
Company Health Check 2013
An exclusive analysis of the Top 100 construction contractors has for the first time ranked them not just according to size and profitability but also according to financial health.
When it comes to their books, big definitely does not necessarily mean beautiful. This analysis has been carried out by corporate health specialist Company Watch exclusively for The Construction Index. While Balfour Beatty once again ranks as Britain’s largest contractor this year, it is way down the financial health league, in 77th place. Interserve may have the biggest profits of all UK contractors, but it ranks just 29th in financial health. Top of the league – Britain’s financially healthiest contractor – is the Midlands-based regional contractor Stepnell, followed by Cumbria’s Thomas Armstrong. Company Watch uses a proprietary algorithm to get right into the published accounts of organisations. An established method for judging the financial strength of a business is to look at seven key financial ratios and the interaction between them. One is profitability, but there are three more involving the funding structure and another three concerned with the asset profile. Mix them together, employ mathematical wizardry and out comes a health score: the Company Watch ‘H-Score’ expressed as a score out of a possible 100. Over 50 is above average; any score below 25 is a clear signal of vulnerability – what Company Watch calls the Warning Area. Over the past 15 years, one in four of the companies in the Warning Area has gone on to either file for insolvency or undergo a major restructuring. Read more
Rank by financial health | Rank by turnover | Company | Latest Health Score | Previous Health Score | Latest Annual Turnover | Previous Annual Turnover | Latest pre-tax profit | Previous pre-tax profit |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(max 100) |
(max 100) |
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
|||
1 |
96 |
STEPNELL | 93 |
88 |
82.0 |
76.4 |
8.8 |
6.4 |
2 |
86 |
THOMAS ARMSTRONG | 91 |
89 |
116.2 |
116.2 |
6.5 |
7.0 |
3 |
33 |
SSE CONTRACTING | 85 |
85 |
457.9 |
469.2 |
25.0 |
30.1 |
4= |
31 |
J MURPHY | 82 |
86 |
495.6 |
400.8 |
26.4 |
23.5 |
4= |
82 |
MULALLEY | 82 |
77 |
135.2 |
134.0 |
8.5 |
9.1 |
6= |
75 |
BECHTEL | 79 |
82 |
162.4 |
143.7 |
14.8 |
19.8 |
6= |
94 |
R.J. MCLEOD | 79 |
84 |
83.3 |
65.8 |
5.1 |
6.2 |
8 |
25 |
SHEPHERD | 77 |
80 |
671.6 |
611.0 |
27.6 |
31.5 |
9= |
67 |
DAWNUS | 75 |
68 |
178.0 |
136.6 |
17.3 |
12.3 |
9= |
40 |
SEDDON | 75 |
81 |
283.2 |
268.5 |
5.4 |
8.8 |
11= |
74 |
FORTH HOLDINGS | 74 |
76 |
163.2 |
151.9 |
7.5 |
7.4 |
11= |
90 |
PYEROY GROUP | 74 |
83 |
88.9 |
73.9 |
4.4 |
2.9 |
13= |
29 |
LEND LEASE | 71 |
66 |
545.3 |
605.1 |
20.4 |
13.5 |
13= |
51 |
BROOKFIELD MULTIPLEX | 71 |
67 |
222.3 |
199.6 |
8.3 |
6.7 |
15= |
39 |
NORTHSTONE NI | 70 |
71 |
285.6 |
239.0 |
8.6 |
9.2 |
15= |
32 |
NG BAILEY | 70 |
50 |
458.6 |
419.2 |
7.2 |
-4.2 |
15= |
92 |
MASTERSON | 70 |
76 |
87.0 |
91.2 |
6.0 |
6.3 |
18 |
83 |
MABEY | 68 |
93 |
129.9 |
127.7 |
-2.8 |
8.6 |
19= |
13 |
AMEY UK | 67 |
69 |
1,146.0 |
1,093.6 |
90.0 |
84.3 |
19= |
48 |
RG CARTER | 67 |
72 |
249.2 |
252.9 |
5.1 |
9.1 |
19= |
80 |
MCLAUGHLIN & HARVEY | 67 |
65 |
150.6 |
197.9 |
4.2 |
4.3 |
19= |
95 |
LINDUM | 67 |
71 |
83.0 |
84.9 |
2.5 |
2.8 |
23 |
30 |
IMTECH | 65 |
68 |
514.6 |
340.7 |
18.4 |
7.4 |
24= |
10 |
KELLER | 64 |
57 |
1,317.5 |
1,154.3 |
43.5 |
21.9 |
24= |
16 |
SKANSKA | 64 |
73 |
1,092.3 |
1,117.0 |
43.4 |
44.9 |
24= |
7 |
BAM CONSTRUCTION/NUTTALL | 64 |
59 |
1,647.3 |
1,754.6 |
32.0 |
25.6 |
24= |
12 |
WATES | 64 |
66 |
1,193.6 |
1,033.9 |
25.7 |
40.1 |
24= |
89 |
SIMPSON (YORK) | 64 |
74 |
93.3 |
73.5 |
2.2 |
2.0 |
29= |
4 |
INTERSERVE | 63 |
41 |
2,369.6 |
2,319.6 |
182.9 |
67.1 |
29= |
21 |
SIR ROBERT McALPINE | 63 |
60 |
769.3 |
845.4 |
20.5 |
20.1 |
29= |
79 |
BULLOCK CONSTRUCTION | 63 |
71 |
151.9 |
158.7 |
1.3 |
3.8 |
32= |
24 |
BOWMER AND KIRKLAND | 60 |
67 |
674.9 |
707.5 |
21.5 |
44.6 |
32= |
47 |
CLANCY | 60 |
63 |
250.7 |
205.3 |
2.9 |
2.0 |
34= |
63 |
ERIC WRIGHT GROUP | 59 |
60 |
182.1 |
148.6 |
4.5 |
3.9 |
34= |
77 |
WINVIC GROUP LIMITED | 59 |
50 |
154.1 |
80.1 |
4.2 |
1.8 |
36= |
50 |
INTEGRAL UK | 57 |
38 |
239.7 |
198.9 |
9.1 |
6.4 |
36= |
35 |
EMCOR | 57 |
54 |
339.9 |
330.2 |
6.7 |
6.8 |
36= |
93 |
TRANT HOLDINGS | 57 |
57 |
83.8 |
65.4 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
39= |
44 |
JOHN GRAHAM | 56 |
53 |
264.2 |
216.6 |
4.7 |
4.0 |
39= |
57 |
CAREY GROUP | 56 |
47 |
198.1 |
165.6 |
4.7 |
7.8 |
39= |
91 |
M.V. KELLY LIMITED | 56 |
65 |
87.6 |
78.6 |
0.7 |
3.2 |
42= |
18 |
BOUYGUES & SUBSIDIARIES | 55 |
52 |
1,017.8 |
1,037.8 |
20.9 |
37.2 |
42= |
43 |
BYRNE GROUP | 55 |
63 |
267.5 |
232.2 |
3.8 |
8.8 |
44= |
26 |
VOLKERWESSELLS UK | 52 |
30 |
666.2 |
557.0 |
12.2 |
-1.5 |
44= |
69 |
MCNICHOLAS CONSTRUCTION | 52 |
41 |
176.7 |
154.6 |
4.7 |
0.3 |
44= |
41 |
GEOFFREY OSBORNE | 52 |
59 |
280.7 |
287.0 |
1.0 |
3.5 |
47 |
84 |
LAGAN | 51 |
49 |
127.8 |
97.2 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
48 |
100 |
BARNES GROUP | 50 |
53 |
63.7 |
53.6 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
49 |
62 |
BUCKINGHAM | 49 |
57 |
182.4 |
167.4 |
1.5 |
4.1 |
50= |
19 |
MACE | 48 |
54 |
950.5 |
874.3 |
22.8 |
20.5 |
50= |
60 |
TEIGHMORE | 48 |
41 |
194.3 |
210.6 |
2.8 |
3.1 |
50= |
52 |
RGCM | 48 |
46 |
214.8 |
219.3 |
2.4 |
2.9 |
53= |
8 |
LAING O'ROURKE | 47 |
47 |
1,622.4 |
1,746.3 |
27.4 |
28.6 |
53= |
20 |
COSTAIN | 47 |
44 |
934.5 |
986.3 |
26.1 |
23.9 |
53= |
53 |
LORNE STEWART | 47 |
69 |
212.2 |
162.0 |
7.1 |
7.8 |
53= |
78 |
LAKEHOUSE CONTRACTS | 47 |
60 |
153.7 |
106.7 |
4.8 |
2.9 |
57 |
27 |
MILLER | 46 |
0 |
619.9 |
587.6 |
6.6 |
-92.8 |
58 |
34 |
McLAREN | 45 |
54 |
376.4 |
266.6 |
6.1 |
7.0 |
59 |
2 |
CARILLION | 44 |
35 |
4,402.8 |
5,051.2 |
179.5 |
142.8 |
60= |
49 |
ARDMORE | 43 |
20 |
240.6 |
286.1 |
3.1 |
-6.3 |
60= |
65 |
MIDAS | 43 |
40 |
180.5 |
211.7 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
60= |
88 |
GF TOMLINSON | 43 |
58 |
108.4 |
137.5 |
-0.5 |
1.9 |
63 |
70 |
ESH HOLDINGS | 42 |
40 |
170.2 |
168.3 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
64 |
22 |
MEARS | 41 |
50 |
679.5 |
589.0 |
20.8 |
20.6 |
65= |
5 |
MITIE | 39 |
54 |
2,120.5 |
2,002.5 |
58.8 |
94.5 |
65= |
56 |
HIGGINS | 39 |
44 |
203.0 |
185.5 |
2.4 |
3.0 |
67 |
37 |
SISK | 36 |
25 |
293.9 |
373.6 |
1.4 |
-4.5 |
68= |
54 |
GSH GROUP | 35 |
38 |
206.0 |
208.8 |
3.6 |
6.8 |
68= |
99 |
BASE BUILD | 35 |
41 |
65.3 |
35.4 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
70= |
73 |
BARR | 34 |
26 |
164.3 |
210.9 |
1.5 |
-3.1 |
70= |
71 |
NORTH MIDLAND CONSTRUCTION | 34 |
35 |
168.9 |
167.2 |
0.7 |
-0.8 |
72 |
1 |
BALFOUR BEATTY | 33 |
44 |
10,896.0 |
11,035.0 |
75.0 |
246.0 |
73= |
6 |
MORGAN SINDALL | 30 |
29 |
2,047.1 |
2,226.6 |
34.2 |
40.0 |
73= |
55 |
LONGCROSS | 30 |
23 |
205.9 |
263.7 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
75= |
58 |
MALCOLM GROUP | 28 |
28 |
197.2 |
172.0 |
4.9 |
4.4 |
75= |
81 |
BRETT GROUP | 28 |
43 |
150.5 |
139.4 |
-4.8 |
-2.4 |
77= |
15 |
VINCI UK | 27 |
25 |
1,106.7 |
1,112.7 |
15.3 |
19.8 |
77= |
61 |
T CLARKE | 27 |
44 |
193.8 |
183.8 |
1.2 |
4.9 |
79= |
72 |
OGILVIE GROUP | 26 |
19 |
168.8 |
171.8 |
2.7 |
2.8 |
79= |
85 |
HEADCROWN | 26 |
17 |
120.5 |
134.2 |
0.1 |
-9.9 |
79= |
76 |
GB BUILDING SOLUTIONS | 26 |
26 |
155.6 |
130.1 |
-0.3 |
0.2 |
82= |
98 |
SPELLER METCALFE | 25 |
27 |
71.6 |
53.3 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
82= |
87 |
TOLENT | 25 |
19 |
109.8 |
105.0 |
-0.2 |
-2.8 |
82= |
28 |
MORRISON UTILITY SERVICES | 25 |
18 |
548.3 |
498.7 |
-2.2 |
-5.1 |
85= |
3 |
KIER GROUP (inc. MAY GURNEY) | 24 |
17 |
2,725.8 |
2,694.4 |
82.3 |
91.3 |
85= |
68 |
WILLIAM HARE | 24 |
58 |
177.2 |
182.2 |
-6.8 |
1.5 |
87 |
42 |
ROBERTSON GROUP | 22 |
6 |
269.3 |
232.0 |
-1.0 |
-3.3 |
88= |
17 |
WILLMOTT DIXON | 20 |
21 |
1,034.0 |
1,052.1 |
8.9 |
12.9 |
88= |
97 |
CITY BUILDING (CONTRACTS) | 20 |
20 |
74.6 |
57.9 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
90 |
11 |
ISG | 18 |
19 |
1,281.5 |
1,195.6 |
3.0 |
9.0 |
91 |
14 |
ENTERPRISE | 17 |
14 |
1,125.4 |
1,086.9 |
-44.6 |
-135.2 |
92 |
9 |
GALLIFORD TRY | 16 |
14 |
1,504.1 |
1,284.2 |
63.1 |
41.7 |
93= |
36 |
RENEW HOLDINGS | 15 |
10 |
337.4 |
356.7 |
8.4 |
2.5 |
93= |
45 |
SPIE MATTHEW HALL | 15 |
39 |
263.8 |
311.8 |
-23.0 |
-4.4 |
95 |
66 |
CITY BUILDING (GLASGOW) | 14 |
54 |
178.6 |
158.9 |
0.3 |
22.5 |
96 |
59 |
UNITED HOUSE | 12 |
53 |
196.9 |
229.9 |
-10.9 |
5.8 |
97 |
46 |
SEVERFIELD-ROWEN | 11 |
22 |
256.6 |
267.8 |
-21.7 |
8.3 |
98 |
38 |
ENSERVE (SPICE) | 7 |
32 |
287.6 |
300.7 |
-78.4 |
-3.1 |
99 |
64 |
SGN CONTRACTING | 5 |
10 |
180.7 |
174.2 |
-5.8 |
-1.0 |
100 |
23 |
LAKESIDE 1 (KEEPMOAT) | 2 |
5 |
676.1 |
677.1 |
-472.6 |
-86.0 |
TOTALS | 61,505.8 |
60,816.4 |
790.8 |
1,197.2 |
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AVERAGE HEALTH SCORE | 48 |
49 |
The Top 100 Contractors ranked by turnover
Rank by Turnover | Rank by Profit | Company | Latest Annual Turnover | Previous Annual Turnover | Latest pre-tax profit | Previous pre-tax profit | 2012 Rank by Turnover | 2012 Rank by Profit |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
|||||
1 |
5 |
BALFOUR BEATTY | 10,896.0 |
11,035.0 |
75.0 |
246.0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
CARILLION | 4,402.8 |
5,051.2 |
179.5 |
142.8 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
KIER GROUP (inc. MAY GURNEY) | 2,725.8 |
2,694.4 |
82.3 |
91.3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
INTERSERVE | 2,369.6 |
2,319.6 |
182.9 |
67.1 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
7 |
MITIE | 2,120.5 |
2,002.5 |
58.8 |
94.5 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
10 |
MORGAN SINDALL | 2,047.1 |
2,226.6 |
34.2 |
40.0 |
6 |
11 |
7 |
11 |
BAM CONSTRUCTION/NUTTALL | 1,647.3 |
1,754.6 |
32.0 |
25.6 |
7 |
16 |
8 |
13 |
LAING O'ROURKE | 1,622.4 |
1,746.3 |
27.4 |
28.6 |
8 |
15 |
9 |
6 |
GALLIFORD TRY | 1,504.1 |
1,284.2 |
63.1 |
41.7 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
8 |
KELLER | 1,317.5 |
1,154.3 |
43.5 |
21.9 |
11 |
20 |
11 |
59 |
ISG | 1,281.5 |
1,195.6 |
3.0 |
9.0 |
10 |
32 |
12 |
16 |
WATES | 1,193.6 |
1,033.9 |
25.7 |
40.1 |
18 |
10 |
13 |
3 |
AMEY UK | 1,146.0 |
1,093.6 |
90.0 |
84.3 |
14 |
5 |
14 |
98 |
ENTERPRISE | 1,125.4 |
1,086.9 |
-44.6 |
-135.2 |
15 |
100 |
15 |
26 |
VINCI UK | 1,106.7 |
1,112.7 |
15.3 |
19.8 |
13 |
24 |
16 |
9 |
SKANSKA | 1,092.3 |
1,117.0 |
43.4 |
44.9 |
12 |
7 |
17 |
30 |
WILLMOTT DIXON | 1,034.0 |
1,052.1 |
8.9 |
12.9 |
16 |
27 |
18 |
20 |
BOUYGUES & SUBSIDIARIES | 1,017.8 |
1,037.8 |
20.9 |
37.2 |
17 |
12 |
19 |
18 |
MACE | 950.5 |
874.3 |
22.8 |
20.5 |
20 |
22 |
20 |
15 |
COSTAIN | 934.5 |
986.3 |
26.1 |
23.9 |
19 |
17 |
21 |
22 |
SIR ROBERT McALPINE | 769.3 |
845.4 |
20.5 |
20.1 |
21 |
23 |
22 |
21 |
MEARS | 679.5 |
589.0 |
20.8 |
20.6 |
26 |
21 |
23 |
100 |
LAKESIDE 1 (KEEPMOAT) | 676.1 |
677.1 |
-472.6 |
-86.0 |
23 |
98 |
24 |
19 |
BOWMER AND KIRKLAND | 674.9 |
707.5 |
21.5 |
44.6 |
22 |
8 |
25 |
12 |
SHEPHERD | 671.6 |
611.0 |
27.6 |
31.5 |
24 |
13 |
26 |
28 |
VOLKERWESSELLS UK | 666.2 |
557.0 |
12.2 |
-1.5 |
28 |
86 |
27 |
40 |
MILLER | 619.9 |
587.6 |
6.6 |
-92.8 |
27 |
99 |
28 |
90 |
MORRISON UTILITY SERVICES | 548.3 |
498.7 |
-2.2 |
-5.1 |
29 |
95 |
29 |
23 |
LEND LEASE | 545.3 |
605.1 |
20.4 |
13.5 |
25 |
26 |
30 |
24 |
IMTECH | 514.6 |
340.7 |
18.4 |
7.4 |
35 |
39 |
31 |
14 |
J MURPHY | 495.6 |
400.8 |
26.4 |
23.5 |
32 |
18 |
32 |
37 |
NG BAILEY | 458.6 |
419.2 |
7.2 |
-4.2 |
31 |
92 |
33 |
17 |
SSE CONTRACTING | 457.9 |
469.2 |
25.0 |
30.1 |
30 |
14 |
34 |
42 |
McLAREN | 376.4 |
266.6 |
6.1 |
7.0 |
43 |
41 |
35 |
39 |
EMCOR | 339.9 |
330.2 |
6.7 |
6.8 |
36 |
44 |
36 |
34 |
RENEW HOLDINGS | 337.4 |
356.7 |
8.4 |
2.5 |
34 |
67 |
37 |
70 |
SISK | 293.9 |
373.6 |
1.4 |
-4.5 |
33 |
94 |
38 |
99 |
ENSERVE (SPICE) | 287.6 |
300.7 |
-78.4 |
-3.1 |
38 |
89 |
39 |
32 |
NORTHSTONE NI | 285.6 |
239.0 |
8.6 |
9.2 |
46 |
29 |
40 |
44 |
SEDDON | 283.2 |
268.5 |
5.4 |
8.8 |
41 |
34 |
41 |
74 |
GEOFFREY OSBORNE | 280.7 |
287.0 |
1.0 |
3.5 |
39 |
58 |
42 |
89 |
ROBERTSON GROUP | 269.3 |
232.0 |
-1.0 |
-3.3 |
48 |
91 |
43 |
56 |
BYRNE GROUP | 267.5 |
232.2 |
3.8 |
8.8 |
47 |
33 |
44 |
49 |
JOHN GRAHAM | 264.2 |
216.6 |
4.7 |
4.0 |
51 |
55 |
45 |
97 |
SPIE MATTHEW HALL | 263.8 |
311.8 |
-23.0 |
-4.4 |
37 |
93 |
46 |
96 |
SEVERFIELD-ROWEN | 256.6 |
267.8 |
-21.7 |
8.3 |
42 |
36 |
47 |
60 |
CLANCY | 250.7 |
205.3 |
2.9 |
2.0 |
56 |
68 |
48 |
46 |
RG CARTER | 249.2 |
252.9 |
5.1 |
9.1 |
45 |
31 |
49 |
58 |
ARDMORE | 240.6 |
286.1 |
3.1 |
-6.3 |
40 |
96 |
50 |
29 |
INTEGRAL UK | 239.7 |
198.9 |
9.1 |
6.4 |
58 |
46 |
51 |
35 |
BROOKFIELD MULTIPLEX | 222.3 |
199.6 |
8.3 |
6.7 |
57 |
45 |
52 |
65 |
RGCM | 214.8 |
219.3 |
2.4 |
2.9 |
50 |
62 |
53 |
38 |
LORNE STEWART | 212.2 |
162.0 |
7.1 |
7.8 |
70 |
37 |
54 |
57 |
GSH GROUP | 206.0 |
208.8 |
3.6 |
6.8 |
55 |
43 |
55 |
75 |
LONGCROSS | 205.9 |
263.7 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
44 |
74 |
56 |
64 |
HIGGINS | 203.0 |
185.5 |
2.4 |
3.0 |
60 |
61 |
57 |
50 |
CAREY GROUP | 198.1 |
165.6 |
4.7 |
7.8 |
69 |
38 |
58 |
47 |
MALCOLM GROUP | 197.2 |
172.0 |
4.9 |
4.4 |
64 |
52 |
59 |
95 |
UNITED HOUSE | 196.9 |
229.9 |
-10.9 |
5.8 |
49 |
50 |
60 |
61 |
TEIGHMORE | 194.3 |
210.6 |
2.8 |
3.1 |
54 |
60 |
61 |
73 |
T CLARKE | 193.8 |
183.8 |
1.2 |
4.9 |
61 |
51 |
62 |
68 |
BUCKINGHAM | 182.4 |
167.4 |
1.5 |
4.1 |
67 |
54 |
63 |
52 |
ERIC WRIGHT GROUP | 182.1 |
148.6 |
4.5 |
3.9 |
75 |
56 |
64 |
93 |
SGN CONTRACTING | 180.7 |
174.2 |
-5.8 |
-1.0 |
63 |
85 |
65 |
72 |
MIDAS | 180.5 |
211.7 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
52 |
76 |
66 |
82 |
CITY BUILDING (GLASGOW) | 178.6 |
158.9 |
0.3 |
22.5 |
71 |
19 |
67 |
25 |
DAWNUS | 178.0 |
136.6 |
17.3 |
12.3 |
79 |
28 |
68 |
94 |
WILLIAM HARE | 177.2 |
182.2 |
-6.8 |
1.5 |
62 |
73 |
69 |
51 |
MCNICHOLAS CONSTRUCTION | 176.7 |
154.6 |
4.7 |
0.3 |
73 |
80 |
70 |
81 |
ESH HOLDINGS | 170.2 |
168.3 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
66 |
78 |
71 |
77 |
NORTH MIDLAND CONSTRUCTION | 168.9 |
167.2 |
0.7 |
-0.8 |
68 |
84 |
72 |
62 |
OGILVIE GROUP | 168.8 |
171.8 |
2.7 |
2.8 |
65 |
66 |
73 |
69 |
BARR | 164.3 |
210.9 |
1.5 |
-3.1 |
53 |
90 |
74 |
36 |
FORTH HOLDINGS | 163.2 |
151.9 |
7.5 |
7.4 |
74 |
40 |
75 |
27 |
BECHTEL | 162.4 |
143.7 |
14.8 |
19.8 |
76 |
25 |
76 |
87 |
GB BUILDING SOLUTIONS | 155.6 |
130.1 |
-0.3 |
0.2 |
82 |
81 |
77 |
54 |
WINVIC GROUP LIMITED | 154.1 |
80.1 |
4.2 |
1.8 |
90 |
72 |
78 |
48 |
LAKEHOUSE CONTRACTS | 153.7 |
106.7 |
4.8 |
2.9 |
85 |
64 |
79 |
71 |
BULLOCK CONSTRUCTION | 151.9 |
158.7 |
1.3 |
3.8 |
72 |
57 |
80 |
55 |
MCLAUGHLIN & HARVEY | 150.6 |
197.9 |
4.2 |
4.3 |
59 |
53 |
81 |
92 |
BRETT GROUP | 150.5 |
139.4 |
-4.8 |
-2.4 |
77 |
87 |
82 |
33 |
MULALLEY | 135.2 |
134.0 |
8.5 |
9.1 |
81 |
30 |
83 |
91 |
MABEY | 129.9 |
127.7 |
-2.8 |
8.6 |
83 |
35 |
84 |
76 |
LAGAN | 127.8 |
97.2 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
87 |
79 |
85 |
83 |
HEADCROWN | 120.5 |
134.2 |
0.1 |
-9.9 |
80 |
97 |
86 |
41 |
THOMAS ARMSTRONG | 116.2 |
116.2 |
6.5 |
7.0 |
84 |
42 |
87 |
86 |
TOLENT | 109.8 |
105.0 |
-0.2 |
-2.8 |
86 |
88 |
88 |
88 |
GF TOMLINSON | 108.4 |
137.5 |
-0.5 |
1.9 |
78 |
70 |
89 |
66 |
SIMPSON (YORK) | 93.3 |
73.5 |
2.2 |
2.0 |
94 |
69 |
90 |
53 |
PYEROY GROUP | 88.9 |
73.9 |
4.4 |
2.9 |
93 |
63 |
91 |
78 |
M.V. KELLY LIMITED | 87.6 |
78.6 |
0.7 |
3.2 |
91 |
59 |
92 |
43 |
MASTERSON | 87.0 |
91.2 |
6.0 |
6.3 |
88 |
48 |
93 |
67 |
TRANT HOLDINGS | 83.8 |
65.4 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
96 |
71 |
94 |
45 |
R.J. MCLEOD | 83.3 |
65.8 |
5.1 |
6.2 |
95 |
49 |
95 |
63 |
LINDUM | 83.0 |
84.9 |
2.5 |
2.8 |
89 |
65 |
96 |
31 |
STEPNELL | 82.0 |
76.4 |
8.8 |
6.4 |
92 |
47 |
97 |
85 |
CITY BUILDING (CONTRACTS) | 74.6 |
57.9 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
97 |
83 |
98 |
84 |
SPELLER METCALFE | 71.6 |
53.3 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
99 |
82 |
99 |
80 |
BASE BUILD | 65.3 |
35.4 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
100 |
77 |
100 |
79 |
BARNES GROUP | 63.7 |
53.6 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
98 |
75 |
The Top 100 Contractors ranked by profitability (margin)
Rank by Turnover | Rank by Profit | Company | Latest Margin | Previous Margin | Latest Annual Turnover | Previous Annual Turnover | Latest pre-tax profit | Previous pre-tax profit |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% |
% |
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
|||
96 |
31 |
STEPNELL | 10.72 |
8.38 |
82.0 |
76.4 |
8.8 |
6.4 |
67 |
25 |
DAWNUS | 9.74 |
9.00 |
178.0 |
136.6 |
17.3 |
12.3 |
75 |
27 |
BECHTEL | 9.08 |
13.74 |
162.4 |
143.7 |
14.8 |
19.8 |
13 |
3 |
AMEY UK | 7.85 |
7.71 |
1,146.0 |
1,093.6 |
90.0 |
84.3 |
4 |
1 |
INTERSERVE | 7.72 |
2.89 |
2,369.6 |
2,319.6 |
182.9 |
67.1 |
92 |
43 |
MASTERSON | 6.84 |
6.95 |
87.0 |
91.2 |
6.0 |
6.3 |
82 |
33 |
MULALLEY | 6.27 |
6.78 |
135.2 |
134.0 |
8.5 |
9.1 |
94 |
45 |
R.J. MCLEOD | 6.17 |
9.46 |
83.3 |
65.8 |
5.1 |
6.2 |
86 |
41 |
THOMAS ARMSTRONG | 5.62 |
6.03 |
116.2 |
116.2 |
6.5 |
7.0 |
33 |
17 |
SSE CONTRACTING | 5.45 |
6.42 |
457.9 |
469.2 |
25.0 |
30.1 |
31 |
14 |
J MURPHY | 5.33 |
5.85 |
495.6 |
400.8 |
26.4 |
23.5 |
90 |
53 |
PYEROY GROUP | 4.96 |
3.91 |
88.9 |
73.9 |
4.4 |
2.9 |
74 |
36 |
FORTH HOLDINGS | 4.61 |
4.85 |
163.2 |
151.9 |
7.5 |
7.4 |
9 |
6 |
GALLIFORD TRY | 4.20 |
3.25 |
1,504.1 |
1,284.2 |
63.1 |
41.7 |
25 |
12 |
SHEPHERD | 4.11 |
5.16 |
671.6 |
611.0 |
27.6 |
31.5 |
2 |
2 |
CARILLION | 4.08 |
2.83 |
4,402.8 |
5,051.2 |
179.5 |
142.8 |
16 |
9 |
SKANSKA | 3.98 |
4.02 |
1,092.3 |
1,117.0 |
43.4 |
44.9 |
50 |
29 |
INTEGRAL UK | 3.78 |
3.24 |
239.7 |
198.9 |
9.1 |
6.4 |
51 |
35 |
BROOKFIELD MULTIPLEX | 3.75 |
3.36 |
222.3 |
199.6 |
8.3 |
6.7 |
29 |
23 |
LEND LEASE | 3.74 |
2.24 |
545.3 |
605.1 |
20.4 |
13.5 |
30 |
24 |
IMTECH | 3.58 |
2.17 |
514.6 |
340.7 |
18.4 |
7.4 |
53 |
38 |
LORNE STEWART | 3.34 |
4.84 |
212.2 |
162.0 |
7.1 |
7.8 |
10 |
8 |
KELLER | 3.30 |
1.90 |
1,317.5 |
1,154.3 |
43.5 |
21.9 |
24 |
19 |
BOWMER AND KIRKLAND | 3.19 |
6.30 |
674.9 |
707.5 |
21.5 |
44.6 |
78 |
48 |
LAKEHOUSE CONTRACTS | 3.13 |
2.69 |
153.7 |
106.7 |
4.8 |
2.9 |
22 |
21 |
MEARS | 3.06 |
3.49 |
679.5 |
589.0 |
20.8 |
20.6 |
39 |
32 |
NORTHSTONE NI | 3.02 |
3.85 |
285.6 |
239.0 |
8.6 |
9.2 |
3 |
4 |
KIER GROUP (inc. MAY GURNEY) | 3.02 |
3.39 |
2,725.8 |
2,694.4 |
82.3 |
91.3 |
95 |
63 |
LINDUM | 2.96 |
3.29 |
83.0 |
84.9 |
2.5 |
2.8 |
20 |
15 |
COSTAIN | 2.79 |
2.42 |
934.5 |
986.3 |
26.1 |
23.9 |
5 |
7 |
MITIE | 2.77 |
4.72 |
2,120.5 |
2,002.5 |
58.8 |
94.5 |
80 |
55 |
MCLAUGHLIN & HARVEY | 2.77 |
2.20 |
150.6 |
197.9 |
4.2 |
4.3 |
77 |
54 |
WINVIC GROUP LIMITED | 2.73 |
2.21 |
154.1 |
80.1 |
4.2 |
1.8 |
21 |
22 |
SIR ROBERT McALPINE | 2.67 |
2.38 |
769.3 |
845.4 |
20.5 |
20.1 |
69 |
51 |
MCNICHOLAS CONSTRUCTION | 2.65 |
0.17 |
176.7 |
154.6 |
4.7 |
0.3 |
58 |
47 |
MALCOLM GROUP | 2.51 |
2.53 |
197.2 |
172.0 |
4.9 |
4.4 |
36 |
34 |
RENEW HOLDINGS | 2.50 |
0.69 |
337.4 |
356.7 |
8.4 |
2.5 |
63 |
52 |
ERIC WRIGHT GROUP | 2.45 |
2.60 |
182.1 |
148.6 |
4.5 |
3.9 |
19 |
18 |
MACE | 2.40 |
2.34 |
950.5 |
874.3 |
22.8 |
20.5 |
57 |
50 |
CAREY GROUP | 2.38 |
4.70 |
198.1 |
165.6 |
4.7 |
7.8 |
89 |
66 |
SIMPSON (YORK) | 2.34 |
2.67 |
93.3 |
73.5 |
2.2 |
2.0 |
12 |
16 |
WATES | 2.16 |
3.88 |
1,193.6 |
1,033.9 |
25.7 |
40.1 |
48 |
46 |
RG CARTER | 2.05 |
3.59 |
249.2 |
252.9 |
5.1 |
9.1 |
18 |
20 |
BOUYGUES & SUBSIDIARIES | 2.05 |
3.59 |
1,017.8 |
1,037.8 |
20.9 |
37.2 |
93 |
67 |
TRANT HOLDINGS | 2.00 |
2.86 |
83.8 |
65.4 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
35 |
39 |
EMCOR | 1.96 |
2.05 |
339.9 |
330.2 |
6.7 |
6.8 |
7 |
11 |
BAM CONSTRUCTION/NUTTALL | 1.94 |
1.46 |
1,647.3 |
1,754.6 |
32.0 |
25.6 |
40 |
44 |
SEDDON | 1.92 |
3.27 |
283.2 |
268.5 |
5.4 |
8.8 |
26 |
28 |
VOLKERWESSELLS UK | 1.84 |
-0.28 |
666.2 |
557.0 |
12.2 |
-1.5 |
44 |
49 |
JOHN GRAHAM | 1.79 |
1.86 |
264.2 |
216.6 |
4.7 |
4.0 |
54 |
57 |
GSH GROUP | 1.74 |
3.26 |
206.0 |
208.8 |
3.6 |
6.8 |
8 |
13 |
LAING O'ROURKE | 1.69 |
1.64 |
1,622.4 |
1,746.3 |
27.4 |
28.6 |
6 |
10 |
MORGAN SINDALL | 1.67 |
1.80 |
2,047.1 |
2,226.6 |
34.2 |
40.0 |
34 |
42 |
McLAREN | 1.61 |
2.64 |
376.4 |
266.6 |
6.1 |
7.0 |
72 |
62 |
OGILVIE GROUP | 1.61 |
1.61 |
168.8 |
171.8 |
2.7 |
2.8 |
32 |
37 |
NG BAILEY | 1.57 |
-0.99 |
458.6 |
419.2 |
7.2 |
-4.2 |
60 |
61 |
TEIGHMORE | 1.43 |
1.47 |
194.3 |
210.6 |
2.8 |
3.1 |
43 |
56 |
BYRNE GROUP | 1.42 |
3.81 |
267.5 |
232.2 |
3.8 |
8.8 |
15 |
26 |
VINCI UK | 1.38 |
1.78 |
1,106.7 |
1,112.7 |
15.3 |
19.8 |
49 |
58 |
ARDMORE | 1.30 |
-2.22 |
240.6 |
286.1 |
3.1 |
-6.3 |
56 |
64 |
HIGGINS | 1.20 |
1.61 |
203.0 |
185.5 |
2.4 |
3.0 |
47 |
60 |
CLANCY | 1.15 |
0.99 |
250.7 |
205.3 |
2.9 |
2.0 |
52 |
65 |
RGCM | 1.10 |
1.34 |
214.8 |
219.3 |
2.4 |
2.9 |
27 |
40 |
MILLER | 1.06 |
-15.79 |
619.9 |
587.6 |
6.6 |
-92.8 |
100 |
79 |
BARNES GROUP | 0.99 |
1.86 |
63.7 |
53.6 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
73 |
69 |
BARR | 0.90 |
-1.49 |
164.3 |
210.9 |
1.5 |
-3.1 |
79 |
71 |
BULLOCK CONSTRUCTION | 0.86 |
2.39 |
151.9 |
158.7 |
1.3 |
3.8 |
17 |
30 |
WILLMOTT DIXON | 0.86 |
1.22 |
1,034.0 |
1,052.1 |
8.9 |
12.9 |
62 |
68 |
BUCKINGHAM | 0.83 |
2.47 |
182.4 |
167.4 |
1.5 |
4.1 |
91 |
78 |
M.V. KELLY LIMITED | 0.80 |
4.11 |
87.6 |
78.6 |
0.7 |
3.2 |
99 |
80 |
BASE BUILD | 0.79 |
1.60 |
65.3 |
35.4 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
1 |
5 |
BALFOUR BEATTY | 0.69 |
2.23 |
10,896.0 |
11,035.0 |
75.0 |
246.0 |
84 |
76 |
LAGAN | 0.67 |
0.44 |
127.8 |
97.2 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
65 |
72 |
MIDAS | 0.66 |
0.33 |
180.5 |
211.7 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
61 |
73 |
T CLARKE | 0.62 |
2.67 |
193.8 |
183.8 |
1.2 |
4.9 |
37 |
70 |
SISK | 0.47 |
-1.21 |
293.9 |
373.6 |
1.4 |
-4.5 |
55 |
75 |
LONGCROSS | 0.45 |
0.46 |
205.9 |
263.7 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
71 |
77 |
NORTH MIDLAND CONSTRUCTION | 0.42 |
-0.47 |
168.9 |
167.2 |
0.7 |
-0.8 |
41 |
74 |
GEOFFREY OSBORNE | 0.37 |
1.23 |
280.7 |
287.0 |
1.0 |
3.5 |
70 |
81 |
ESH HOLDINGS | 0.24 |
0.27 |
170.2 |
168.3 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
11 |
59 |
ISG | 0.23 |
0.76 |
1,281.5 |
1,195.6 |
3.0 |
9.0 |
66 |
82 |
CITY BUILDING (GLASGOW) | 0.17 |
14.17 |
178.6 |
158.9 |
0.3 |
22.5 |
85 |
83 |
HEADCROWN | 0.11 |
-7.37 |
120.5 |
134.2 |
0.1 |
-9.9 |
98 |
84 |
SPELLER METCALFE | 0.09 |
0.38 |
71.6 |
53.3 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
97 |
85 |
CITY BUILDING (CONTRACTS) | 0.07 |
0.09 |
74.6 |
57.9 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
76 |
87 |
GB BUILDING SOLUTIONS | -0.17 |
0.16 |
155.6 |
130.1 |
-0.3 |
0.2 |
87 |
86 |
TOLENT | -0.17 |
-2.68 |
109.8 |
105.0 |
-0.2 |
-2.8 |
42 |
89 |
ROBERTSON GROUP | -0.37 |
-1.44 |
269.3 |
232.0 |
-1.0 |
-3.3 |
28 |
90 |
MORRISON UTILITY SERVICES | -0.40 |
-1.02 |
548.3 |
498.7 |
-2.2 |
-5.1 |
88 |
88 |
GF TOMLINSON | -0.44 |
1.41 |
108.4 |
137.5 |
-0.5 |
1.9 |
83 |
91 |
MABEY | -2.14 |
6.75 |
129.9 |
127.7 |
-2.8 |
8.6 |
64 |
93 |
SGN CONTRACTING | -3.20 |
-0.55 |
180.7 |
174.2 |
-5.8 |
-1.0 |
81 |
92 |
BRETT GROUP | -3.21 |
-1.72 |
150.5 |
139.4 |
-4.8 |
-2.4 |
68 |
94 |
WILLIAM HARE | -3.85 |
0.84 |
177.2 |
182.2 |
-6.8 |
1.5 |
14 |
98 |
ENTERPRISE | -3.96 |
-12.44 |
1,125.4 |
1,086.9 |
-44.6 |
-135.2 |
59 |
95 |
UNITED HOUSE | -5.54 |
2.52 |
196.9 |
229.9 |
-10.9 |
5.8 |
46 |
96 |
SEVERFIELD-ROWEN | -8.46 |
3.11 |
256.6 |
267.8 |
-21.7 |
8.3 |
45 |
97 |
SPIE MATTHEW HALL | -8.72 |
-1.41 |
263.8 |
311.8 |
-23.0 |
-4.4 |
38 |
99 |
ENSERVE (SPICE) | -27.26 |
-1.03 |
287.6 |
300.7 |
-78.4 |
-3.1 |
23 |
100 |
LAKESIDE 1 (KEEPMOAT) | -69.90 |
-12.70 |
676.1 |
677.1 |
-472.6 |
-86.0 |