Marlow & Reed Electrical

An electrical contractor that plans before it builds

Commercial electrical contractors in Trafford Park since 2009, directly employed and NICEIC approved.

About us

Started by two engineers in 2009

Still run by them, with everyone on site directly employed.

Two engineers started the firm in Trafford Park in 2009, after fifteen years each with national contractors. They wanted a firm that plans the job properly before anyone arrives on site, and that clients can hold to its word. Most of what we do happens in buildings that cannot close, so the containment goes in behind hoarding, isolations are planned around your operating hours, and testing happens at night or at weekends because it has to. Everyone who works on your building is employed by us, trained by us and carries an ECS card.

Four Marlow & Reed staff in hard hats looking at a tablet together beside the open side door of a liveried van, in the yard of their unit.
  • One named project manager from the site visit to handover
  • Everyone on site directly employed and ECS carded
  • Every installation checked by a second engineer before it's certified

In numbers

  • 2009NICEIC approved since
  • 42People directly employed, no labour-only subcontractors
  • 83%Of last year's work from clients we'd worked for before
  • 0RIDDOR-reportable incidents in the last five years

The people

Who runs your project

Tom Marlow, managing director, in a hard hat and hi-vis vest, reading a drawing on an office floor under construction.

Tom Marlow

Managing director

Twenty-five years in commercial contracting. Reviews every tender before it goes out.

Sarah Reed, technical director, in a hard hat and a Marlow & Reed jacket, reading a tablet beside a row of switchgear.

Sarah Reed

Technical director · NICEIC Qualified Supervisor

Signs off every design and every certificate. A chartered engineer.

Kwame Asante, project manager, in a hard hat and a Marlow & Reed jacket, talking a client through a tablet in an open-plan office.

Kwame Asante

Senior project manager

Runs our fit-out projects from site visit to handover, and answers his phone.

Liam Brady, electrical supervisor, on a podium step fixing cable tray in an office ceiling, wearing a hard hat and a tool belt.

Liam Brady

Electrical supervisor · SMSTS

On site every day of every project he runs. IPAF and PASMA trained.

The Marlow & Reed unit on an industrial estate, two liveried vans outside the open shutter, an electrician wheeling a cable drum while three colleagues talk by the door.

On every site

  • ECS cards for every operative, and DBS checks where the site needs them
  • RAMS submitted and approved before we start
  • Permits to work and lock-off for every isolation
  • Daily clean-down, and the site left as we found it

What our clients say

  • Our compliance calendar used to live in three spreadsheets. Now it lives in their portal and nothing has lapsed since.

    Head of facilities, Healthcare groupMaintenance contractJuly 2026Sample

  • They were invisible to the other tenants, and the handover pack was the best we've had from any trade.

    Facilities manager, Professional services firmCat B fit-outMay 2026Sample

  • Two shutdowns, both finished early, and not one lost shift.

    Engineering manager, Logistics operatorDistribution and containmentMarch 2026Sample

What we commit to

  • Every accreditation shown is current and dated
  • As-fitted drawings issued with every project
  • One named project manager for the whole job
  • We work outside your operating hours
  • Fully insured

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