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
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.@Gocompare agrees £594m sale to media group @futureplc. Founded in 2006 by Welsh entrepreneur Hayley Parsons (pictured), the price comparison site featured on our #SageTechTrack100 in 2011 https://t.co/U3Z8cInAuo https://t.co/PZhuAAi5zO
Our #VirginAtlanticFastTrack100 alumnus Ennismore, which owns @Gleneagleshotel and @thehoxton hotel chain, to launch €1bn joint venture with @Accor comprising 73 hotels, with plans to build more than 100 worldwide @SharonPasricha https://t.co/eO5n7AMaL8 https://t.co/UpGkB1YULf
Our #VirginAtlanticFastTrack100 alumnus @ao led by @johnrobertsAO reports pre-tax profits of £18.3m for six months to 30 Sept – compared to a £5.7m loss last year – with H1 sales up 53% to £717m as online shopping surges. https://t.co/ehOQlBW4GD https://t.co/PS2SlfsCEf
Eyewear designer @Inspecs acquires German eyewear firm Eschenbach for £85m. Our 2019 #BDOProfitTrack100 Ones to Watch award winner produces 8m frames annually, including brand products for the likes of @Superdry and @CaterpillarInc https://t.co/pIYvtAeywP https://t.co/eJknXcHe0Y
Watch highlights from our #HSBCTopTrack100 virtual networking event for senior directors, held yesterday, and read our news report. Hostage negotiator Suzanne Williams gave a keynote and took questions from guests. @HSBCUKBusiness @LinklatersLLP
“Virtual working has given us new possibilities” – Sarah Wiggins, senior corporate partner @LinklatersLLP, our main sponsor, welcomes 54 directors running Britain’s biggest private companies to our #TopTrack100 virtual networking event.
“Corporate Britain is starting to breathe again” – Jonathan Graham, head of large corporates @HSBCUKBusiness, our title sponsor, welcomes 54 senior directors running Britain’s biggest private companies to our #HSBCTopTrack100 virtual networking event. https://t.co/auE3mx2BR4
Hostage negotiator Suzanne Williams outlines how to succeed in pressure business negotiations at today’s #HSBCTopTrack100 virtual networking event for more than 65 senior directors running UK's biggest private cos – made possible by our sponsors @HSBCUKBusiness and @LinklatersLLP
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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