Urban Splash was founded in 1993 by Chairman Tom Bloxham MBE and Creative Director Jonathan Falkingham MBE; the company has spent more than two decades working with architects and designers to restore old buildings and create new, sustainable communities. Headquartered in Castlefield, Manchester, with regional bases in Liverpool, Leeds, Bristol, Sheffield, Cambridgeshire and Plymouth. The company has won over 450 awards for architecture and regeneration, including 46 RIBA awards. In September 2012, the company reported pre-tax losses of £9.3 million and debts of £234.4 million for the previous year. In 2014, Urban Splash was refinanced and restructured. In its annual results published in September 2021, Urban Splash announced a 22% increase in turnover – with £39.4 million of sales. The company also recorded an increase in the value of its tangible fixed assets which now exceed £100 million – a £5m growth on the prior year – as well as a retained profit of £0.9 million. House by Urban Splash, a subsidiary founded in 2016 and spun-out in 2019, went into administration in 2022 with 160 staff made redundant and combined debts of over £19 million. Projects Established in 1993, the company has transformed disused buildings across the United Kingdom, with schemes including New Islington in Manchester where it has created hundreds of homes, one third of them affordable. Writing about New Islington in 2021 the Manchester Evening News said: “Walk through New Islington, with its peaceful waterways and cool independent bars, and it’s not such a giant leap to pretend you’re in Amsterdam, or Copenhagen. The aesthetics and atmosphere are unlike anywhere else in Manchester”. Other notable developments include Chimney Pot Park in Salford, Lister Mills in Bradford, Saxton in Leeds, Park Hill in Sheffield, The Vanilla and Tea Factories and The Matchworks in Liverpool, The Rotunda and Fort Dunlop in Birmingham, Lakeshore in Bristol, Stalybridge and Plymouth (Royal William Yard). The success in transforming these projects has been documented in the press with articles on Chimney Pot Park in Salford in The Times. The Observer wrote about Park Hill: "The cleverly planned, well-dimensioned flats have been reinstated, but with bigger windows and greater openness than before. The streets in the sky are back". The Guardian also wrote about Park Hill's “new lease of life”. In September 2008, Urban Splash announced it would be making significant redundancies due to the downturn in the UK property market. This downturn has