Where Do We Come From?

Butler & Young were formed as Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Consultants.

The company formed a Building Control and Fire Safety Consultancy Division. The contracts obtained at this time were with various government departments, which included term contracts with the then Lord Chancellors Department (now known as The Court Service); HM Customs and Excise; Crown Prosecution Service; Benefits Agency Estates; and the Employment Service in Scotland.

The Building Control and Fire Consultancy Division was made independent of Butler & Young Associates and was incorporated as a limited company.

Butler & Young Limited were appointed as one of the first Approved Inspectors for all building types by the Office of the Department for Communities and Local Government (formerly ODPM & DETR).

The company was restructured creating a holding company called the BYL Group, which is responsible for a group of five companies, namely Butler & Young Limited; Trenton Fire Limited; BYL (Construction Consultants) Limited; Butler & Young (Scotland) Limited; and BYL Training Limited.

The Group was renamed the Butler & Young Group Limited and two individual companies, namely Butler & Young Limited and Trenton Consultants Limited, were placed within a single company.