The Sunday Times PwC Top Track 250 league table ranks Britain’s leading mid-market private companies with the biggest sales. It is compiled by Fast Track and published in The Sunday Times each September, with an awards event in November, and alumni dinners during the year.
Top Track 250 entry criteria
The closing date for nominations for the 2021 league table is 16 July, with publication on 3 October.
Sales £100m – £750m
- UK registered, unquoted, and not subsidiaries
- Sales are taken as total turnover, net of VAT
- Sales in the latest year must have grown by 5% or more for companies with the highest sales, graduated to 10% for those with lower sales; or profit growth must have been 5% or more
- Companies must also have operating profit margins that exceed 2%
- Trading weeks in the latest year have to exceed 25
- Companies may have their ultimate holding company offshore
- Sales are typically between £100m and £750m
Exclusions
- Companies that are equal joint ventures, or majority-owned by quoted or other companies
- Companies with the majority of sales generated by their quoted subsidiaries
- Companies with fewer than 50 staff
- Not-for-profit companies, co-operative societies, mutual societies, provident associations, and member-owned buying groups
- 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
Last week’s 22nd Sunday Times #BDOProfitTrack100 will be republished in the tablet edition on Sunday, ranking Britain’s 100 private firms with the fastest-growing profits. They achieved average profit growth of 33% to 133% a year – largely before #Covid19 struck.
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Our #BDOProfitTrack100 is the final league table to be published by Fast Track. Hamish Stevenson, our founder, has decided to close the company at the end of June after hosting its final virtual events, including our 24th annual Fast Track 100 awards in May. Click for more.
More than three quarters (78) of #BDOProfitTrack100 companies sell internationally, with key markets including the US and Europe. Our free 29-page research report provides insights into Britain’s private companies with the fastest-growing profits.
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As Covid restrictions ease, UK firms are being offered support for growth, writes Stuart Lisle, senior tax partner at @bdoaccountant, in our 22nd annual #BDOProfitTrack100 supplement. Published yesterday in The Sunday Times, with title sponsorship for an eighth year from BDO.
Businesses are adjusting to the impact of #Covid19 and see potential for expansion, writes Tim Hinton, head of corporate and commercial banking at Santander UK, in our 22nd annual #ProfitTrack100 league table supplement, published yesterday in The Sunday Times.
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Capital, contracts and customers will flow to good citizen companies, writes Giles Nicholas, managing director at @UBS Wealth Management, in our Sunday Times #ProfitTrack100 supplement. It was published yesterday with @ST_Business, with main sponsorship for a 19th year from UBS.
Our Sunday Times #BDOProfitTrack100 was published yesterday, ranking Britain’s private firms with the fastest-growing profits, with average operating profit growth of 59% a year – largely before #Covid19 struck – to combined profits of £931m, on sales of £8.7bn.
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Congrats to companies ranked 91-100 on our Sunday Times #BDOProfitTrack100 ranking of Britain’s 100 private companies with the fastest-growing profits including: @CG_Fry @GlobalMerch @_KidsPlanet @tenthrevgroup
@Uinsure_adviser @BromptonBicycle @SimarcoL
Congrats to those ranked 81-90 on our Sunday Times #BDOProfitTrack100 ranking of Britain’s 100 private firms with the fastest-growing profits: Corinthian Brands @RSKGroup @AtlasFMUK @GHBLtd @FlyACC @and_partnership @GroundControlGC @CanaganPetFood @globus_group @cooperturnerltd
Congrats to those ranked 71-80 on our Sunday Times #BDOProfitTrack100 ranking of Britain’s 100 private firms with the fastest-growing profits: @aspenpumpsgroup @Nexus_uw @PeldonRose @smartergardener @ExcelRedstone TMC Pharma @HPL_Motors @Edge_Worldwide @PHrarebooks Pets Corner
Types of company
Total sales
£100m - £750mProfits
up to £100mSales/profit growth
min 5% annualStaff
50 - 5,000Huge PR value, creating genuine interest, advisors and suppliers Matt Moulding, founder & CEO, The Hut Group
We appreciate the recognition and look forward to climbing the league table Andrew Hodgson, CEO, Beck & Pollitzer
The Top Track 250 award is a 'feather in the cap' for our company Bharat Shah, co-founder & MD, Sigma Pharmaceuticals
Meeting really interesting people and talking about challenges and successes is always stimulating Kim Coles, FD, Lush
Great to be recognised and associated with such strong brands Kim Zaheer, CFO, Dreams
A great opportunity to celebrate success and learn from like-minded business leaders Simon Arora, CEO, B&M Retail
Alumni success stories
First featured with sales of £256m. Floated in 2014 at valuation of £3.4bn
First featured with sales of £305m; floated in 2014 and completed a $13bn merger with IHS in 2016
First featured with sales of £143m. Floated in 2010 and now valued at £21bn
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