Kirkland.Built on Principle.
One of the UK’s largest privately owned construction groups – founded by a joiner and a bricklayer in 1923 and a proud partner of Knife Crime Matters, investing in community safety across the communities where they build.
Trade Roots.Community Values.
Bowmer + Kirkland’s story is one of the most compelling in British construction. Founded in 1923 as a direct partnership between joiner Alfred Bowmer and bricklayer Robert William Kirkland, the company grew from two tradesmen working together into one of the UK’s largest and most successful privately owned construction groups – with 29 companies, over 1,600 employees, and operations spanning the UK, North America and the Middle East.
That origin matters. Bowmer + Kirkland was built on the values of craft, partnership and community – values that have been carried forward through a century of construction across the UK. Their partnership with Knife Crime Matters reflects those same values. The communities where B+K builds schools, offices, leisure centres and public buildings are exactly the communities where young people are at risk from knife crime. Investing in KCM is an investment in those communities.
Bowmer + Kirkland operates across every major public sector construction framework in the UK – delivering schools, hospitals, justice buildings and civic facilities. The social value requirements attached to those contracts demand genuine, evidenced community investment. KCM provides exactly that – documented, place-based, publicly acknowledged investment in community safety that directly supports B+K’s framework and tender submissions.
Practical.Evidenced. Impactful.
Bowmer + Kirkland’s investment in KCM delivers practical, documented outcomes that go directly into the schools and communities where they operate.
Free School Resource Packages
KS3 and KS4 workshop books, awareness materials, safeguarding guidance and lesson resources delivered free to schools – co-branded with B+K and funded entirely by their sponsorship.
Emergency Bleed Kits
Life-saving bleed control kits delivered to schools and community spaces near B+K project sites – practical, visible evidence of their commitment to the communities where they build.
Knife Detection Wands
Handheld detection wands supporting age-appropriate conversations about knife awareness and prevention in the schools and youth facilities that B+K themselves often build and refurbish.
Framework-Ready Social Value Evidence
Formal evidence letters from KCM CIC providing named, place-based, procurement-ready social value documentation – directly supporting B+K’s public sector framework and tender requirements.
WhoThey Are.
Bowmer + Kirkland Group is one of the UK’s largest and most successful privately owned construction and development groups. Headquartered in Heage, Derbyshire, B+K operates across construction, development and security – with 29 companies, regional offices across the UK and international operations in North America and the Middle East.
B+K’s construction division delivers projects across defence, higher education, hotels, industrial, justice, leisure, life sciences, residential, offices, retail, schools and student accommodation – making them one of the most diverse and capable construction businesses in the UK. They are a Considerate Constructors scheme partner and hold Investors in People accreditation, reflecting a long-standing commitment to the quality of their work and their people.
Founded by two tradesmen who believed that quality of craft and integrity of partnership were the foundations of a successful business, Bowmer + Kirkland has carried those values forward for over a century. Their partnership with KCM is a natural expression of a business that has always understood the importance of investing in the communities where it operates.
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Bowmer + Kirkland’s partnership with KCM reflects over a century of community investment rooted in craft, integrity and purpose. If your organisation shares that commitment, we would love to hear from you.
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