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 October, with an awards event in November, and alumni dinners during the year.
The closing date for nominations for the 2020 league table is 17 July, with publication on 27 September.
Top Track 250 entry criteria
The closing date for nominations for the 2020 league table is 17 July, with publication on 27 September.
Sales £120m – £700m
- 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 £110m and £700m
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
Revolut sales rocket 180% to hit £163m, though losses widen to £107m as our #SageTechTrack100 No 1 acquired 6.5m customers and added nearly 2,000 staff in 2019. CEO Nik Storonsky said the focus is now on profitability at the $5.5bn fintech https://t.co/EQZdx5Vkyx
.@goustocooking to create 400 jobs with new Warrington distribution site after reporting online sales of its recipe boxes up 115% during #Covid19. Our 20th #SageTechTrack100 is published with @ST_Business on 6 Sept. @sabbygill7 https://t.co/d5IQ3cy8Bq https://t.co/F9oNoHehhT
@FrancoMancaPizz boss David Page – who floated @PizzaExpress – hails success of Eat Out to Help Out. Page grew our 2016 #VirginAtlanticFastTrack100 ‘One to Watch’ @MEATLiquor from a burger van into a chain of 12 restaurants, with sales of £15m in 2019. https://t.co/f2tcbjRqlE https://t.co/AYkAgvPhnj
@OVOEnergy appoints @Ofwat chairman Jonson Cox as non-exec director. A #VirginAtlanticFastTrack100 ‘One to Watch’ in 2013, OVO now has 5m customers with sales of £1bn in 2018. Noms are open for our 2020 Ones to Watch, published with @ST_Business on 6 Dec. https://t.co/1al4LNKqZW https://t.co/5RuOCokUd7
@Deliveroo – a ‘One to Watch’ in 2017 – has its sale of a 16% stake to @amazon approved. Our 16th annual #PwCTopTrack250 is published with @ST_Business on 27 Sept. https://t.co/lTqwzwecVY https://t.co/5IY5mSE1a8
#SageTechTrack100 alumnus @RateSetter acquired by @MetroBank_Help for £12m. Our 20th anniversary league table supplement is published with @ST_Business on 6 Sept. https://t.co/kHto45zw6Z https://t.co/5b3W3r6IJ2
@bdoaccountant supports #ExportAcademy launched by @tradegovuk to help UK #tech companies recover from #Covid19. BDO has sponsored our Tech Track 100 for 12 years and the 20th anniversary #SageTechTrack100 is published with @ST_Business on 6 Sept https://t.co/ZPcUZAkwFW
#SageTechTrack100 alumnus @oxfordnanopore providing 450,000 #COVID19 testing kits – with results in 90 mins – to UK govt next week, with millions more ready for winter. Our 20th anniversary league table is published with @ST_Business on 6 Sept. https://t.co/6B1KKuzNZF https://t.co/6brfuSeUUD
@Arm in talks over sale by @SoftBank to @nvidia in £24bn+ deal. The chip designer featured on our inaugural #VirginAtlanticFastTrack100 in 1997 with sales of £17m. Noms are open for our 24th annual league table, published with @ST_Business on 6 Dec. https://t.co/4p4lePG8lc https://t.co/h7nK9D2XxA
@INEOS, the UK’s biggest private company, launches global consumer healthcare business – @INEOSHygienics – which will sponsor @MercedesAMGF1 @britgrandprix. #HSBCTopTrack100 https://t.co/WlA0Wkdg7B https://t.co/ITHwmh88aB
Types of company
Total sales
£120m - £700mProfits
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
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, chief executive, 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 £9.4bn
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