SWINDON & WILTSHIRE’ S TOP 100 BUSINESSES
The Ones to Watch
Best increase in Revenue YoY Revenue category Company Name Percentage increases in Revenue YoY
Best increase in Profit YoY
£ 0-5m Apex Motor Company( Swindon) Ltd, used car sales 150 %
£ 5-10m Rockhopper Exploration plc, oil and gas exploration, Salisbury 123 % £ 10-20m Imagine Cruising Limited, tailor made cruise holidays, Swindon 103 % £ 20- £ 50m Plantronics Limited, audio electronics, Royal Wootton Bassett 134 %
£ 50m + Vectura Group Plc, specialist inhaled airways disease products, Chippenham 191 %
Revenue category Company Name Percentage increases in Profit YoY £ 0-5m Lynch Staunton Limited, cosmetics, Trowbridge 105 % £ 5-10m Rockhopper Exploration plc, oil and gas exploration, Salisbury 995 % £ 10-20m Trapeze Group( UK) Limited, software, Trowbridge 557 % £ 20- £ 50m Scisys plc, IT services, Chippenham 495 % £ 50m + Openwork Ltd, independent financial advisers, Swindon 445 %
AIM Company Performance( ranked by highest increase of revenue YoY)
Company Name
Market Capitalisation £’ 000
Revenue £’ 000
Increase %
Rockhopper Exploration plc, oil and gas exploration company, Sailsbury 97,105 6,010 123 % Alliance Pharma plc, pharmaceutical products, Chippenham 250,197 97,500 102 % Good Energy Group PLC, renewable energy supplier, Chippenham 34,776 90,400 41 % SciSys plc, IT services, Chippenham 28,716 45,700 27 % AB Dynamics Plc, engineering specialist for the automotive testing industry, Bradford on Avon 109,607 20,500 24 % Note: excludes schools, charities and foundations, holding companies with a subsidiary based in Wiltshire
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