The Business Exchange Bath & Somerset Issue 9: Autumn 2018 | Page 22

BATH’ S TOP 100 BUSINESSES
Bath’ s Top 100 is the ultimate guide to the area’ s most successful businesses. Ranked by turnover from each company’ s most recent results, the TBE Top 100 provides a unique insight into the diversity of Bath’ s business landscape.
Working with S & P Global Market Intelligence the latest financial data submitted to Companies House has been interrogated to give you this definitive list. The list is dominated by the following sectors:
• Engineering
• Finance
• Legal
• Manufacturing
• Motor trade
• Software development
• Property
• Publishing
The key takeaways are:
• 61 % are reporting an increase in revenue
• Of the 61 % of businesses reporting an increase in revenue, 36 % have shown 25 % or more revenue growth YoY
• 45 % of the businesses have shown profits of 25 % or more YoY
• 26 % have increased their profits by more than 50 % YoY
• 9 % have shown a revenue decline, but an increase in profit
This paints a positive picture for Bath and the surrounds as we move into the unknown territory Brexit brings.
Ranking Company Name
Revenue Last avail. Year £’ 000
Revenue Previous Year £’ 000 YoY %
Profit Last avail. Year £’ 000
Profit Previous avail. Year £’ 000 YoY %
1
Rotork plc( Actuator manufacturer and flow control company)
642,200
590,100
9
55,600
67,200
-17
2
YTL Utilities( UK) Limited
571,700
547,500
4
139,200
158,100
-12
3
Wessex Water Services Limited( Regional water board)
531,100
521,800
2
150,800
166,500
-9
4
Redde plc( Specialists in accident management, legal, fleet & policy services)
472,300
379,200
25
26,800
25,200
6
5
Auxillis Services Limited( Renting & leasing of motor vehicles)
346,300
286,500
21
20,100
18,300
10
6
Happold LLP( Design & advisory to property and construction sectors)
171,900
160,900
7
12,800
9,390
36
7
Mulberry Group plc( Fashion company known for its leather goods)
169,700
168,100
1
6,390
5,340
20
8
Ivc Midco Limited( Veterinary services)
150,500
94,600
59
-30,900
-26,400
-17
9
Curo Group( Albion) Limited( Social & commercial housing)
97,900
74,600
31
16,300
10,600
54
10
Buro Happold Limited( Consulting engineers)
95,200
87,100
9
6,470
593
991
11
Rotork Controls Limited
84,800
90,300
-6
35,300
49,000
-28
12
Future PLC( Digital and magazine publishers)
84,400
59,000
43
1,600
-14,200
111
13
Lovehoney Limited( Online sex toy retailer)
72,800
56,600
29
6,760
2,860
136
14
Cross Manufacturing Company( 1938) Ltd( Manufacture of fabricated metals)
66,400
59,400
12
11,200
7,670
46
15
Welton Bibby & Baron Holdings Ltd( Manufacture and distribution of paper)
65,000
58,600
11
1,790
3,520
-49
16
London & Country Mortgages Limited( Mortgages and financial broking)
56,100
44,500
26
6,880
7,600
-9
17
Cyclescheme Limited( Work cycle scheme)
51,900
57,100
-9
5,000
5,580
-10
18
Altran UK Limited( Software and safety engineering)
50,900
43,700
16
4,180
2,350
78
19
BMT Defence Services Ltd( Defence services)
50,400
54,100
-7
997
2,440
-59
20
Dick Lovett( Bath) Limited( New and used car dealers)
50,200
21,900
129
-447
15
-3080
21
MCAARP Holdings Ltd( Specialists in business print, production and direct mail)
48,200
52,000
-7
364
987
-63
22
Joya Restaurant Ltd( Eating places)
45,200
-
-
-
-
-
23
Future Publishing Limited( Digital and magazine publishers)
42,000
44,900
-6
2,310
1,540
50
24
Loss Management Group Ltd( Insurance claims specialist)
36,100
39,100
-8
763
666
15
25
IPL Information Processing Ltd( Software developers)
33,800
30,200
12
3,340
2,920
14
26
Halsall Construction Limited( Builders and public works contractors)
33,000
26,700
24
613
195
214
27
Investment Funds Direct Limited( Independent funds supermarket)
32,290
29,614
9
-32,660
-41,210
21
28
Withy King LLP( Legal services provider known as Royds Withy King)
31,300
24,800
26
2,900
3,850
-25
29
IPL Group Limited( Provides big data, mobile and cloud computing solutions)
30,200
27,300
11
245
-1,040
124
30
Wessex Water Enterprises Limited( Recycling & renewable energy company known as GENeco)
29,000
25,700
13
9,660
9,070
7
31
Engley( Engineering services)
27,500
-
-
-
-
-
32
CEPS plc( Manufacture and distribution of protection equipment)
23,600
24,300
-3
-532
-1,130
53
33
The Bath Priory Limited( Hotel, spa and fine dining)
21,400
17,300
24
1,990
1,360
46
34
Star Medical Contracts Limited( Employment agency)
20,800
15,800
32
658
272
142
35
Thring Townsend Lee & Pembertons( Solicitors known as Thrings)
20,400
-
-
-
-
-
36
Robinia Care South Ltd( Residential care services)
20,400
20,400
0
1,220
609
100
37
Response One Ltd( Data, digital and media solutions)
20,300
23,800
-15
1,490
1,480
1
38
Horstman Defence Systems Ltd( Designs and manufactures vehicles suspension components)
18,800
14,700
28
2,070
775
167
39
Andrew Brownsword Hotels Limited( Hotel and restaurant group)
18,800
18,700
1
14,200
190
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