The Sunday Times BDO Profit Track 100 league table ranks Britain’s 100 private companies with the fastest-growing profits over their latest three years. It is compiled by Fast Track and published as a supplement in The Sunday Times each April, with a national awards event in June and alumni dinners throughout the year.
The closing date for nominations for the 2020 league table is 2 February 2020, with publication on 5 April 2020.
Profit Track 100 entry criteria
The closing date for nominations for the 2020 league table is 2 February 2020, with publication on 5 April 2020.
- UK registered, unquoted, and not subsidiaries
- Profits of at least £500,000 in the base year (2015 or 2016)
- Profits of at least £3m in the latest year (2018 or 2019)
- Profits are defined as operating profits before exceptional items
- Profits must increase in the latest year, from 2017 to 2018, or 2018 to 2019
- Trading weeks in the base and latest years have to exceed 25
- Excluded companies include pure property and financial trading companies, and those with restricted accounts; companies that are equal joint ventures, or majority-owned by quoted or other companies
- Companies that do not meet the criteria can still be considered for the Ones to Watch programme. This is a selection of companies that have either achieved, or predict, good profit growth
- We reserve the right to change the qualification criteria set out above and to make exceptions. This is not a competition; the compiler’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into
Thanks to @UBS for supporting #ProfitTrack100 for 18 years, celebrating the UK’s private companies with the fastest-growing profits
Many thanks to @SantanderUK for supporting #ProfitTrack100 for a second year, recognising the private companies with the fastest-growing profits
Our thanks to @BDOaccountant for supporting #ProfitTrack100 for 7 years, recognising the UK’s private companies with the fastest-growing profits
Past @BDOaccountant #ProfitTrack100 companies include @krispykremeUK, @moneycouk and @wagamama_uk. Help us find 2020’s profit stars:
UK tech start-ups raised a record £10.1bn from investors in 2019, growing faster than the US & China. #TechTrack100 star @Checkout raised $230m in May, while @monzo @babylonhealth & @CMRSurgical raised substantial sums & are now unicorns valued at $1bn+
From services and construction, to retail and wholesale, we’re hunting for 2020’s @BDOaccountant #ProfitTrack100 companies
.@TheTimes’ Tempus column says “@Ocado will deliver for investors”, in an insightful piece highlighting the success of @OcadoSolutions – its AI-driven logistics business, which is partnering with major supermarkets worldwide #TechTrack100 #TopTrack250
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2019’s @BDOaccountant #ProfitTrack100 league table companies achieved profit growth of 78% a year over their last three years of accounts, to a total of £840m in 2017/18. We’re seeking 2020’s stars:
.@BrewDog opens alcohol-free bar in London offering 15 taps of non-alcoholic craft beer on draught @VirginAtlantic #FastTrack100 @BrewDogJames @MartinDickie https://t.co/VS9T9JkOjA
“We are striving to be the Nike or Adidas of the reusable world” James Butterfield and Tim Bouscarle, founders of @ST_Business #FastTrack100 No. 1 company @Chillysbottles, on how they’re saving the planet one bottle at a time @VirginAtlantic #FastTrack100 https://t.co/vTegKF5EFk
Types of company
Total sales
£20m - £350mTotal profits
£3m - £40mAverage 3 year profit growth
50% - 170% paStaff
20 - 1,000The Profit Track 100 companies put the 'Great' into Great Britain, contributing a serious input into the UK economy Dame Mary Perkins, co-founder & director, Specsavers
Profit Track 100 recognises great talent, true entrepreneurial spirit and excellent private companies that drive our economy Dame Rosemary Squire OBE, co-founder, Ambassador Theatre Group
Great congregation of inspiring and life changing companies upon which the UK will increasingly depend Colin Tenwick, non-executive chairman, Addison Lee
This is the best networking event in the UK Stuart Hennell, co-founder & managing director, Watchfinder
Fast Track is a great accolade for any business to include on its letterhead and demonstrate your success Peter Swift, group finance director, Peninsula
A great showcase for the unsung but oh-so-important private businesses who generate so much for the UK economy Sir James Wates CBE, chairman, Wates
Best networking event you ever go to! But you have to earn your place Keith Knowles OBE, founder & chief executive, Beds and Bars
Alumni success stories
Featured with profits of £15m. Floated in 2000, now worth £1.4bn after merger with Dixons
First featured with profits of £6m. Sold to Bavaguthu Shetty for £1bn in 2014
First featured with profits of £24m, profits of £1bn on sales of £4bn in 2018
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