The Business Exchange Swindon & Wiltshire Edition 32: Aug/Sept 2017 | Page 20

SWINDON & WILTSHIRE’ S TOP 100 BUSINESSES
Wiltshire’ s Top 100 in association with WHIreland 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 Wiltshire’ s business landscape.
For the third consecutive year, the latest financial data submitted to Companies House has been interrogated to give you our definitive list.
There is no change in the top 5 with Nationwide taking the top spot for the third year in a row, despite a fall in profits. Specialist distribution company Connect Group is hot on their heels after rising from position 4 to 2 in 2016, securing their place for a second year with an increase in profit of nearly £ 12m.
Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions is a new entry at 10, after opening their state of the art office in Trowbridge. And Swindon’ s specialist IT recruiter Outsource UK is the one to watch, rising from 41 to 29 since 2016 and reporting an increase in profits of over 112 %. Designer glasses business Myoptique. com has also risen 23 places to 35 in the last year with profits up by 180 %.
Rob Perks CEO of Wiltshire’ s largest biggest business network Inspire, said:“ It’ s great to see so many exciting, growing businesses in Wiltshire. A number of companies in the list have joined our Elite network which was set up to provide support, access to funding and peer to peer knowledge sharing for growing businesses. One often gets the impression from Government that we are a County of sleepy micro businesses- this list proves we have a whole range of dynamic businesses that are going from strength to strength and of significance to the UK economy.”
Paddy Bradley, Director of Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership, said:“ The businesses on the list have grown their revenues during the year, although profits are broadly stable. This indicates it is a challenging environment for those businesses helping to grow our economy. It is excellent news to see that a quarter of the businesses have grown their revenue by more than 20 %, some by many times that figure. It is this level of growth which will boost our productivity and help secure employment prospects for our residents. We are in a highly competitive environment, but these top 100 businesses in Swindon and Wiltshire are showing the way. Congratulations to them all!”
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
Nationwide Building Society, Swindon
3,211,000
3,299,000
-2.7%
757,000
985,000
-23.1%
2
Connect Group PLC, a specialist distribution company, Swindon
1,906,500
1,875,100
1.7 %
33,400
21,500
55.3 %
3
Honda of the UK Manufacturing, Swindon
1,836,000
1,686,200
8.9 %
20,400
( 4,830)
-522.4%
4
WH Smith PLC, Swindon
1,212,000
1,178,000
2.9 %
108,000
101,000
6.9 %
5
Wincanton PLC, Supply chain and logistics, Chippenham
1,118,100
1,147,400
-2.6%
42,000
61,100
-31.3%
6
Cambria Automobiles PLC, Sales and servicing of vehicles, Swindon
614,200
523,800
17.3 %
9,260
6,030
53.6 %
7
Dick Lovett Companies Limited, Sales and vehicle maintenance, Swindon
475,500
401,600
18.4 %
8,570
6,890
24.4 %
8
MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd, commercial Vehicles, Swindon
409,000
465,800
-12.2%
6,180
7,170
-13.8%
9
Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions Ltd, Trowbridge
308,800
324,400
-4.8%
18,700
17,500
6.9 %
10
Openwork Ltd, independent financial advisers, Swindon
283,400
253,200
11.9 %
10,900
2,000
445.0 %
11
Capita Life & Pensions Regulated Services Limited, Salisbury
275,200
268,300
2.6 %
( 7,990)
( 11,400)
-29.9%
12
Rygor Group Limited, Dealer of Mercedes Benz commercial vehicles, Westbury
192,400
189,400
1.6 %
826
1,840
-55.1%
13
Vectura Group PLC, Developer of inhaler( airways technologies), Chippenham
168,700
58,000
190.9 %
( 42,800)
3,700
-1256.8%
14
Heritage Automotive Limited, new and used cars, Westbury
154,700
147,300
5.0 %
( 646)
( 4,290)
-84.9%
15
Foray Motor Group Limited, New car sales, Salisbury
148,500
138,600
7.1 %
1,110
909
22.1 %
16
Avon Rubber PLC, Manufacturer of rubber components, Melksham
142,900
134,300
6.4 %
18,300
13,700
33.6 %
17
Lyons Seafoods Limited, Warminster
122,800
122,400
0.3 %
7,800
6,780
15.0 %
18
United Oilseeds Marketing Limite, Commodity merchants, Devizes
108,800
103,200
5.4 %
1,280
1,350
-5.2%
19
Herman Miller, Ltd, Office furniture design and manufacture, Chippenham
105,800
105,900
-0.1%
10,900
4,370
149.4 %
20
Ts Tech Uk Ltd, main products for automobiles, Swindon
105,100
130,500
-19.5%
6,040
6,770
-10.8%
21
Hills Uk Limited, Development of building projects, Marlborough
101,000
96,800
4.3 %
6,790
4,140
64.0 %
22
Alliance Pharma PLC, Pharmaceutical manufacturer, Chippenham
97,500
48,300
101.9 %
18,100
12,700
42.5 %
23
Good Energy Group PLC, Renewable energy, Chippenham
90,400
64,300
40.6 %
1,380
( 195)
-807.7%
24
Qualasept Pharmaxo Holdings Limited, Pharmacueticals, Corsham
87,900
48,700
80.5 %
2,950
2,200
34.1 %
25
Landmarc Support Services Ltd, support services to the Armed Forces, Tilshead
87,300
87,500
-0.2%
3,430
5,310
-35.4%
26
Sofa Brands International Ltd, sofa manufacturer, Melksham
84,200
85,200
-1.2%
9,120
2,800
225.7 %
27
Stonegate Farmers Ltd, egg production, Lacock, Chippenham
68,700
80,400
-14.6%
1,390
1,210
14.9 %
28
Outsource UK Limited, IT recruiter, Swindon
67,000
47,100
42.3 %
776
365
112.6 %
29
The Consortium for Purchasing & Distribution Ltd, Trowbridge
64,900
66,000
-1.7%
4,720
3,870
22.0 %
30
Vygon( UK) Ltd, manufacturer of medical disposables, Swindon
60,600
58,000
4.5 %
10,100
10,400
-2.9%
31
Tithegrove Limited, Builders and civil engineers, Swindon
56,500
54,700
3.3 %
1,690
2,700
-37.4%
32
Aster Property Limited, Affordable property, Devizes
55,200
56,600
-2.5%
254
57
345.6 %
33
Renelec Group Limited, Construction suppliers, Devizes
54,700
49,000
11.6 %
379
222
70.7 %
34
The MyOptique. com Group Ltd, designer glasses retailer, Swindon
51,000
30,300
68.3 %
( 14,700)
( 5,230)
181.1 %
35
Grange Motors( Swindon) Limited, Jaguar car dealer, Swindon
48,700
18,200
167.6 %
601
( 152)
-495.4%
36
The Manor House Hotel( Castle Combe) Ltd, Castle Combe
47,400
48,000
-1.3%
3,660
3,870
-5.4%
37
Airsprung Furniture Ltd, Trowbridge
46,800
41,400
13.0 %
( 215)
1,110
-119.4%
38
SciSys PLC, IT developer, Chippenham
45,700
36,100
26.6 %
2,220
373
495.2 %
39
M J Church Limited, Civil engineering contractor, Chippenham
45,600
48,200
-5.4%
1,090
1,900
-42.6%
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