Top 100 Contractors and Housebuilders 2002 | Features

Top 100: Contractors and housebuilders by turnover
	Company	Total turnover £000	Year end	Contracting £000	Housing £000	Property £000	Services £000	Other £000
1	Amec	4,554,100	Dec-01	2,657,800		101,400	1,765,200	29,700
2	Balfour Beatty 1	3,071,000	Dec-01	2,936,000				135,000
3	Taylor Woodrow	2,138,400	Dec-01	438,700	1,523,000	176,700
4	Carillion	1,989,100	Dec-01	1,335,900			609,300	43,900
5	Wimpey	1,895,900	Dec-01		1,895,900
6	Mowlem	1,698,000	Dec-01	1,373,000		6,000	319,000
7	Barratt Developments	1,515,000	Jun-01		1,515,000
8	Persimmon	1,477,467	Dec-01		1,477,467
9	Laing	1,389,200	Dec-01	548,200	550,700	71,200		219,100
10	Skanska Construction* 2	1,348,000	Dec-01	1,348,000
11	Interserve 3	1,273,300	Dec-01	537,800			706,900	28,600
12	Kier Group	1,251,100	Jun-01	1,121,300	126,100			3,700
13	Jarvis 4	949,385	Mar-02				949,385
14	Berkeley Group	947,489	Apr-01		868,948	78,541
15	Morgan Sindall 5	909,168	Dec-01	497,993	155,971			255,204
16	Alfred McAlpine 6	859,680	Dec-01	334,977	305,702		195,399	23,602
17	Amey 7	831,409	Dec-01				831,409
18	Wilson Bowden	789,500	Dec-01		646,700	142,800
19	Wilson Connolly	709,800	Dec-01		709,800
20	HBG Construction	706,300	Dec-01	669,900		28,800		7,600
21	Bellway	695,720	Jul-01		695,720
22	Bovis Lend Lease	649,494	Jun-01	649,494
23	Crest Nicholson	608,500	Oct-01	192,500	381,300	34,700
24	Miller	596,500	Dec-01	276,400	235,200	84,900
25	Galliford Try	570,673	Jun-01	457,299	111,380			1,994
26	Westbury 8	560,105	Feb-02		560,105
27	Shepherd Building Group	545,700	Jun-01	221,644				324,056
28	Morrison Construction/AWG 9	499,601	Mar-01	317,107			180,979	1,515
29	Mansell*	491,956	Dec-01	491,956
30	Costain Group	462,900	Dec-01	462,900
31	Sir Robert McAlpine	457,773	Oct-01	457,773
32	Wates Construction	426,862	Dec-01	426,862
33	Birse Group	423,423	Apr-01	414,919		4,409		4,095
34	MJ Gleeson	422,470	Jun-01	295,065	123,419	3,986
35	Keller Group	422,248	Dec-01	422,248
36	Redrow Group 10	421,249	Jun-01		416,963	4,286
37	N G Bailey	416,235	Feb-01	416,235
38	MITIE Group	415,375	Mar-01				415,375
39	Bowmer & Kirkland *	413,855	Aug-01	413,855
40	Interior Services Group 11	405,352	Jun-01	405,352
41	Countryside Properties	404,100	Sep-01		385,649	18,451
42	Bloor Holdings	394,620	Jun-01		251,083			143,537
43	Ballast	390,153	Dec-00	390,153
44	Peterhouse	368,804	Dec-01	158,187			210,617
45	Bovis Homes	358,543	Dec-01		358,543
46	Fairview Holdings	349,443	Dec-01		349,443
47	Vinci*	343,153	Dec-01	343,153
48	Emcor Drake & Scull*	329,971	Dec-01	329,971
49	McNicholas Construction*	324,304	Mar-01	324,304
50	Montpellier	311,917	Sep-01	311,917
51	Willmott Dixon*	302,173	Dec-01	302,173
52	Lorne Stewart	234,649	Dec-01	234,649
53	Henry Boot*	234,124	Dec-01	156,124	78,000
54	Simons Group	232,013	Mar-01	204,187		26,175		1,651
55	Ringway Group	221,875	Dec-01				221,875
56	Fitzpatrick	206,801	Dec-01	206,801
57	RG Carter Holdings*	189,656	Dec-00	189,656
58	Enterprise	185,900	Dec-01				185,900
59	Accord	183,502	Dec-01				183,502
60	O'Rourke	179,708	Mar-01	142,511				37,197
61	Linden	175,097	Dec-01		175,097
62	First Engineering	173,202	Mar-01				173,202
63	J Murphy & Sons	173,063	Dec-00	173,063
64	McCarthy & Stone	167,500	Aug-01		167,500
65	Southern Electric Contracting	166,444	Mar-01	166,444
66	Cala Group	158,217	Jun-01		146,764	11,453
67	Tolent Construction	153,746	Dec-01	153,746
68	Osborne*	150,585	Mar-01	150,585
69	Stewart Milne*	149,803	Jun-01		149,803
70	Severfield-Rowen	145,786	Dec-01	145,786
71	May Gurney Group*	141,722	Mar-01	141,722
72	Marshall Holdings*	140,659	Dec-00	140,659
73	Biwater	135,500	Mar-01	87,900				47,600
74	T Clarke	131,795	Dec-01	131,795
75	ROK Property Solutions	129,391	Dec-01	106,230		14,297	2,347	6,517
76	Planned Maintenance	128,474	Dec-01				128,474
77	Seddon Group*	126,410	Dec-00	126,410
78	John Sisk	122,188	Dec-00	122,188
79	Dean & Dyball	121,435	Sep-01	121,435
80	John Doyle Group	117,852	Dec-00	114,089				3,763
81	David McLean	116,941	Jun-01	116,941
82	Styles & Wood	115,228	Dec-01					115,228
83	Stenoak Associated Services	114,803	Dec-01				114,803
84	Dew Pitchmastic	112,604	Oct-01	112,604
85	McNicholas*	111,794	Dec-00	111,794
86	Barr*	110,467	Mar-01	110,467
87	Llewellyn Management Services*	107,282	Sep-01	107,282
88	Melville Dundas*	106,925	Dec-00	106,925
89	Sunley Turriff Holdings	106,291	Dec-00	105,113				1,178
90	Haymills	102,519	Mar-01	82,852				19,667
91	Higgins Group	99,647	Jul-01	78,142	21,505
92	Clugston Group	98,939	Jan-01	76,252		187		22,500
93	Connaught	98,430	Aug-01				98,430
94	Tulloch Group	96,861	Dec-01	53,307	34,625	1,727	5,326	1,876
95	Bett Brothers	91,231	Aug-01		77,423	5,759		8,049
96	Clancy Group*	86,721	Mar-01				86,721
97	Croudace	82,366	Jun-01		81,429			937
98	Midas Group	75,428	Apr-01	72,233		3,195
99	Dawn Group	70,182	Jan-01	52,565	4,600	13,017
100	SDC Holdings*	61,684	Sep-01	61,684
	Total	50,829,910		26,545,178	14,580,839	831,983	7,384,144	1,487,766
notes
* full split of activities not provided in reports and accounts, therefore turnover and/or profit assigned to main activity
1 Balfour Beatty data not split by type of activity
2 Skanska turnover converted from Norwegian Krona 11.6 = £1
3 Interserve services figure includes Equipment Services (RMD Kwikform)
4 Jarvis now classifies all turnover as services
5 Morgan Sindall acquired Pipeline Constructors in early 2002. Housing refers to affordable housing
6 Alfred McAlpine sold its homes division to Wimpey in 2001
7 Amey now classifies all turnover as services
8 Westbury acquired Prowting in early 2002
9 Morrison Construction Group was taken over by Anglian Water Group in 2000
10 Redrow acquired Tay Homes in early 2002
11 Interior Services Group data excludes construction management

Top 100: Contractors and housebuilders by pre-tax profit
	Company	Total pre-tax profit £000**	Year end	Contracting £000	Housing £000	Property £000	Services £000	Other £000	Interest etc* £000**
1	Taylor Woodrow	202,300	Dec-01	10,800	182,400	41,700			-32,600
2	Barratt Developments	178,400	Jun-01		190,800				-12,400
3	Berkeley Group	178,114	Apr-01		168,882	17,808			-8,576
4	Persimmon	166,737	Dec-01		203,692				-36,955
5	Wimpey	152,000	Dec-01		213,100				-61,100
6	Wilson Bowden	139,200	Dec-01		127,000	24,400			-12,200
7	Fairview Holdings	111,738	Dec-01		111,757				-19
8	Balfour Beatty*	104,000	Dec-01	90,000				46,000	-32,000
9	Bellway	101,455	Jul-01		107,381				-5,926
10	Amec	80,700	Dec-01	63,200		12,700	74,400	4,400	-74,000
11	Bovis Homes	80,006	Dec-01		85,225				-5,219
12	Redrow Group	72,104	Jun-01		76,211	1,837		1,427	-7,371
13	Westbury	71,065	Feb-02		78,677				-7,612
14	McCarthy & Stone	60,500	Aug-01		60,300				200
15	Crest Nicholson	53,100	Oct-01	1,400	59,400	2,600			-10,300
16	Jarvis	45,829	Mar-02				62,471		-16,642
17	Wilson Connolly	45,100	Dec-01		60,800				-15,700
18	Alfred McAlpine	43,789	Dec-01	18,086	32,019		7,124	-8,449	-4,991
19	Interserve	39,300	Dec-01	14,700			49,600	-4,000	-21,000
20	Miller	38,200	Dec-01	8,700	20,300	13,000			-3,800
21	Biwater	36,100	Mar-01					-12,200	48,300
22	Carillion	35,000	Dec-01	22,300			29,800	5,500	-22,600
23	Skanska Construction	30,400	Dec-01	26,000					4,400
24	Countryside Properties	30,352	Sep-01		38,503	1,031			-9,182
25	Mowlem	29,500	Dec-01	24,300		1,300	12,000	-300	-7,800
26	Bloor Holdings	27,061	Jun-01		37,339			-3,485	-6,793
27	Mitie Group	25,075	Mar-01				25,027		48
28	Keller Group	22,393	Dec-01	25,429					-3,036
29	Kier Group	21,900	Jun-01	11,100	16,200			900	-6,300
30	Morgan Sindall	20,770	Dec-01	6,696	4,292			12,834	-3,052
31	Marshall Holdings*	19,858	Dec-00	20,886					-1,028
32	MJ Gleeson	18,863	Jun-01	7,826	10,208	5,874			-5,045
33	Linden	18,419	Dec-01		20,055				-1,636
34	Vinci*	17,619	Dec-01	10,039					7,580
35	Bowmer & Kirkland *	17,579	Aug-01	15,024					2,555
36	Bovis Lend Lease	15,960	Jun-01	12,378					3,582
37	HBG Construction	14,300	Dec-01	8,300		8,600		2,400	-5,000
38	Croudace	13,739	Jun-01		13,573			166
39	Henry Boot*	13,410	Dec-01	14,307					-897
40	Shepherd Building Group	13,200	Jun-01	1,754				12,346	-900
41	Peterhouse	12,954	Dec-01	6,053			13,976		-7,075
42	Sir Robert McAlpine	12,095	Oct-01	4,766	7,329
43	Wates Construction	10,510	Dec-01	7,673					2,837
44	Bett Brothers	10,060	Aug-01		8,888	2,859		1,716	-3,403
45	Southern Electric Contracting	10,045	Mar-01	9,140					905
46	RG Carter Holdings*	9,038	Dec-00	4,902					4,136
47	Costain Group	8,700	Dec-01	2,200					6,500
48	T Clarke	8,425	Dec-01	7,860					565
49	Ringway Group	8,166	Dec-01				8,472		-306
50	Enterprise	8,000	Dec-01				8,200		-200
51	Mansell*	7,695	Dec-01	8,637					-942
52	NG Bailey	7,532	Feb-01	830					6,702
53	Stewart Milne*	7,502	Jun-01		10,961				-3,459
54	First Engineering	7,103	Mar-01				7,056		47
55	Seddon Group*	6,764	Dec-00	6,683					81
56	Severfield-Rowen	6,507	Dec-01	6,512					-5
57	Interior Services Group	6,227	Jun-01	4,990					1,237
58	Fitzpatrick	6,132	Dec-01	5,594					538
59	Emcor Drake & Scull*	5,957	Dec-01	5,073					884
60	Dawn Group	5,096	Jan-01	1,532	265	3,973			-674
61	Cala Group**	5,093	Jun-01		14,364	5,971			-15,242
62	McNicholas Construction	5,057	Mar-01	4,623					434
63	O'Rourke	4,957	Mar-01	4,012				2,223	-1,278
64	Galliford Try	4,914	Jun-01	6,244	12,810			-2,635	-11,505
65	Lorne Stewart	4,802	Dec-01	4,278					524
66	Willmott Dixon*	4,235	Dec-01	4,237					-2
67	Higgins Group	3,764	Jul-01	3,406	2,999				-2,641
68	ROK Property Solutions	3,761	Dec-01	1,874		1,965	344	376	-798
69	May Gurney Group*	3,568	Mar-01	3,503					65
70	Montpellier	3,534	Sep-01	2,768					766
71	Styles & Wood	3,283	Dec-01					2,929	354
72	Accord	3,244	Dec-01				6,501		-3,257
73	J Murphy & Sons	2,915	Dec-00	1,833					1,082
74	Ballast	2,887	Dec-00	-5,693					8,580
75	Dew Pitchmastic	2,874	Oct-01	2,810					64
76	Connaught	2,671	Aug-01				2,828		-157
77	John Doyle Group*	2,517	Dec-00	2,263				501	-247
78	David McLean	2,508	Jun-01	3,850					-1,342
79	Tolent Construction	2,376	Dec-01	2,277					99
80	Tulloch Group	2,203	Dec-01	1,748	2,812	-346	488	-592	-1,907
81	Simons Group*	1,917	Mar-01	1,563					354
82	Stenoak Associated Services	1,810	Dec-01				4,553		-2,743
83	Planned Maintenance	1,668	Dec-01				1,859		-191
84	Melville Dundas*	1,611	Dec-00	1,646					-35
85	Midas Group	1,520	Apr-01	1,349					171
86	John Sisk	1,244	Dec-00	596					648
87	McNicholas*	1,225	Dec-00	1,347					-122
88	Osborne*	880	Mar-01	366					514
89	Haymills	777	Mar-01	825				811	-859
90	SDC Holdings*	658	Sep-01	418					240
91	Sunley Turriff Holdings	552	Dec-00	1,174				33	-655
92	Llewellyn Management Services*	491	Sep-01	354					137
93	Dean & Dyball	266	Sep-01	323					-57
94	Clancy Group*	257	Mar-01				938		-681
95	Barr*	-2,617	Mar-01	-1,181					-1,436
96	Clugston Group	-7,539	Jan-01	-8,227		-159		1,253	-406
97	Morrison Construction/AWG	-11,564	Mar-01	-15,487			4,697	-774
98	Amey	-18,255	Dec-01				-20,764		2,509
99	Laing	-24,700	Dec-01	-128,100	56,100	9,700		83,200	-45,600
100	Birse Group	-29,733	Apr-01	-4,607		1,965		1,333	-28,424
	Totals	2,561,274	3,710,428	392,062	2,027,313	156,778	299,570	147,913	-462,362
	Aggregate margins	5%		1.5%	13.9%	18.8%	4.1%	9.9%
Notes:
* full split of activities not provided in reports and accounts, therefore turnover and/or profit assigned to main activity
** total profit refers to pre-tax profit. Breakdowns refer in most cases to operating profit before exceptional items total of profit breakdown plus interest etc = pre-tax profit
*** interest etc refers in general to net interest payments/receipts, exceptional, and other non-trading income or losses

Top 50: Contractors by contracting turnover
	Company	Contracting	Year end £000	Housing £000	Property £000	Services £000	Other £000	Total turnover £000
1	Balfour Beatty*	2,936,000	Dec-01				135,000	3,071,000
2	Amec	2,657,800	Dec-01		101,400	1,765,200	29,700	4,554,100
3	Mowlem	1,373,000	Dec-01		6,000	319,000		1,698,000
4	Skanska Construction*	1,348,000	Dec-01					1,348,000
5	Carillion	1,335,900	Dec-01			609,300	43,900	1,989,100
6	Kier Group*	1,121,300	Jun-01	126,100			3,700	1,251,100
7	HBG Construction	669,900	Dec-01		28,800		7,600	706,300
8	Bovis Lend Lease	649,494	Jun-01					649,494
9	Laing	548,200	Dec-01	550,700	71,200		219,100	1,389,200
10	Interserve	537,800	Dec-01			706,900	28,600	1,273,300
11	Morgan Sindall	497,993	Dec-01	155,971			255,204	909,168
12	Mansell*	491,956	Dec-01					491,956
13	Costain Group*	462,900	Dec-01					462,900
14	Sir Robert McAlpine*	457,773	Oct-01					457,773
15	Galliford Try*	457,299	Jun-01	111,380			1,994	570,673
16	Taylor Woodrow*	438,700	Dec-01	1,523,000	176,700			2,138,400
17	Wates Construction	426,862	Dec-01					426,862
18	Keller Group	422,248	Dec-01					422,248
19	NG Bailey	416,235	Feb-01					416,235
20	Birse Group	414,919	Apr-01		4,409		4,095	423,423
21	Bowmer & Kirkland *	413,855	Aug-01					413,855
22	Interior Services Group*	405,352	Jun-01					405,352
23	Ballast	390,153	Dec-00					390,153
24	Vinci*	343,153	Dec-01					343,153
25	Alfred McAlpine	334,977	Dec-01	305,702		195,399	23,602	859,680
26	Emcor Drake & Skull*	329,971	Dec-01					329,971
27	McNicholas Construction	324,304	Mar-01					324,304
28	Morrison Construction/AWG	317,107	Mar-01			180,979	1,515	499,601
29	Montpellier	311,917	Sep-01					311,917
30	Willmott Dixon*	302,173	Dec-01					302,173
31	MJ Gleeson	295,065	Jun-01	123,419	3,986			422,470
32	Miller	276,400	Dec-01	235,200	84,900			596,500
33	Lorne Stewart*	234,649	Dec-01					234,649
34	Shepherd Building Group	221,644	Jun-01				324,056	545,700
35	Fitzpatrick*	206,801	Dec-01					206,801
36	Simons Group	204,187	Mar-01		26,175		1,651	232,013
37	Crest Nicholson	192,500	Oct-01	381,300	34,700			608,500
38	RG Carter Holdings*	189,656	Dec-00					189,656
39	J Murphy & Sons	173,063	Dec-00					173,063
40	Southern Electric Contracting*	166,444	Mar-01					166,444
41	Peterhouse	158,187	Dec-01			210,617		368,804
42	Henry Boot	156,124	Dec-01	78,000				234,124
43	Tolent Construction	153,746	Dec-01					153,746
44	Osborne*	150,585	Mar-01					150,585
45	Severfield-Rowen	145,786	Dec-01					145,786
46	O’Rourke	142,511	Mar-01				37,197	179,708
47	May Gurney Group*	141,722	Mar-01					141,722
48	Marshall Holdings*	140,659	Dec-00					140,659
49	T Clarke	131,795	Dec-01					131,795
50	Seddon Group	126,410	Dec-00					126,410
Notes
*contracting turnover figures are distorted by the inclusion of other activities such as FM and property

Top 50: Contractors by contracting operating profit
	Company	Contracting	Year end £000	Housing £000	Property £000	Services £000	Other £000	Interest etc* £000**	Total pre-tax profit£000**
1	Balfour Beatty*	90,000	Dec-01				46,000	-32,000	104,000
2	Amec	63,200	Dec-01		12,700	74,400	4,400	-74,000	80,700
3	Skanska Construction	26,000	Dec-01					4,400	30,400
4	Keller Group	25,429	Dec-01					-3,036	22,393
5	Mowlem	24,300	Dec-01		1,300	12,000	-300	-7,800	29,500
6	Carillion	22,300	Dec-01			29,800	5,500	-22,600	35,000
7	Marshall Holdings*	20,886	Dec-00					-1,028	19,858
8	Alfred McAlpine	18,086	Dec-01	32,019		7,124	-8,449	-4,991	43,789
9	Bowmer & Kirkland *	15,024	Aug-01					2,555	17,579
10	Interserve	14,700	Dec-01			49,600	-4,000	-21,000	39,300
11	Henry Boot*	14,307	Dec-01					-897	13,410
12	Bovis Lend Lease	12,378	Jun-01					3,582	15,960
13	Kier Group	11,100	Jun-01	16,200			900	-6,300	21,900
14	Taylor Woodrow	10,800	Dec-01	182,400	41,700			-32,600	202,300
15	Vinci*	10,039	Dec-01					7,580	17,619
16	Southern Electric Contracting	9,140	Mar-01					905	10,045
17	Miller	8,700	Dec-01	20,300	13,000			-3,800	38,200
18	Mansell*	8,637	Dec-01					-942	7,695
19	HBG Construction	8,300	Dec-01		8,600		2,400	-5,000	14,300
20	T Clarke	7,860	Dec-01					565	8,425
21	MJ Gleeson	7,826	Jun-01	10,208	5,874			-5,045	18,863
22	Wates Construction	7,673	Dec-01					2,837	10,510
23	Morgan Sindall	6,696	Dec-01	4,292			12,834	-3,052	20,770
24	Seddon Group*	6,683	Dec-00					81	6,764
25	Severfield-Rowen	6,512	Dec-01					-5	6,507
26	Galliford Try	6,244	Jun-01	12,810			-2,635	-11,505	4,914
27	Peterhouse	6,053	Dec-01			13,976		-7,075	12,954
28	Fitzpatrick	5,594	Dec-01					538	6,132
29	Emcor Drake & Skull*	5,073	Dec-01					884	5,957
30	Interior Services Group	4,990	Jun-01					1,237	6,227
31	RG Carter Holdings*	4,902	Dec-00					4,136	9,038
32	Sir Robert McAlpine	4,766	Oct-01					7,329	12,095
33	McNicholas Construction	4,623	Mar-01					434	5,057
34	Lorne Stewart	4,278	Dec-01					524	4,802
35	Willmott Dixon*	4,237	Dec-01					-2	4,235
36	O’Rourke	4,012	Mar-01				2,223	-1,278	4,957
37	May Gurney Group*	3,503	Mar-01					65	3,568
38	Montpellier	2,768	Sep-01					766	3,534
39	Tolent Construction	2,277	Dec-01					99	2,376
40	Costain Group	2,200	Dec-01					6,500	8,700
41	J Murphy & Sons	1,833	Dec-00					1,082	2,915
42	Shepherd Building Group	1,754	Jun-01				12,346	-900	13,200
43	Simons Group*	1,563	Mar-01					354	1,917
44	Crest Nicholson	1,400	Oct-01	59,400	2,600			-10,300	53,100
45	N G Bailey	830	Feb-01					6,702	7,532
46	Osborne*	366	Mar-01					514	880
47	Birse Group	-4,607	Apr-01		1,965		1,333	-28,424	-29,733
48	Ballast	-5,693	Dec-00					8,580	2,887
49	Morrison Construction/AWG	-15,487	Mar-01			4,697	-774		-11,564
50	Laing	-128,100	Dec-01	56,100	9,700		83,200	-45,600	-24,700
Notes
*contracting profit figures are distorted due to the inclusion of other activities such as FM and property
**interest etc refers in general to net interest payments/receipts, exceptional, and other non-trading income or losses

Top 50: Contractors by operating margin
	Ranking by operating margin (pre-exceptional)
1	Marshall Holdings*	14.85%
2	Henry Boot*	9.16%
3	Keller Group	6.02%
4	T Clarke	5.96%
5	Southern Electric Contracting	5.49%
6	Alfred McAlpine	5.40%
7	Seddon Group*	5.29%
8	Severfield-Rowen	4.47%
9	Peterhouse	3.83%
10	Bowmer & Kirkland *	3.63%
11	Miller	3.15%
12	Balfour Beatty*	3.07%
13	Vinci*	2.93%
14	O’Rourke	2.82%
15	Interserve	2.73%
16	Fitzpatrick	2.71%
17	MJ Gleeson	2.65%
18	RG Carter Holdings*	2.58%
19	May Gurney Group*	2.47%
20	Taylor Woodrow	2.46%
21	Amec	2.38%
22	Skanska Construction	1.93%
23	Bovis Lend Lease	1.91%
24	Lorne Stewart	1.82%
25	Wates Construction	1.80%
26	Mowlem	1.77%
27	Mansell*	1.76%
28	Carillion	1.67%
29	Emcor Drake & Scull*	1.54%
30	Tolent Construction	1.48%
31	McNicholas Construction	1.43%
32	Willmott Dixon*	1.40%
33	Galliford Try	1.37%
34	Morgan Sindall	1.34%
35	HBG Construction	1.24%
36	Interior Services Group	1.23%
37	J Murphy & Sons	1.06%
38	Sir Robert McAlpine	1.04%
39	Kier Group	0.99%
40	Montpellier	0.89%
41	Shepherd Building Group	0.79%
42	Simons Group*	0.77%
43	Crest Nicholson	0.73%
44	Costain Group	0.48%
45	Osborne*	0.24%
46	NG Bailey	0.20%
47	Birse Group	-1.11%
48	Ballast	-1.46%
49	Morrison Construction/AWG	-4.88%
50	Laing	-23.37%
	Average margin	1.9%
	Margin excluding Laing	2.4%
	Average margin 2000	1.7%
	Average margin 1999	2.0%
	Average margin 1998	1.8%
Notes *contracting turnover figures are distorted by the inclusion of other activities such as FM and property

Top 25: Contractors in FM by FM turnover
Position	Company	FM turnover £000s	Operating profit £000s	Operating margin	Activities included in turnover figures
1	Amec	1,765,200	74,400	4.2%	FM, building services, design and environmental services
2	Jarvis	949,385	62,471	6.6%	road, rail, building services
3	Amey	831,409	-20,764	-2.5%	infrastructure maintenance, building services, support services
4	Interserve	706,900	49,600	7.0%	FM, industrial and equipment services
5	Carillion	609,300	29,800	4.9%	building services, roads and rail maintenance
6	Balfour Beatty	450,000	na	na	road and rail maintenance, building services (UK only)
7	Mitie Group	415,375	25,075	6.0%	building services, FM, general R&M
8	Mowlem	319,000	12,000	3.8%	civil and building FM, environmental, cleaning and security
9	Ringway Group	221,875	8,472	3.8%	roads maintenance and associated works
10	Peterhouse	210,617	13,976	6.6%	infrastructure maintenance, building services, safety and environmental
11	Alfred McAlpine	195,399	7,124	3.6%	FM, infrastructure maintenance, plant services
12	Enterprise	185,900	8,200	4.4%	utility and local authority maintenance
13	Accord	183,502	6,501	3.5%	highway maintenance, build maintenance, municipal services
14	Morrison Construction/AWG	180,979	4,697	2.6%	infrastructure maintenance, building services, FM, municipal services
15	First Engineering	173,202	7,056	4.1%	rail maintenance
16	Emcor Drake & Scull*	150,000	na	na	building services and maintenance
17	Planned Maintenance	128,474	1,859	1.4%	building maintenance and FM
18	Galliford Try*	128,000	na		FM
19	Stenoak Associated Services	114,803	4,553	4.0%	highway maintenance
20	Connaught	98,430	2,828	2.9%	public housing, office and retail maintenance
21	Clancy Group*	86,721	938	1.1%	utility/civils maintenance
22	Mansell*	66,000	na		building maintenance division
23	Fitzpatrick*	60,000	na		roads, rail and building maintenance services
24	Kier Group	59,800	na	na	FM, building maintenance
25	McNicholas*	55,897	na		civils maintenance
Notes * estimates based on company data and statements

Top 25: Housebuilders by housing turnover
		Housing turnover £000s	Year end	Contracting £000s	Property £000s	Services £000s	Other £000s	Total turnover £000s
1	Wimpey	1,895,900	Dec-01					1,895,900
2	Taylor Woodrow	1,523,000	Dec-01	438,700	176,700			2,138,400
3	Barratt Developments	1,515,000	Jun-01					1,515,000
4	Persimmon	1,477,467	Dec-01					1,477,467
5	Berkeley Group	868,948	Apr-01		78,541			947,489
6	Wilson Connolly	709,800	Dec-01					709,800
7	Bellway	695,720	Jul-01					695,720
8	Wilson Bowden	646,700	Dec-01		142,800			789,500
9	Westbury	560,105	Feb-02					560,105
10	Laing	550,700	Dec-01	548,200	71,200		219,100	1,389,200
11	Redrow Group	416,963	Jun-01		4,286			421,249
12	Countryside Properties	385,649	Sep-01		18,451			404,100
13	Crest Nicholson	381,300	Oct-01	192,500	34,700			608,500
14	Bovis Homes	358,543	Dec-01					358,543
15	Fairview Holdings	349,443	Dec-01					349,443
16	Bloor Holdings	251,083	Jun-01				143,537	394,620
17	Miller	235,200	Dec-01	276,400	84,900			596,500
18	Linden	175,097	Dec-01					175,097
19	McCarthy & Stone	167,500	Aug-01					167,500
20	Stewart Milne*	149,803	Jun-01					149,803
21	Cala Group	146,764	Jun-01		11,453			158,217
22	Kier Group	126,100	Jun-01	1,121,300			3,700	1,251,100
23	MJ Gleeson	123,419	Jun-01	295,065	3,986			422,470
24	Galliford Try	111,380	Jun-01	457,299			1,994	570,673
25	Croudace	81,429	Jun-01				937	82,366

Top 25: Housebuilders by operating profit
		Housing operating profit	Year end	Contracting £000s	Property £000s	Services £000s	Other £000s	Interest etc £000s**	Total pre-tax profit
1	Wimpey	213,100	Dec-01					-61,100	152,000
2	Persimmon	203,692	Dec-01					-36,955	166,737
3	Barratt Developments	190,800	Jun-01					-12,400	178,400
4	Taylor Woodrow	182,400	Dec-01	10,800	41,700			-32,600	202,300
5	Berkeley Group	168,882	Apr-01		17,808			-8,576	178,114
6	Wilson Bowden	127,000	Dec-01		24,400			-12,200	139,200
7	Fairview Holdings	111,757	Dec-01					-19	111,738
8	Bellway	107,381	Jul-01					-5,926	101,455
9	Bovis Homes	85,225	Dec-01					-5,219	80,006
10	Westbury	78,677	Feb-02					-7,612	71,065
11	Redrow Group	76,211	Jun-01		1,837		1,427	-7,371	72,104
12	Wilson Connolly	60,800	Dec-01					-15,700	45,100
13	McCarthy & Stone	60,300	Aug-01					200	60,500
14	Crest Nicholson	59,400	Oct-01	1,400	2,600			-10,300	53,100
15	Laing	56,100	Dec-01	-128,100	9,700		83,200	-45,600	-24,700
16	Countryside Properties	38,503	Sep-01		1,031			-9,182	30,352
17	Bloor Holdings	37,339	Jun-01				-3,485	-6,793	27,061
18	Miller	20,300	Dec-01	8,700	13,000			-3,800	38,200
19	Linden	20,055	Dec-01					-1,636	18,419
20	Kier Group	16,200	Jun-01	11,100			900	-6,300	21,900
21	Cala Group	14,364	Jun-01		5,971			-15,242	5,093
22	Croudace	13,573	Jun-01				166		13,739
23	Galliford Try	12,810	Jun-01	6,244			-2,635	-11,505	4,914
24	Stewart Milne*	10,961	Jun-01					-3,459	7,502
25	MJ Gleeson	10,208	Jun-01	7,826	5,874			-5,045	18,863
Notes
* housing includes other activities
** interest etc refers in general to net interest payments/receipts, exceptional, and other non-trading income or losses

Top 25: Housebuilders by operating margin
	Ranking by operating margin (pre exceptional)
1	McCarthy & Stone	36.0%
2	Fairview Holdings	32.0%
3	Bovis Homes	23.8%
4	Wilson Bowden	19.6%
5	Berkeley Group	19.4%
6	Redrow Group	18.3%
7	Croudace	16.7%
8	Crest Nicholson	15.6%
9	Bellway	15.4%
10	Bloor Holdings	14.9%
11	Westbury	14.0%
12	Persimmon	13.8%
13	Kier Group	12.8%
14	Barratt Developments	12.6%
15	Taylor Woodrow	12.0%
16	Galliford Try	11.5%
17	Linden	11.5%
18	Wimpey	11.2%
19	Laing	10.2%
20	Countryside Properties	10.0%
21	Cala Group	9.8%
22	Miller	8.6%
23	Wilson Connolly	8.6%
24	MJ Gleeson	8.3%
25	Stewart Milne*	7.3%
	Average margin	15.0%
	Average margin 2000	12.4%
	Average margin 1999	13.2%
	Average margin 1998	11.7%
Notes
* estimated sales

Top 25: Housebuilders by sales completions
		Sales/completions 2001
1	Persimmon	12,051
2	Wimpey	11,537
3	Barratt Developments	11,310
4	Bellway	5,725
5	Taylor Woodrow	5,100
6	Wilson Connolly	4,582
7	Wilson Bowden	3,908
8	Westbury	3,739
9	Redrow Group	3,464
10	Berkeley Group	2,542
11	Bovis Homes	2,200
12	Countryside Properties	2,191
13	Miller	2,030
14	Bloor Holdings*	2,009
15	McCarthy & Stone	1,550
16	Crest Nicholson	1,531
17	Fairview Holdings*	1,500
18	Laing	1,375
19	Linden	794
20	Galliford Try	781
21	Kier Group	733
22	Croudace	660
23	MJ Gleeson	571
24	Cala Group	553
25	Stewart Milne*	na

Top 25: Housebuilders by average sales price
		Average price £s	Change on 2000
1	Berkeley Group	278,000	10.8%
2	Countryside Properties	249,000	9.7%
3	Crest Nicholson	233,000	39.2%
4	Laing	227,000	-4.6%
5	Cala Group	214,000	-8.9%
6	Linden	199,000	11.2%
7	MJ Gleeson	182,000	46.1%
8	Wilson Bowden	165,500	4.9%
9	Taylor Woodrow	157,000	-3.6%
10	Kier Group	150,500	5.8%
11	Croudace	147,418	16.6%
12	Wilson Connolly	142,900	17.4%
13	Galliford Try	142,000	9.2%
14	Bovis Homes	140,600	14.0%
15	Westbury	137,400	17.4%
16	Barratt Developments	127,400	13.1%
17	Bloor Holdings*	125,000	na
18	Persimmon	122,601	16.4%
19	Wimpey	122,559	8.9%
20	Redrow Group	120,000	1.0%
21	Bellway	119,000	11.8%
22	Miller	112,000	28.7%
23	McCarthy & Stone	99,000	10.6%
24	Fairview Holdings*	na	na
25	Stewart Milne*	na	na
	Average	161,429	12.5%

Top Contractors and housebuilders by employees’ average pay
		Average salary 2001 £000s	2000 £000s	Change %
1	Berkeley Group	42.3	34.5	22.7
2	Fairview Holdings	37.6	28.2	33.4
3	Bovis Lend Lease	37.3	34.7	7.5
4	Linden	36.3	35.2	2.9
5	Styles & Wood	35.9	31.8	12.8
6	Higgins Group	35.5	30.0	18.5
7	Croudace	33.8	25.9	30.2
8	Amec	32.8	26.3	24.9
9	T Clarke	31.5	27.5	14.7
10	Severfield-Rowen	31.4	29.9	4.9
11	Wates Construction	30.8	27.4	12.4
12	Crest Nicholson	30.3	27.2	11.5
13	Birse Group	30.3	28.1	7.8
14	Miller	29.3	27.8	5.2
15	Vinci	28.9	26.7	7.9
16	Keller Group	28.6	25.2	13.4
17	MJ Gleeson	28.3	24.3	16.6
18	SDC Holdings	27.8	25.7	8.1
19	Wimpey	27.4	25.7	6.8
20	Sir Robert McAlpine	27.4	26.3	4.0
21	Morgan Sindall	27.2	26.6	2.3
22	Bovis Homes	27.2	26.8	1.5
23	McCarthy & Stone	26.8	26.1	2.4
24	First Engineering	26.5	24.6	7.6
25	Fitzpatrick	26.3	32.3	-18.7
26	HBG Construction	26.3	27.4	-4.2
27	Westbury	26.1	23.7	9.9
28	Taylor Woodrow	25.7	21.6	18.7
29	O'Rourke	25.6	24.0	6.9
30	Willmott Dixon	25.5	24.3	5.0
31	Balfour Beatty	25.3	24.1	4.8
32	Alfred McAlpine	25.3	22.3	13.2
33	Galliford Try	25.2	23.6	7.0
34	Dean & Dyball	25.1	23.1	8.2
35	Emcor Drake & Scull	25.0	23.6	6.1
36	Bellway	24.9	24.0	3.7
37	Stewart Milne	24.9	25.1	-0.6
38	Dawn Group	24.9	21.3	17.1
39	Countryside Properties	24.8	22.9	8.1
40	Persimmon	24.7	23.3	6.2
41	Planned Maintenance	24.6	23.2	6.3
42	Bowmer & Kirkland	24.6	23.6	4.4
43	Peterhouse	24.6	20.5	20.1
44	Tolent Construction	24.4	23.1	5.8
45	Lorne Stewart	24.0	22.6	6.1
46	Redrow Group	23.9	21.5	11.4
47	Barratt Developments	23.8	22.1	7.6
48	Mansell	23.7	21.6	9.8
49	Wilson Bowden	23.7	21.1	12.1
50	Barr	23.4	20.4	14.6
51	Morrison Construction/AWG	23.4	22.3	4.8
52	Amey	23.1	22.4	3.2
53	Tulloch Group	23.1	24.0	-3.9
54	Stenoak Associated Services	23.0	21.1	9.2
55	Bloor Holdings	23.0	23.5	-2.1
56	NG Bailey	22.9	21.6	5.9
57	Shepherd Building Group	22.6	21.1	7.3
58	Simons Group	22.5	21.4	5.4
59	May Gurney Group	22.4	20.8	7.7
60	McNicholas Construction	22.3	24.2	-7.9
61	Wilson Connolly	22.1	20.3	8.6
62	Dew Pitchmastic	22.1	21.0	5.3
63	Southern Electric Contracting	21.9	20.5	6.6
64	ROK Property Solutions	21.8	20.4	7.0
65	Ringway Group	21.8	20.4	7.2
66	Clancy Group	21.6	21.0	3.1
67	Enterprise	21.3	31.8	-33.0
68	Biwater	21.2	19.7	7.4
69	Carillion	21.1	21.4	-1.7
70	Montpellier	21.1	30.0	-29.8
71	Midas Group	20.9	18.8	11.4
72	Interserve	19.7	22.4	-11.9
73	Kier Group	19.7	18.1	8.8
74	Laing	19.1	22.0	-13.0
75	Clugston Group	19.1	18.9	0.7
76	Haymills	18.9	18.2	3.6
77	Mowlem	18.0	20.9	-13.8
78	Bett Brothers	17.1	16.1	5.7
79	Interior Services Group	17.0	15.0	13.5
80	Henry Boot	16.9	16.5	2.6
81	Costain Group	16.2	14.0	16.3
82	Connaught	16.0	19.3	-17.4
83	Accord	15.2	11.1	36.6
	Average	25.0	23.6	5.93
	% change since 1996			31

Top Contractors and housebuilders by highest paid directors
		2001 Total	Basic pay	Bonus etc	2000 Total	Basic pay	Bonus etc	Change %
1	Biwater	1,900	na	na	350	na	na	442.9
2	Stewart Milne	1,739	na	na	1,338	na	na	30.0
3	Berkeley Group	1,625	483	1,142	737	na	na	120.5
4	Fairview Holdings	1,312	na	na	1,132	na	na	15.9
5	Persimmon	1,076	149	927	778	146	632	38.3
6	Bloor Holdings	1,040	na	na	880	na	na	18.2
7	Wilson Bowden	992	650	342	951	450	501	4.3
8	Bowmer & Kirkland	929	na	na	582	na	na	59.6
9	Miller	803	na	na	385	na	na	108.6
10	Countryside Properties	787	140	647	642	140	502	22.6
11	Interserve	780	395	385	672	365	307	16.1
12	Amec	744	521	223	669	462	207	11.2
13	McNicholas Construction	722	na	na	722	na	na	0.0
14	Wimpey 1	675	na	na	128	83	45	427.3
15	Higgins Group	674	na	na	682	na	na	-1.2
16	McCarthy & Stone	649	392	257	569	296	273	14.1
17	Amey	612	368	244	495	327	168	23.6
18	Taylor Woodrow	560	343	217	441	297	144	27.0
19	Barratt Developments	557	322	235	496	308	188	12.3
20	Carillion	543	325	218	452	350	102	20.1
21	Alfred McAlpine	529	335	194	444	315	129	19.1
22	Redrow Group	520	340	180	431	300	131	20.6
23	Balfour Beatty	519	368	151	477	335	142	8.8
24	Dawn Group	513	na	na	132	na	na	288.6
25	Bovis Homes	498	297	201	438	260	178	13.7
26	Simons Group	488	na	na	583	na	na	-16.3
27	Fitzpatrick	468	na	na	453	na	na	3.3
28	Westbury	455	280	175	377	250	127	20.7
29	Bellway	437	238	199	356	219	137	22.8
30	Crest Nicholson	436	277	159	388	265	123	12.4
31	Severfield-Rowen	418	155	263	357	154	203	17.1
32	Mansell	408	232	176	377	253	124	8.2
33	Laing	396	391	5	415	355	60	-4.6
34	Mowlem	388	287	101	346	276	70	12.1
35	Mitie Group	382	200	182	317	200	117	20.5
36	Keller Group	375	233	142	250	204	46	50.0
37	HBG Construction	332	na	na	271	na	na	22.5
38	Willmott Dixon	328	na	na	272	na	na	20.6
39	Shepherd Building Group	322	na	na	232	na	na	38.8
40	Croudace	318	na	na	318	na	na	0.0
41	Morgan Sindall	318	185	133	292	180	112	8.9
42	Tolent Construction	315	na	na	265	na	na	18.9
43	Peterhouse	312	207	105	150	115	35	108.0
44	NG Bailey	310	na	na	280	na	na	10.7
45	Kier Group	308	269	39	283	244	39	8.8
46	Interior Services Group	305	200	105	259	211	48	17.8
47	Accord	272	na	na	236	na	na	15.3
48	Henry Boot	269	162	107	246	148	98	9.3
49	Linden	255	na	na	244	na	na	4.5
50	Bett Brothers	249	160	89	235	145	90	na
51	MJ Gleeson	242	208	34	209	200	9	15.8
52	Galliford Try	242	172	70	203	150	53	19.2
53	Barr	240	na	na	254	na	na	-5.5
54	Emcor Drake & Scull	236	na	na	197	na	na	19.8
55	Clugston Group	236	na	na	237	na	na	-0.4
56	ROK Property Solutions 2	234	145	89	73	65	8	220.5
57	Bovis Lend Lease	224	na	na	381	na	na	-41.2
58	Styles & Wood	222	na	na	205	na	na	8.3
59	Vinci	220	na	na	332	na	na	-33.7
60	Sir Robert McAlpine	217	na	na	190	na	na	14.2
61	Dew Pitchmastic	215			172	na	na	25.0
62	Ringway Group	208	na	na	199	na	na	4.5
63	T Clarke	207	110	97	149	100	49	38.9
64	SDC Holdings	207	na	na	162	na	na	27.8
65	Morrison Construction/AWG	192	na	na	130	na	na	47.7
66	Montpellier	192	122	70	178	144	34	7.9
67	Tulloch Group	188	na	na	108	na	na	74.1
68	Connaught	187	125	62	180	120	60	3.9
69	R O'Rourke	180	na	na	169	na	na	6.5
70	Planned Maintenance	169	na	na	168	na	na	0.6
71	Enterprise	152	na	na	56	na	na	171.4
72	Birse Group	149	146	3	140	na	na	6.4
73	First Engineering	139	na	na	132	na	na	5.3
74	Stenoak Associated Services	131	na	na	96	na	na	36.5
75	Midas Group	126	na	na	114	na	na	10.5
76	Costain Group3	126	120	6	352	207	145	-64.2
77	Clancy Group	117	na	na	115	na	na	1.7
78	Haymills	112	na	na	124	na	na	-9.7
79	Dean & Dyball	111	na	na	87	na	na	27.6
80	Southern Electric Contracting	111	na	na	115	na	na	-3.5
81	May Gurney Group	110	na	na	99	na	na	11.1
82	Wilson Connolly 4	35	33	2	261	250	11	-86.6
	Average	436.63			343.30			27.2
	% change since 1996							68
Notes
1 Wimpey: new chief executive in 2000; first full year 2001
2 ROK: new chief executive in 2000; first full year 2001
3 Costain: new chief executive in 2001
4 Wilson Connolly: new chief executive in 2001