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.
The closing date for nominations for the 2021 league table is 16 July, with publication on 3 October.
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
If you missed last week’s 12th Sunday Times #HSBCIntTrack200 it will be republished in the tablet edition on Sunday, ranking Britain’s 200 mid-market private companies with the fastest-growing overseas sales and highlighting how they have responded to the pandemic and #Brexit.
Sipcom, which featured on #SageTechTrack100 in 2020, has been acquired by Content+Cloud, which appeared in 2016. Led by founder Daniel Allen, Sipcom saw sales rise 57% a year to £12.5m in 2020.
ATG, the online auction firm, has risen in value from £600m to £800m following its IPO this week. Now led by John-Paul Savant, it was a #BDOProfitTrack100 Ones to Watch in 2014 with profits of £3.3m. Our 22nd annual Profit Track 100 is out on 11th April. https://t.co/xhV7C2ozbj
Our E-commerce Top 10, supported by @dhlexpressuk, is for e-commerce companies on this year’s ST_Business #IntTrack200. Congrats to:
@gethuel
@bullionbypost
@ohpolly
@Chillysbottles
@TimeWS100
@oneretailgroup
@sweatybetty (pic)
@Gymshark
@MakeupRVLTN
@ProCookUK
60% of @ST_Business #HSBCIntTrack200 companies said Brexit has had no / neutral impact on their business; 33% reported a negative impact. Our free 32-page research report provides key insights into Britain’s private companies with the fastest-growing international sales
@HSBC_UK
The 12th annual Sunday Times #HSBCIntTrack200 was published yesterday, ranking Britain’s 200 mid-market private companies with the fastest-growing international sales. Click to read the latest supplement: https://t.co/tB3B4SagRl https://t.co/PsS0cwHDS8
Trade with Europe might be trickier but the case for overseas expansion remains, writes Ian Wilson, chief executive UK & Ireland of our main sponsor DHL Express, in our 12th annual #IntTrack200 league table supplement, published yesterday in ST_Business.
@dhlexpressuk
Firms are showing leadership in sustainability as they grow their international sales, writes Jane Galvin in our 12th annual #HSBCIntTrack200 league table supplement, published yesterday in @ST_Business, with title sponsorship for a 12th year from @HSBC_UK. Click through to read.
The Covid crisis has knocked confidence but exporters remain optimistic, writes Amanda Murphy in our 12th annual #HSBCIntTrack200 league table supplement, published yesterday in The Sunday Times, with title sponsorship for a 12th year from @HSBC_UK. Click to read.
@ST_Business
Our 12th annual Sunday Times #HSBCIntTrack200 was published yesterday, ranking Britain’s 200 mid-market private companies with the fastest-growing international sales and highlighting how they have adapted to the pandemic and #Brexit. Click to read our news report:
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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