Top 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2006 | Features

Top 150 contractors and housebuilders by turnover
2006	2005	Company	Total turnover £000	Year end	Contracting £000	Housing £000	Property £000	Services £000	Other £000
1	1	Amec	4,942,500	Dec-05	976,500	0	0	4,020,300
2	2	Balfour Beatty*	4,938,000	Dec-05	4,904,000	0	0	0	34,000
3	3	Taylor Woodrow	3,556,400	Dec-05	499,500	2,864,900	192,000		0
4	4	Bovis Lend Lease 1	3,281,495	Jun-05	3,281,495	0	0	0	0
5	5	Wimpey	3,003,200	Dec-05	0	3,003,200		0
6	6	Barratt Developments	2,512,700	Jun-05	0	2,512,700	0	0	0
7	7	Persimmon	2,285,700	Dec-05	0	2,285,700	0	0	0
8	9	Carillion	2,284,200	Dec-05	1,230,100	0	0	988,700	65,400
9	10	Laing O’Rourke*	1,933,890	Mar-05	1,877,080				56,810
10	11	Kier	1,621,400	Jun-05	1,096,200	225,500	60,400	227,500	11,800
11	16	Morgan Sindall	1,296,708	Dec-05	583,688	390,402			322,618
12	14	Wilson Bowden	1,230,800	Dec-05	0	1,033,500	197,300	0	0
13	15	Interserve	1,229,100	Dec-05	514,200	0	0	607,700	107,200
14	18	Amey UK	1,208,763	Dec-05				1,188,874	19,889
15	17	Bellway	1,178,063	Jul-05		1,178,063	0	0	0
16	–	Newarthill	1,110,526	Oct-05	810,443	0	19,445		280,638
17	19	Alfred McAlpine	1,038,800	Dec-05	372,900	0	0	684,100	27,600
18	12	Berkeley Group 2	964,464	Apr-05	0	907,725	56,739	0	0
19	24	Miller	892,800	Dec-05	254,300	489,500	149,000	0	0
20	13	Jarvis	846,900	Mar-05		0	0	846,900
21	21	Skanska Construction 3	820,000	Dec-05	820,000	0	0	0
22	27	Mitie	818,629	Mar-05				818,629
23	28	Redrow Group	781,000	Jun-05	0	753,800	26,600	0	600
24	22	HBG UK	776,400	Dec-05	750,800	0	48,900	9,300	3,500
25	25	Costain	773,200	Dec-05	728,200	0	45,000	0
26	–	Babcock	760,000	Mar-05	0	0	0	241,700	518,300
27	34	Keller	731,039	Dec-05	731,039	0	0	0	0
28	26	Galliford Try	726,238	Jun-05	537,733	187,991	0	0	514
29	30	Crest Nicholson	714,300	Oct-05	0	714,300		0
30	31	Wates Group	697,607	Dec-05	630,655	36,438		0	30,514
31	32	Shepherd Building Group*	655,900	Jun-05	347,936	52,008	0		255,956
32	37	Vinci*	639,165	Dec-05	639,165	0	0	0	0
33	36	Bowmer & Kirkland *	630,919	Aug-05	630,919		0	0
34	29	MJ Gleeson 4	603,881	Jun-05	426,310	159,559	3,999	0	14,013
35	35	Morrison Construction 5	602,257	Mar-05	315,335	0		286,922	0
36	38	ROK Property Solutions	555,800	Dec-05	437,900	0	69,700	48,200	0
37	41	Bloor Holdings	545,987	Jun-05		361,083		0	184,904
38	45	Enterprise plc	528,200	Dec-05				528,200
39	33	Bovis Homes	521,194	Dec-05	0	521,194	0	0	0
40	39	Edmund Nuttall	469,852	Dec-05	469,852				0
41	–	Renew Holdings*	457,750	Sep-05	457,750			0
42	52	Gladedale Holdings	438,292	Dec-05	0	438,292	0
43	44	Willmott Dixon	420,470	Dec-05	292,970	127,500	0	0	0
44	49	Countryside Properties	409,105	Sep-05	97,800	311,305		0	0
45	47	NG Bailey	398,066	Feb-05	398,066
46	46	Emcor UK	390,000	Dec-05	390,000
47	48	Interior Services Group	357,215	Jun-05	357,215
48	51	Ringway	350,685	Dec-04				350,685
49	43	Birse6	340,523	Apr-05	332,866		926		8,904
50	53	Multiplex Construction UK	335,917	Jun-05	335,917
51	58	Keepmoat Holdings	334,685	Mar-05	247,092	87,593	0	0	0
52	54	McCarthy & Stone	325,600	Aug-05		325,600
53	50	Fairview Holdings	310,851	Dec-05		310,851
54	–	Dalkia*	303,280	Dec-04				303,280
55	61	May Gurney*	301,781	Mar-05	301,781			0
56	56	Accord	289,083	Dec-05				289,083
57	59	Linden	285,687	Dec-05		285,687
58	–	Homeserve	283,265	Mar-05		0	0	283,265	0
59	–	Mace Group	270,872	Dec-05	152,638			16,300	101,934
60	55	Canary Wharf Contractors	264,839	Jun-04	264,839
61	70	Fitzpatrick Contractors7	253,802	Dec-05	253,802
62	85	John Sisk	250,416	Dec-05	250,416
63	64	J Murphy & Sons*	243,086	Dec-04	243,086
64	66	Connaught	239,580	Aug-05	0	0	0	239,580	0
65	69	Severfield-Rowen	236,722	Dec-05	236,722
66	62	RG Carter Holdings*	235,868	Dec-04	235,868
67	63	Cala	225,093	Jun-05	0	213,030	12,063	0	0
68	71	Osborne*	224,498	Mar-05	224,498
69	74	Southern Electric Contracting	220,629	Mar-05	220,629		0	0	0
70	67	Lorne Stewart*	216,793	Dec-05	216,793	0	0		0
71	73	Stewart Milne	216,722	Jun-05	19,541	143,707			53,474
72	–	Crosby Homes	215,577	Jul-05	0	215,577	0	0
73	65	David McLean	207,413	Jun-05	92,199	110,460	4,742		12
74	77	Simons*	205,526	Mar-05	205,526	0	0	0	0
75	88	Midas *	204,461	Apr-05	168,596		3,473	32,392
76	79	Mears Group	203,543	Dec-05				194,906	8,637
77	76	Headcrown*	196,351	Sep-05	196,351
78	84	T Clarke	193,729	Dec-05	193,729
79	75	Biwater	192,400	Mar-05	156,600				35,800
80	80	Higgins	191,276	Jul-05	129,776	61,500	0
81	82	Dean & Dyball*	184,672	Sep-05	184,672
82	83	Seddon*	184,325	Dec-04	184,325
83	94	Byrne*	173,753	May-05	167,827		2,934		2,992
84	72	McNicholas Construction*	173,723	Mar-05	173,723	0	0	0
85	89	Styles & Wood	170,670	Dec-05					170,670
86	–	Bouygues UK*	164,310	Dec-05	164,310
87	86	Emerson Developments	162,923	Apr-05		71,923	106,718
88	60	Staveley Industries*	162,000	Dec-05	162,000				0
89	93	Tulloch	159,000	Dec-05	110,000	49,000	0
90	–	Leadbitter*	156,000	Dec-05	156,000
91	–	North Midland Construction*	153,265	Dec-05	153,265
92	90	Morris Group	150,389	Mar-05	0	150,389	0	0	0
93	81	McNicholas plc*	150,178	Dec-05				150,178
94	–	Cowlin Construction*	149,915	Sep-05	149,915	0	0	0
95	–	Inspace	147,527	Dec-05		0	0	122,022	25,505
96	87	Barr Holdings	147,482	Mar-05	147,482
97	92	Ogilvie*	147,417	Jun-05	92,734	0	0		54,683
98	–	Ardmore Construction*	145,886	Sep-04	145,886
99	97	Tolent	141,022	Dec-05	141,022
100	100	Robertson Group*	140,954	Nov-04	140,954
101	96	Marshall Holdings*	137,038	Dec-04	137,038
102	91	Clancy*	135,749	Mar-05	0	0		135,749	0
103	–	Henmead*	134,004	Dec-04	134,004
104	–	John Doyle	131,685	Dec-05	59,768				71,917
105	–	Apollo London	130,367	Mar-05	130,367
106	99	Rydon	127,559	Mar-05	70,287	46,162		11,110
107	–	Amco Corporation*	125,982	Dec-05	125,982	0	0	0
108	95	Pearce Group	120,886	Apr-06	120,886
109	–	Dawn Group	120,589	Jan-06	120,589
110	98	Barhale Construction	120,387	Aug-04	120,387				0
111	–	GSH Group	118,555	Jul-05				118,555
112	–	Galliard Homes	114,646	Mar-05		114,646
113	–	Wrekin	114,266	Dec-04	114,266
114	–	Carey Group*	112,103	Mar-05	112,103
115	–	Thomas Armstrong*	109,952	Sep-05	52,561				57,391
116	–	Durkan Holdings*	109,536	Jan-06	0	109,536	0	0	0
117	–	Warings Construction Group Holdings	108,235	Apr-05	108,235
118	–	Grantrail	108,180	Dec-04				108,180
119	–	PC Harrington*	107,914	May-05	107,914
120	–	Cruden Investments	107,319	Mar-05		107,319
121	–	McInerney UK	106,899	Dec-05	12,613	83,699	1,378		9,209
122	–	Antler Homes	103,435	Jun-05		103,435
123	–	Ben Bailey	103,220	Dec-05		103,220
124	–	Henry Boot*	101,188	Dec-05	57,805		43,115	0	268
125	–	Clugston	100,576	Jan-05	81,471		2,575		16,530
126	–	Elyo Services	100,039	Dec-04				100,039
127	–	Croudace	99,339	Dec-05		99,339		0	0
128	–	Banner Homes	97,995	May-05		97,995
129	–	Roger Bullivant	97,629	Dec-04	97,629
130	–	Weston Group	97,360	Jul-05		94,884			2,476
131	–	Jackson Civil Engineering	97,149	Dec-05	97,149
132	–	Pochin	96,750	May-05	59,185		18,874		18,691
133	–	United House*	92,232	Dec-04				92,232
134	–	Bullock Construction8	89,296	Sep-05				89,296
135	–	Thomas Vale Construction	89,144	Mar-05	89,144
136	–	William Davies*	88,916	May-05		88,916
137	–	Bewley Homes	86,278	Jun-05		86,278
138	–	Meica Group	85,665	Dec-05				85,665
139	–	Bachy Soletanche	81,846	Dec-04	81,846			0	0
140	–	Metnor Group	79,980	Dec-05	59,565	0	10,871	0	9,544
141	–	SDC Holdings*	78,992	Sep-05	78,992
142	–	Chase Midland*	78,624	Dec-04	78,624
143	–	Wain Group	76,567	Jun-05		76,567
144	–	Strata	76,180	Dec-05	22,378	52,781	0	0	1,021
145	–	Raven Mount	72,815	Dec-05		69,169	3,646
146	–	Abbey Developments	70,728	Apr-05		70,728
147	–	Yuill Group	58,484	Apr-05		58,484
148	–	Telford Homes	58,245	Mar-05		58,245
149	–	John Laing Partnership	57,923	Dec-05		54,827			3,096
150	–	Jelson	53,409	Apr-05		53,409
		Totals	74,086,694		35,144,219	22,209,616	1,080,397	13,219,542	2,587,010
Notes
Turnover refers to group total, including joint ventures
* Full split of activities not provided in reports and accounts, therefore turnover and/or profits assigned to main activity
1 Bovis data refers to Bovis Lend Lease Group’s worldwide operations. Taken from parent’s annual report and converted from Aus%24
2 Berkeley Group data excludes Crosby Homes
3 Skanska results refer to Skanska UK
4 Morrison Construction Services and Morrison Utility Services are two separate companies, owned by AWG plc
5 Gleeson has sold its contracting activities since publication of its 2005 results
6 Birse was bought by Balfour Beatty in June 2006
7 Fitzpatrick is owned by VolkerWessels
8 Bullock Construction was bought by its management from Montpellier (now Renew plc) in September 2005

Top 150 contractors and housebuilders by pre-tax profit
2006	2005	Company	Total pre-tax profit** £000	Year end	Contracting £000	Housing £000	Property £000	Services £000	Other £000	Interest etc*** £000
1	1	Persimmon	495,400	Dec-05		527,800	£0	£0		–32,400
2	3	Taylor Woodrow	411,000	Dec-05	8,800	450,500	15,700			–64,000
3	4	Barratt Developments	406,600	Jun-05	0	411,300	0	0		–4,700
4	2	Wimpey	366,500	Dec-05	0	437,500		0		–71,000
5	8	Bellway	218,163	Jul-05		229,647	0	0		–11,484
6	5	Wilson Bowden	216,400	Dec-05		203,300	41,100			–28,000
7	7	Berkeley Group†	176,601	Apr-05		167,833	8,768	0		0
8	11	Redrow Group	141,100	Jun-05	0	147,700	4,500	0	–1,200	–9,900
9	6	Balfour Beatty*	141,000	Dec-05	95,000	0	0	0	20,000	26,000
10	9	McCarthy & Stone	127,400	Aug-05		125,600				1,800
11	10	Bovis Homes	116,078	Dec-05	0	125,077				–8,999
12	13	Crest Nicholson	79,200	Oct-05	0	94,900		0		–15,700
13	16	Bloor Holdings	78,794	Jun-05		75,353			11,646	–8,205
14	14	Bovis Lend Lease†	77,546	Jun-05	77,546	0	0	0		0
15	19	Miller	76,000	Dec-05	6,000	78,200	17,800	0		–26,000
16	21	Gladedale Holdings	61,714	Dec-05	0	84,700		0		–22,986
17	20	Kier	57,900	Jun-05	15,000	34,100	10,000	3,200	–900	–3,500
18	31	Amey UK	52,453	Dec-05				85881	109	–33,537
19	96	Carillion	51,900	Dec-05	16,900	0	0	40,600	8,300	–13,900
20	27	Keller	48,848	Dec-05	53,079	0	0	0		–4,231
21	23	Interserve	47,900	Dec-05	18,300	0	0	24,100	21,100	–15,600
22	26	Morgan Sindall	41,700	Dec-05	9,188	18,682			16,398	–2,568
23	73	Alfred McAlpine	37,700	Dec-05	14,400	0		28,100	5,200	–10,000
24	22	Mitie	35,937	Mar-05				44,791		–8,854
25	25	Shepherd Building Group*	35,000	Jun-05	3,282	10,764			17,754	3,200
26	35	Keepmoat Holdings	33,147	Mar-05	10,120	21,515	0	0		1,512
27	–	Crosby Homes	31,757	Jul-05	0	32,868	0	0		–1,111
28	–	Henry Boot*	30,156	Dec-05	7,833		27,468	0	–5,008	–137
29	29	Emerson Developments	30,115	Apr-05		16,828	14,135		–848	0
30	61	Enterprise	29,700	Dec-05				33,700		–4,000
31	–	Babcock	28,400	Mar-05	0	0	0	11,000	30,000	–12,600
32	33	Morris Group	27,829	Mar-05	0	35,295	0	0		–7,466
33	30	Galliford Try	26,330	Jun-05	7,847	26,430	0	0	–1,179	–6,768
34	24	Bowmer & Kirkland *	26,097	Aug-05	23,083		0	0		3,014
35	15	Amec	25,400	Dec-05	11,200	0	0	159,300		–145,100
36	34	Costain	25,000	Dec-05	16,400	0	14,000	0		–5,400
37	–	Wain Group	24,624	Jun-05		24,988				–364
38	36	HBG UK	24,300	Dec-05	17,600	0	9,400	–800	500	–2,400
39	32	Edmund Nuttall	23,820	Dec-05	22,002	0	0	0		1,818
40	17	Laing O’Rourke*	23,794	Mar-05	13,538				12,451	–2,195
41	–	Galliard Homes	22,709	Mar-05		25,689				–2,980
42	92	Skanska Construction†	22,100	Dec-05	22,100					0
43	–	Abbey Developments	20,467	Apr-05		19,456				1,011
44	39	Stewart Milne*	20,027	Jun-05		26,489				–6,462
45	–	Newarthill	19,785	Oct-05	6,452	0	5,727		16,487	–8,881
46	45	Severfield-Rowen	19,652	Dec-05	19,303					349
47	48	Vinci*	19,586	Dec-05	11,351			0		8,235
48	18	Fairview Holdings	19,341	Dec-05		40,857				–21,516
49	44	NG Bailey	16,762	Feb-05	12,491					4,271
50	47	ROK Property Solutions	16,100	Dec-05	11,400		9,400	1,300	0	–6,000
51	42	Southern Electric Contracting	15,783	Mar-05	15,230		0	0		553
52	40	Marshall Holdings*	15,573	Dec-04	15,074					499
53	–	William Davies*	14,848	May-05		14,583				265
54	–	Thomas Armstrong*	14,186	Sep-05	2,629				11557	0
55	43	RG Carter Holdings*	14,053	Dec-04	9,729					4,324
56	–	Yuill Group	13,803	Apr-05		13,302				501
57	51	J Murphy & Sons*	13,509	Dec-04	12,141					1,368
58	–	Weston Group	13,239	Jul-05		19,203			73	–6,037
59	–	Dawn Group	12,959	Jan-06	13,272					–313
60	50	May Gurney*	12,941	Mar-05	9,399			0		3,542
61	–	Jelson	12,887	Apr-05		13,782				–895
62	67	Linden	12,754	Dec-05		27,374				–14,620
63	–	Ben Bailey	12,654	Dec-05		16,056				–3,402
64	–	Apollo London	12,555	Mar-05	12,229					326
65	–	McInerney UK†	11,625	Dec-05	245	8,464	104		2,812	0
66	–	Bouygues UK	11,396	Dec-05	8,462					2,934
67	53	Tulloch	11,200	Dec-05	3,900	7,300	0	0	0	0
68	95	Morrison Construction	10,856	Mar-05	1,695			10,757	0	–1,596
69	74	Wates Group	10,559	Dec-05	19,687	–3,102		0	–6,026	0
70	46	Willmott Dixon	10,506	Dec-05	12,237	3,700	0	0		–5,431
71	56	Mears Group	9,750	Dec-05				9,397	375	–22
72	–	Dalkia*	9,457	Dec-04				10,230		–773
73	49	Higgins	9,293	Jul-05	5,250	8,662	0			–4,619
74	–	Strata	8,578	Dec-05	–197	8,970	0	0		–195
75	55	T Clarke	8,554	Dec-05	8,599			0		–45
76	58	Seddon*	8,429	Dec-04	8,213					216
77	–	Croudace	8,184	Dec-05	0	9,026	0	0	0	–842
78	52	Ringway	8,029	Dec-04				8169		–140
79	–	Telford Homes	7,770	Mar-05	0	9,471				–1,701
80	–	Inspace	7,447	Dec-05		0	0	6,696	1,164	–413
81	–	Amco Corporation*	6,951	Dec-05	7,211	0	0	0		–260
82	94	Connaught	6,656	Aug-05	0	0	0	10,461		–3,805
83	–	Banner Homes	6,621	May-05		10,341				–3,720
84	60	Cala	6,579	Jun-05		25,288	2,465	0		–21,174
85	–	Carey Group*	6,531	Mar-05	7,510					–979
86	54	Headcrown*	6,397	Sep-05	5,762					635
87	66	Styles & Wood	6,352	Dec-05					6068	284
88	–	Mace Group	6,214	Dec-05	6,299					–85
89	71	Emcor UK	6,200	Dec-05	6,100					100
90	–	Durkan Holdings*	6,155	Jan-06		6,804	0	0		–649
91	–	Pochin	5,804	May-05	864		5,542		111	–713
92	79	Robertson Group*	5,798	Nov-04	6,747					–949
93	–	Antler Homes	5,747	Jun-05		5,767				–20
94	–	Bullock Construction	5,692	Sep-05				5,578		114
95	93	McNicholas*	5,659	Dec-05				5,734		–75
96	–	PC Harrington*	5,658	May-05	6,666					–1,008
97	89	Biwater	5,600	Mar-05	6,200				9,300	–9,900
98	81	Rydon	5,360	Mar-05	1,237	6,695		146		–2,718
99	–	Grantrail	5,172	Dec-04				5,240		–68
100	–	Meica Group	5,134	Dec-05				3,846		1,288
101	57	David McLean	5,069	Jun-05	–2,011	13,745	272			–6,937
102	65	Byrne*	4,729	May-05	4,235	0	15		479	0
103	86	Simons*	4,473	Mar-05	3,788			0		685
104	70	Lorne Stewart*	4,440	Dec-05	3,917					523
105	–	Metnor Group	4,437	Dec-05	2,386	0	1,239	0	499	313
106	75	Ogilvie*	4,407	Jun-05	4,069	0	0		674	–336
107	69	Tolent	4,277	Dec-05	3,851					426
108	78	Interior Services Group	4,252	Jun-05	2,866					1,386
109	–	North Midland Construction*	3,945	Dec-05	4,087					–142
110	–	Henmead*	3,869	Dec-04	4,451					–582
111	84	John Sisk	3,690	Dec-05	2,664					1,026
112	–	Ardmore Construction*	3,618	Sep-04	3,541					77
113	–	Bewley Homes	3,581	Jun-05		5,502				–1,921
114	–	Cowlin Construction*	3,559	Sep-05	3,566	0	0	0		–7
115	–	John Doyle	3,527	Dec-05	2,115				1,660	–248
116	–	GSH Group	3,456	Jul-05	0			4,437		–981
117	–	Dean & Dyball*	3,088	Sep-05	3,011					77
118	63	Midas*	3,072	Apr-05	4,696	0	0	0		–1,624
119	–	Cruden Investments	3,064	Mar-05		3,220				–156
120	72	Canary Wharf Contractors	3,054	Jun-04	2,911					143
121	77	Osborne*	3,019	Mar-05	1,965					1,054
122	80	McNicholas Construction*	3,007	Mar-05	3,292					–285
123	62	Fitzpatrick Contractors	2,768	Dec-05	2,665	0	0	0		103
124	–	Raven Mount	2,305	Dec-05		341	1,769		0	195
125	90	Clancy*	2,298	Mar-05				1,528		770
126	–	Clugston	2,257	Jan-05	995		94		456	712
127	28	John Laing Partnership	2,231	Dec-05		2,719			–1051	563
128	–	Chase Midland*	2,028	Dec-04	2,248					–220
129	–	Roger Bullivant	1,937	Dec-04	992					945
130	–	United House*	1,780	Dec-04				1,760		20
131	–	Warings Construction	1,617	Apr-05	1,397					220
132	–	Leadbitter*	1,500	Dec-05	6,131					–4,631
133	–	Elyo Services	1,382	Dec-04				1,239		143
134	64	Barr Holdings	1,241	Mar-05	2,495					–1,254
135	–	Renew Holdings*	1,175	Sep-05	–164	0	0	0		1,339
136	–	Bachy Soletanche	1,041	Dec-04	2,087					–1,046
137	–	Thomas Vale Construction	1,022	Mar-05	1,038					–16
138	85	Accord	879	Dec-05				4,421		–3,542
139	88	Pearce Group	564	Apr-06	585	0				–21
140	–	SDC Holdings*	537	Sep-05	337					200
141	87	Barhale Construction	524	Aug-04	543					–19
142	83	Birse	370	Apr-05	2,629	0	381		1,417	–4,057
143	–	Jackson Civil Engineering	368	Dec-05	633					–265
144	68	Staveley Industries*	–200	Dec-05	–1,400				0	1,200
145	–	Wrekin	–2,466	Dec-04	1,579					–4,045
146	59	Multiplex Construction UK	–6,233	Jun-05	–3,358					–2,875
147	–	Homeserve	–8,623	Mar-05				44,202		–52,825
148	41	Countryside Properties	–9,355	Sep-05	6,072	351		0		–15,778
149	38	MJ Gleeson	–13,185	Jun-05	–36,229	17,037	14,702	0	0	–8,695
150	100	Jarvis	–353,800	Mar-05			0	–54,100		–299,700
* full split of activities not provided in reports and accounts, therefore turnover and/or profits assigned to main activity
** total profits refer to pre-tax profit. Breakdowns refer in most cases to operating profits before exceptional items. total of profit breakdown plus interest, exceptional items etc. %3D pre-tax profit
*** interest and non trading refers in general to net interest payments/receipts, exceptional, and other non trading income or losses
† Berkeley, Bovis Lend Lease, Skanska and McInerney headline profit figures are for operating profit

Top 50 Contractors by contracting turnover*
2006	2005	Company	Contracting £000	Year end £000	Housing £000	Property £000	Services £000	Other £000	Total turnover £000
1	1	Balfour Beatty*	£4,904,000	38,687	£0	£0	£0	£34,000	£4,938,000
2	2	Bovis Lend Lease1	3,281,495	Jun-05	0	0	0	0	3,281,495
3	4	Laing O’Rourke*	1,877,080	Mar-05				56,810	1,933,890
4	7	Carillion	1,230,100	Dec-05	0	0	988,700	65,400	2,284,200
5	6	Kier	1,096,200	Jun-05	225,500	60,400	227,500	11,800	1,621,400
6	5	Amec	976,500	Dec-05	0	0	4,020,300		4,942,500
7	8	Skanska Construction	820,000	Dec-05	0	0	0		820,000
8	–	Newarthill	810,443	Oct-05	0	19,445		280,638	1,110,526
9	9	HBG UK	750,800	Dec-05	0	48,900	9,300	3,500	776,400
10	14	Keller	731,039	Dec-05	0	0	0	0	731,039
11	11	Costain *	728,200	Dec-05	0	45,000	0		773,200
12	20	Vinci*	639,165	Dec-05	0	0	0	0	639,165
13	17	Bowmer & Kirkland *	630,919	Aug-05		0	0		630,919
14	15	Wates Group*	630,655	Dec-05	36,438		0	30,514	697,607
15	13	Morgan Sindall	583,688	Dec-05	390,402			322,618	1,296,708
16	19	Galliford Try*	537,733	Jun-05	187,991	0	0	514	726,238
17	16	Interserve	514,200	Dec-05	0	0	607,700	107,200	1,229,100
18	25	Taylor Woodrow	499,500	Dec-05	2,864,900	192,000		0	3,556,400
19	21	Edmund Nuttall	469,852	Dec-05				0	469,852
20	–	Renew Holdings*	457,750	Sep-05			0		457,750
21	27	ROK Property Solutions	437,900	Dec-05	0	69,700	48,200	0	555,800
22	18	MJ Gleeson	426,310	Jun-05	159,559	3,999	0	14,013	603,881
23	29	NG Bailey	398,066	Feb-05					398,066
24	28	Emcor UK	390,000	Dec-05					390,000
25	31	Alfred McAlpine	372,900	Dec-05	0	0	684,100	27,600	1,038,800
26	30	Interior Services Group*	357,215	Jun-05					357,215
27	12	Shepherd Building Group	347,936	Jun-05	52,008	0		255,956	655,900
28	32	Multiplex Construction UK	335,917	Jun-05					335,917
29	24	Birse	332,866	Apr-05		926		8,904	340,523
30	33	Morrison Construction	315,335	Mar-05	0		286,922	0	602,257
31	36	May Gurney*	301,781	Mar-05			0		301,781
32	26	Willmott Dixon	292,970	Dec-05	127,500	0	0	0	420,470
33	35	Canary Wharf Contractors	264,839	Jun-04					264,839
34	34	Miller	254,300	Dec-05	489,500	149,000	0	0	892,800
35	42	Fitzpatrick Contractors*	253,802	Dec-05					253,802
36	–	John Sisk	250,416	Dec-05					250,416
37	45	Keepmoat Holdings	247,092	Mar-05	87,593	0	0	0	334,685
38	38	J Murphy & Sons*	243,086	Dec-04					243,086
39	41	Severfield-Rowen	236,722	Dec-05					236,722
40	37	RG Carter Holdings	235,868	Dec-04					235,868
41	43	Osborne*	224,498	Mar-05					224,498
42	46	Southern Electric Contracting	220,629	Mar-05		0	0	0	220,629
43	39	Lorne Stewart*	216,793	Dec-05	0	0		0	216,793
44	48	Simons*	205,526	Mar-05	0	0	0	0	205,526
45	47	Headcrown	196,351	Sep-05					196,351
46	–	T Clarke	193,729	Dec-05					193,729
47	–	Dean & Dyball*	184,672	Sep-05					184,672
48	–	Seddon	184,325	Dec-04					184,325
49	44	McNicholas Construction*	173,723	Mar-05	0	0	0		173,723
50	–	Midas *	168,596	Apr-05		3,473	32,392		204,461
Notes
*Contracting figures are distorted by the inclusion of other activities such as FM and property
1 Bovis data from UK operations

Top 50 contractors by contracting operating profit*
2006	2005	Company	Contracting £000	Year end	Housing £000	Property £000	Services £000	Other £000	Interest etc £000	Total pre-tax profit £000
1	2	Balfour Beatty	£95,000	Dec-05	£0	£0	£0	£20,000	26,000	141,000
2	1	Bovis Lend Lease1	77,546	Jun-05	0	0	0		0	77,546
3	5	Keller	53,079	Dec-05	0	0	0		–4,231	48,848
4	6	Bowmer & Kirkland	23,083	Aug-05		0	0		3,014	26,097
5	46	Skanska Construction	22,100	Dec-05					0	22,100
6	11	Edmund Nuttall	22,002	Dec-05	0	0	0		1,818	23,820
7	14	Wates Group	19,687	Dec-05	–3,102		0	–6,026	0	10,559
8	18	Severfield-Rowen	19,303	Dec-05					349	19,652
9	10	Interserve	18,300	Dec-05	0	0	24,100	21,100	–15,600	47,900
10	8	HBG UK	17,600	Dec-05	0	9,400	–800	500	–2,400	24,300
11	20	Carillion	16,900	Dec-05	0	0	40,600	8,300	–13,900	51,900
12	21	Costain	16,400	Dec-05	0	14,000	0		–5,400	25,000
13	15	Southern Electric Contracting	15,230	Mar-05		0	0		553	15,783
14	–	Marshall Holdings	15,074	Dec-04					499	15,573
15	13	Kier	15,000	Jun-05	34,100	10,000	3,200	–900	–3,500	57,900
16	17	Alfred McAlpine	14,400	Dec-05	0		28,100	5,200	–10,000	37,700
17	3	Laing O’Rourke	13,538	Mar-05				12,451	–2,195	23,794
18	–	Dawn Group	13,272	Jan-06					–313	12,959
19	29	NG Bailey	12,491	Feb-05					4,271	16,762
20	12	Willmott Dixon	12,237	Dec-05	3,700	0	0		–5,431	10,506
21	–	Apollo London	12,229	Mar-05					326	12,555
22	27	J Murphy & Sons	12,141	Dec-04					1,368	13,509
23	25	ROK Property Solutions	11,400	Dec-05		9,400	1,300	0	–6,000	16,100
24	23	Vinci	11,351	Dec-05			0		8,235	19,586
25	4	Amec	11,200	Dec-05	0	0	159,300		–145,100	25,400
26	28	Keepmoat Holdings	10,120	Mar-05	21,515	0	0		1,512	33,147
27	22	RG Carter Holdings	9,729	Dec-04					4,324	14,053
28	26	May Gurney	9,399	Mar-05			0		3,542	12,941
29	24	Morgan Sindall	9,188	Dec-05	18,682			16,398	–2,568	41,700
30	19	Taylor Woodrow	8,800	Dec-05	450,500	15,700			–64,000	411,000
31	–	T Clarke	8,599	Dec-05			0		–45	8,554
32	–	Bouygues UK	8,462	Dec-05					2,934	11,396
33	–	Seddon	8,213	Dec-04					216	8,429
34	35	Galliford Try	7,847	Jun-05	26,430	0	0	–1,179	–6,768	26,330
35	–	Carey Group	7,510	Mar-05					–979	6,531
36	–	Amco Corporation	7,211	Dec-05	0	0	0		–260	6,951
37	–	Robertson Group	6,747	Nov-04					–949	5,798
38	–	PC Harrington	6,666	May-05					–1,008	5,658
39	–	Newarthill	6,452	Oct-05	0	5,727		16,487	–8,881	19,785
40	–	Mace Group	6,299	Dec-05					–85	6,214
41	–	Biwater	6,200	Mar-05				9,300	–9,900	5,600
42	–	Leadbitter	6,131	Dec-05					–4,631	1,500
43	44	Emcor UK	6,100	Dec-05					100	6,200
44	31	Miller	6,000	Dec-05	78,200	17,800	0		–26,000	76,000
45	30	Headcrown	5,762	Sep-05					635	6,397
46	–	Higgins	5,250	Jul-05	8,662	0			–4,619	9,293
47	–	Midas	4,696	Apr-05	0	0	0		–1,624	3,072
48	–	Henmead	4,451	Dec-04					–582	3,869
49	–	Byrne	4,235	May-05	0	15		479	0	4,729
50	–	North Midland Construction	4,087	Dec-05					–142	3,945
Notes
*Contracting figures are distorted by the inclusion of other activities such as FM and property
1 Bovis data from UK operations

Top 50 contractors by operating margin
2006	2005	Ranking by operating margin (pre-exceptional)
1	–	Dawn Group
2	–	Marshall Holdings
3	–	Apollo London
4	2	Severfield-Rowen
5	4	Keller
6	1	Southern Electric Contracting
7	–	Carey Group
8	–	PC Harrington
9	–	Amco Corporation
10	–	Bouygues UK
11	13	J Murphy & Sons
12	–	Robertson Group
13	14	Edmund Nuttall
14	–	Seddon
15	–	T Clarke
16	9	Willmott Dixon
17	–	Mace Group
18	7	RG Carter Holdings
19	10	Keepmoat Holdings
20	–	Higgins
21	–	Biwater
22	–	Leadbitter
23	8	Alfred McAlpine
24	3	Bowmer & Kirkland
25	15	Interserve
26	–	Tulloch
27	–	Henmead
28	26	NG Bailey
29	21	Wates Group
30	12	May Gurney
31	11	Headcrown
32	–	Midas
33	–	Tolent
34	46	Skanska Construction
35	–	North Midland Construction
36	22	ROK Property Solutions
37	–	Byrne
38	–	Ardmore Construction
39	–	Cowlin Construction
40	23	Bovis Lend Lease
41	24	Miller
42	16	HBG UK
43	31	Costain
44	–	Balfour Beatty
45	32	McNicholas Construction
46	44	Simons
47	30	Lorne Stewart
48	25	Vinci
49	18	Taylor Woodrow
50	–	Barr Holdings

Top 25 contractors in facilities management by turnover*
2006	2005	Company	FM turnover £000	Operating profit £000	Operating margin %	Activities included in turnover figures
1	1	Amec	4,020,300	Feb-36	4	oil, gas, engineering and technical services, building maintenance
2	5	Amey	1,188,874	Feb-35	7.2	business services, infrastructure maintenance, building maintenance
3	4	Carillion	988,700	Feb-11	4.1	building, roads and rail maintenance, support services
4	3	Jarvis	846,900	–54,100	–6.4	road and rail maintenance
5	6	Mitie	818,629	Aug-22	5.5	building services, support services, general r&m
6	9	Alfred McAlpine	684,100	Dec-76	4.1	business services, infrastructure services
7	7	Interserve	607,700	Dec-65	4	facilities management, support services
8	10	Enterprise	528,200	Apr-92	6.4	utility services and local authority maintenance
9	2	Balfour Beatty	506,000	N/A	N/A	road and rail maintenance, building services
10	11	Ringway	350,685	May-22	2.3	roads maintenance and associated works
11	–	Dalkia	303,280	Jan-28	3.4	general building services and facilities management
12	12	Accord	289,083	Feb-12	1.5	highway maint, environmental serices, social housing, business services
13	13	Morrison Utility Services	286,922	Jun-29	3.7	infrastructure and utilities maintenance, building services, fm
14	–	Homeserve	283,265	Jan-21	16	home emergency repairs
15	–	Babcock	241,700	Feb-30	4.6	rail maintenance, telecoms, health & safety
16	14	Connaught	239,580	Aug-28	4.4	public housing maintenance, gas services
17	15	Kier	227,500	Oct-08	1.4	facilities management, building maintenance
18	16	Mears Group	194,906	Sep-25	4.8	social housing maintenance
19	21	McNicholas	150,178	Sep-15	4	civils and utilities maintenance
20	17	Clancy	135,749	Mar-04	1.1	civils and utilities maintenance
21	–	Inspace	122,022	May-18	5.5	social housing and non-housing maintenance
22	–	GSH Group	118,555	Feb-12	3.7	building fm and energy management
23	–	Grantrail	108,180	May-14	4.8	rail engineering and repairs
24	–	Elyo Services	100,039	May-03	1.2	building services and maintenance
25	–	United House	92,232	Oct-04	2	social housing maintenance
Notes
* This ranking is based only on those companies that provided services data and/or for which Hewes & Associates has services sales estimates. Data refers to worldwide turnover and in some cases, where services/maintenance is seen as the majority of work, includes total turnover

Top 25 housebuilders by housing turnover*
2006	2005	Company	Housing turnover £000	Year end	Contracting £000	Property £000	Services £000	Other £000	Total turnover £000
1	1	Wimpey	3,003,200	Dec-05	0		0		3,003,200
2	2	Taylor Woodrow	2,864,900	Dec-05	499,500	192,000		0	3,556,400
3	3	Barratt Developments	2,512,700	Jun-05	0	0	0	0	2,512,700
4	4	Persimmon	2,285,700	Dec-05	0	0	0	0	2,285,700
5	7	Bellway	1,178,063	Jul-05		0	0	0	1,178,063
6	6	Wilson Bowden	1,033,500	Dec-05	0	197,300	0	0	1,230,800
7	5	Berkeley Group	907,725	Apr-05	0	56,739	0	0	964,464
8	9	Redrow Group	753,800	Jun-05	0	26,600	0	600	781,000
9	10	Crest Nicholson	714,300	Oct-05	0		0		714,300
10	11	Bovis Homes	521,194	Dec-05	0	0	0	0	521,194
11	12	Miller	489,500	Dec-05	254,300	149,000	0	0	892,800
12	15	Gladedale Holdings	438,292	Dec-05	0	0			438,292
13	14	Morgan Sindall 1	390,402	Dec-05	583,688			322,618	1,296,708
14	16	Bloor Holdings	361,083	Jun-05			0	184,904	545,987
15	17	McCarthy & Stone	325,600	Aug-05					325,600
16	18	Countryside Properties	311,305	Sep-05	97,800		0	0	409,105
17	13	Fairview Holdings	310,851	Dec-05					310,851
18	20	Linden	285,687	Dec-05					285,687
19	21	Kier	225,500	Jun-05	1,096,200	60,400	227,500	11,800	1,621,400
20	–	Crosby Homes	215,577	Jul-05	0	0	0		215,577
21	22	Cala	213,030	Jun-05	0	12,063	0	0	225,093
22	23	Galliford Try	187,991	Jun-05	537,733	0	0	514	726,238
23	–	MJ Gleeson	159,559	Jun-05	426,310	3,999	0	14,013	603,881
24	24	Morris Group	150,389	Mar-05	0	0	0	0	150,389
25	25	Stewart Milne	143,707	Jun-05	19,541			53,474	216,722
Notes
* Those companies that highlight housing separately in their report and accounts, and that are included in the Top 150 ** Net interest, goodwill, exceptional items and so on 1 Morgan Sindall is primarily a social housing provider

Top 25 housebuilders by housing operating profit*
2006	2005	Company	Housing operating profit £000	Year end	Contracting £000	Property £000	Services £000	Other £000	Interest etc**	Total pre-tax profit £000
1	2	Persimmon	527,800	Dec-05		0	0		–32,400	495,400
2	3	Taylor Woodrow	450,500	Dec-05	8,800	15,700			–64,000	411,000
3	1	Wimpey	437,500	Dec-05	0		0		–71,000	366,500
4	4	Barratt Developments	411,300	Jun-05	0	0	0		–4,700	406,600
5	7	Bellway	229,647	Jul-05		0	0		–11,484	218,163
6	5	Wilson Bowden	203,300	Dec-05		41,100			–28,000	216,400
7	6	Berkeley Group	167,833	Apr-05		8,768	0		0	176,601
8	11	Redrow Group	147,700	Jun-05	0	4,500	0	–1,200	–9,900	141,100
9	10	McCarthy & Stone	125,600	Aug-05					1,800	127,400
10	9	Bovis Homes	125,077	Dec-05	0				–8,999	116,078
11	12	Crest Nicholson	94,900	Oct-05	0		0		–15,700	79,200
12	16	Gladedale Holdings	84,700	Dec-05	0		0		–22,986	61,714
13	15	Miller	78,200	Dec-05	6,000	17,800	0		–26,000	76,000
14	14	Bloor Holdings	75,353	Jun-05				11,646	–8,205	78,794
15	13	Fairview Holdings	40,857	Dec-05					–21,516	19,341
16	18	Morris Group	35,295	Mar-05	0	0	0		–7,466	27,829
17	17	Kier	34,100	Jun-05	15,000	10,000	3,200	–900	–3,500	57,900
18	–	Crosby Homes	32,868	Jul-05	0	0	0		–1,111	31,757
19	22	Linden	27,374	Dec-05					–14,620	12,754
20	24	Stewart Milne	26,489	Jun-05					–6,462	20,027
21	19	Galliford Try	26,430	Jun-05	7,847	0	0	–1,179	–6,768	26,330
22	–	Galliard Homes	25,689	Mar-05					–2,980	22,709
23	23	Cala	25,288	Jun-05		2,465	0		–21,174	6,579
24	–	Wain Group	24,988	Jun-05					–364	24,624
25	–	Keepmoat Holdings	21,515	Mar-05	10,120	0	0		1,512	33,147
Notes
* Those companies that highlight housing separately in their report and accounts, and that are included in the Top 150 ** Net interest, goodwill, exceptional items and so on 1 Morgan Sindall is primarily a social housing provider

Top 25 housebuilders by operating margin
2006	2005	Ranking by operating margin (pre-exceptional)
1	1	McCarthy & Stone	38.6
2	–	Wain Group	32.6
3	–	Abbey Developments	27.5
4	–	Jelson	25.8
5	4	Keepmoat Holdings	24.6
6	2	Bovis Homes	24.0
7	10	Morris Group	23.5
8	–	Emerson Developments	23.4
9	3	Persimmon	23.1
10	–	Yuill Group	22.7
11	–	Galliard Homes	22.4
12	7	Bloor Holdings	20.9
13	–	Shepherd Building Group	20.7
14	–	Weston Group	20.2
15	5	Wilson Bowden	19.7
16	8	Redrow Group	19.6
17	9	Bellway	19.5
18	23	Gladedale Holdings	19.3
19	12	Berkeley Group	18.5
20	16	Stewart Milne	18.4
21	–	Strata	17.0
22	18	Barratt Developments	16.4
23	–	Telford Homes	16.3
24	19	Miller	16.0
25	17	Taylor Woodrow	15.7

Average margins since 1998
2005			15.7
2004			17.2
2003			17.6
2002			14.8
2001			15.0
2000			12.4
1999			13.2
1998			11.7

Top 25 housebuilders by sales/completions
2006	2005		Sales/completions 2003
1	1	Barratt Developments	14,351
2	2	Persimmon	12,636
3	3	Wimpey	12,100
4	4	Taylor Woodrow	8,178
5	5	Bellway	7,001
6	6	Wilson Bowden	5,207
7	8	Redrow Group	4,372
8	12	Miller	2,801
9	9	Berkeley Group	2,570
10	10	Bovis Homes	2,106
11	18	Gladedale Holdings*	2,100
12	13	McCarthy & Stone	1,983
13	16	Bloor Holdings	1,900
14	11	Crest Nicholson	1,865
15	15	Fairview Holdings	1,791
16	20	Kier	1,215
17	21	Linden	1,100
18	–	Crosby Homes*	1,000
19	23	Cala	916
20	22	Morris Group*	900
21	17	Countryside Properties	900
22	24	Stewart Milne	875
23	25	Galliford Try	853
24	–	MJ Gleeson	726
25	–	Ben Bailey	686
Notes
* estimated sales

Top 100 companies by highest-paid director*
2006	2005	Company	2005 Total £000 exc pensions	Basic pay £000 exc pensions	Bonus etc £000	2004 Total £000 exc pensions	Basic pay £000 exc pensions	Bonus etc £000	Change %
1	1	Stewart Milne	5,069	N/A	N/A	3,677	N/A	N/A	37.9
2	–	Bowmer & Kirkland	3,132	N/A	N/A	2,563	N/A	N/A	22.2
3	2	Berkeley Group	2,284	750	1,534	2,284	750	1,534	0.0
4	–	Galliard Homes	1,656	N/A	N/A	426	N/A	N/A	288.7
5	3	David McLean	1,356	N/A	N/A	1,638	N/A	N/A	–17.2
6	6	Taylor Woodrow	1,335	575	760	1,197	519	678	11.5
7	7	Persimmon1	1,316	414	902	955	365	590	37.8
8	9	Higgins	1,269	N/A	N/A	950	N/A	N/A	33.6
9	–	Strata	1,186	N/A	N/A	1,321	N/A	N/A	–10.2
10	8	Willmott Dixon	1,037	N/A	N/A	953	N/A	N/A	8.8
11	5	Bloor Holdings	1,033	N/A	N/A	1,232	N/A	N/A	–16.2
12	–	Byrne	1,000	N/A	N/A	1,268	N/A	N/A	–21.1
13	11	Barratt Developments	990	417	573	918	400	518	7.8
14	10	Amec	895	610	285	949	670	279	–5.7
15	36	Miller	872	N/A	N/A	453	N/A	N/A	92.5
16	17	Bellway	866	380	486	719	315	404	20.4
17	4	Wimpey	797	535	262	1,270	535	735	–37.2
18	24	Severfield-Rowen	779	300	479	580	300	280	34.3
19	21	Carillion	751	430	321	645	405	240	16.4
20	–	Mace Group	698	N/A	N/A	570	N/A	N/A	22.5
21	–	Apollo London	654	N/A	N/A	408	N/A	N/A	60.3
22	35	Balfour Beatty	626	455	171	477	340	137	31.2
23	15	McCarthy & Stone	625	516	109	766	484	282	N/A
24	42	Interserve	622	291	331	425	265	160	46.4
25	–	Homeserve	601	330	271	408	N/A	N/A	47.3
26	29	Morgan Sindall	595	330	265	506	280	226	N/A
27	41	Fitzpatrick Contractors	590	N/A	N/A	437	N/A	N/A	35.0
28	31	Mitie	588	300	288	492	250	242	19.5
29	–	Babcock	577	378	199	526	N/A	N/A	9.7
30	19	Redrow Group	576	425	151	681	425	256	–15.4
31	18	Wilson Bowden	569	494	75	682	473	209	–16.6
32	28	Cala	562	N/A	N/A	508	N/A	N/A	10.6
33	33	Countryside Properties	561	N/A	N/A	490	140	350	14.5
34	–	Croudace	557	N/A	N/A	600	N/A	N/A	–7.2
35	49	Multiplex Construction UK	551	N/A	N/A	385	N/A	N/A	43.1
36	34	ROK Property Solutions	532	366	166	478	305	173	11.3
37	–	Wates Group	531	N/A	N/A	727	N/A	N/A	–27.0
38	–	Crosby Homes	527	N/A	N/A	423	N/A	N/A	24.6
39	43	Alfred McAlpine	526	340	186	416	319	97	26.4
40	23	Amey UK	517	N/A	N/A	598	N/A	N/A	–13.5
41	60	Linden	508	N/A	N/A	282	N/A	N/A	80.1
42	–	Yuill Group	489	N/A	N/A	393	N/A	N/A	24.4
43	39	Fairview Holdings	488	N/A	N/A	443	N/A	N/A	10.2
44	25	Keepmoat Holdings	484	N/A	N/A	541	N/A	N/A	–10.5
45	16	Crest Nicholson	477	398	79	759	368	391	–37.2
46	12	Bovis Homes	468	468	0	910	450	460	–48.6
47	–	Clugston	457	N/A	N/A	377	N/A	N/A	21.2
48	44	Laing O’Rourke	450	N/A	N/A	409	N/A	N/A	10.0
49	45	Accord	445	N/A	N/A	495	N/A	N/A	–10.1
50	54	Mears Group	444	250	194	399	220	179	11.3
51	48	Galliford Try	442	284	158	390	250	140	13.3
52	–	Raven Mount	437	280	157	134	133	1	226.1
53	–	Cowlin Construction	436	N/A	N/A	136	N/A	N/A	220.6
54	47	Edmund Nuttall	432	N/A	N/A	394	N/A	N/A	9.6
55	50	Keller	426	265	161	345	250	95	23.5
56	38	Costain	423	109	314	487	N/A	N/A	–13.1
57	–	Inspace	420	120	300	297	N/A	N/A	41.4
58	13	Jarvis	412	N/A	N/A	834	N/A	N/A	–50.6
59	46	Bovis Lend Lease	408	N/A	N/A	399	N/A	N/A	2.3
60	71	Ogilvie	403	N/A	N/A	215	N/A	N/A	87.4
61	66	Enterprise	398	298	100	237	158	79	67.9
62	–	John Doyle	395	N/A	N/A	404	N/A	N/A	–2.2
63	59	Vinci	395	N/A	N/A	291	N/A	N/A	35.7
64	–	Carey Group	390	N/A	N/A	318	N/A	N/A	22.6
65	64	Shepherd Building Group	389	N/A	N/A	246	N/A	N/A	58.1
66	40	Midas	383	N/A	N/A	441	N/A	N/A	–13.2
67	–	Meica Group	380	N/A	N/A	192	N/A	N/A	97.9
68	53	Kier	379	301	78	338	269	69	12.1
69	–	Renew Holdings	365	180	185	229	175	54	59.4
70	–	HBG UK	361	N/A	N/A	489	N/A	N/A	–26.2
71	32	NG Bailey	355	N/A	N/A	416	N/A	N/A	–14.7
72	–	Henry Boot*	352	189	163	339	N/A	N/A	3.8
73	30	McNicholas	351	N/A	N/A	477	N/A	N/A	–26.4
74	–	Cruden Investments	348	N/A	N/A	333	N/A	N/A	4.5
75	20	Gladedale Holdings	342	N/A	N/A	655	N/A	N/A	–47.8
76	55	Emerson Developments	342	N/A	N/A	332	N/A	N/A	3.0
77	–	Banner Homes	330	N/A	N/A	341	N/A	N/A	–3.2
78	–	Weston Group	327	N/A	N/A	258	N/A	N/A	26.7
79	56	MJ Gleeson	326	236	90	321	290	31	1.6
80	–	Newarthill	307	N/A	N/A	286	N/A	N/A	7.3
81	–	Bewley Homes	304	N/A	N/A	224	N/A	N/A	35.7
82	58	Simons	303	N/A	N/A	300	N/A	N/A	1.0
83	–	North Midland Construction	298	175	123	277	N/A	N/A	7.6
84	63	Interior Services Group	276	258	18	270	234	36	2.2
85	61	Styles & Wood	270	N/A	N/A	273	N/A	N/A	–1.1
86	68	John Sisk	270	N/A	N/A	233	N/A	N/A	15.9
87	79	Connaught	270	264	6	175	170	5	54.3
88	67	Biwater	269	N/A	N/A	235	N/A	N/A	14.5
89	57	Tolent	248	N/A	N/A	237	N/A	N/A	4.6
90	65	Birse	243	236	7	240	235	5	1.3
91	70	Rydon	241	N/A	N/A	215	N/A	N/A	12.1
92	–	Antler Homes	236	N/A	N/A	257	N/A	N/A	–8.2
93	–	Abbey Developments	234	N/A	N/A	218	N/A	N/A	7.3
94	–	Thomas Armstrong	232	N/A	N/A	215	N/A	N/A	7.9
95	–	Pochin	231	170	61	222	N/A	N/A	4.1
96	–	Metnor Group	229	N/A	N/A	189	N/A	N/A	21.2
97	73	Headcrown	206	N/A	N/A	197	N/A	N/A	4.6
98	–	Dawn Group	205	N/A	N/A	159	N/A	N/A	28.9
99	78	Lorne Stewart	205	N/A	N/A	179	N/A	N/A	14.5
100	–	McNicholas Construction	203	N/A	N/A	501	N/A	N/A	–59.5
Average pay			662.45			602.16			10.0
Notes
* Table rankings denote the highest-paid individual director within each company, not the average salary of key directors within each company
1 Persimmon: excludes bonus shares of £876,000 in 2005 (£1,062,000 in 2004)

Top 100 companies by average pay*
2006	2005	Company	Average salary 2005 £000	2004 £000	Change %
1	3	Berkeley Group	65.3	52.9	23.4
2	1	Multiplex Construction UK	60.6	60.6	0.1
3	–	Galliard Homes	58.5	36.9	58.3
4	–	Raven Mount	57.5	42.9	34.0
5	12	Linden	47.7	37.8	26.3
6	8	Byrne	47.1	42.3	11.3
7	7	Styles & Wood	44.5	42.7	4.2
8	5	Higgins	44.1	43.5	1.2
9	–	Meica Group	43.6	52.1	–16.4
10	–	Telford Homes	43.4	45.4	–4.5
11	–	Bewley Homes	43.1	40.2	7.3
12	9	Wates Group	43.0	39.5	8.8
13	–	Dawn Group	42.5	33.0	28.8
14	–	Mace Group	42.5	43.1	–1.3
15	6	Bovis Lend Lease1	42.4	43.2	–2.0
16	4	Cala	41.9	47.4	–11.5
17	10	Crest Nicholson	41.5	39.0	6.4
18	–	John Doyle	41.5	41.0	1.2
19	–	Banner Homes	41.2	38.4	7.2
20	–	Fairview Holdings	40.6	40.5	0.4
21	–	Durkan Holdings	40.3	38.3	5.2
22	84	Interior Services Group	39.9	19.4	106.2
23	14	Birse	39.3	36.7	7.3
24	–	Newarthill	38.4	34.4	11.7
25	11	Miller	38.3	38.3	–0.1
26	13	Fitzpatrick Contractors	38.2	37.2	2.6
27	40	Willmott Dixon	38.0	30.2	26.0
28	16	John Sisk	37.8	35.5	6.7
29	–	Croudace	37.2	35.7	4.5
30	15	Severfield-Rowen	37.2	35.7	4.0
31	17	MJ Gleeson	37.1	35.2	5.2
32	–	Weston Group	36.9	33.4	10.5
33	–	Pearce Group	36.2	33.5	8.2
34	–	Wain Group	35.7	33.2	7.5
35	23	John Laing Partnership	35.7	34.4	3.6
36	41	Stewart Milne	35.2	30.0	17.3
37	–	Warings Construction	35.2	34.8	1.2
38	19	Morgan Sindall	35.1	33.7	4.2
39	–	William Davies	34.9	30.8	13.2
40	18	Gladedale Holdings	34.4	34.4	0.2
41	–	Apollo London	34.4	29.1	18.2
42	26	Galliford Try	33.9	32.2	5.3
43	36	Bowmer & Kirkland	33.5	30.9	8.2
44	–	Abbey Developments	33.4	32.3	3.6
45	–	SDC Holdings	33.3	31.4	6.1
46	–	Renew Holdings	33.1	33.5	–1.2
47	35	Vinci*	33.1	30.9	7.1
48	31	Dean & Dyball	33.1	31.3	5.5
49	22	Edmund Nuttall	33.0	33.2	–0.4
50	20	David McLean	33.0	33.5	–1.6
51	24	McCarthy & Stone	33.0	32.7	1.0
52	–	Antler Homes	32.7	36.7	–10.7
53	30	Bellway	32.7	31.5	3.9
54	45	Midas	32.4	29.4	10.3
55	33	Osborne	32.4	31.2	3.8
56	42	Countryside Properties	32.2	29.9	7.6
57	37	Redrow Group	32.2	30.8	4.3
58	74	Morrison Construction	32.0	24.3	31.8
59	–	Strata	32.0	23.9	33.9
60	–	Morris Group	31.9	30.2	5.8
61	–	Amco Corporation	31.8	30.0	6.2
62	32	HBG UK	31.4	31.2	0.5
63	34	Wilson Bowden	31.4	31.1	N/A
64	–	Wimpey	31.3	30.8	1.7
65	49	Tolent	31.0	28.4	9.0
66	–	Cowlin Construction	30.9	25.9	19.3
67	–	Jackson Civil Engineering	30.8	28.9	6.6
68	–	McNicholas	30.7	28.5	7.6
69	39	Barratt Developments	30.4	30.5	–0.3
70	–	Bovis Homes	30.4	34.6	–12.2
71	25	T Clarke	30.3	32.4	–6.5
72	44	Balfour Beatty	30.3	29.4	2.8
73	–	North Midland Construction	30.1	29.2	3.2
74	–	Metnor Group	29.7	24.8	19.4
75	51	Lorne Stewart	29.6	28.0	6.0
76	43	Rydon	29.4	29.7	–1.0
77	48	Persimmon	29.2	28.7	2.0
78	53	Keller	29.2	27.8	5.0
79	–	Yuill Group	29.0	29.1	–0.2
80	56	Alfred McAlpine	29.0	27.6	5.1
81	52	Emcor UK	28.7	27.9	3.1
82	55	Ogilvie	28.4	27.6	2.8
83	50	Amec	28.3	28.1	0.9
84	62	Barr Holdings	28.2	25.8	9.1
85	75	ROK Property Solutions	28.1	24.3	15.8
86	57	Shepherd Building Group	28.0	27.2	3.1
87	–	Pochin	28.0	24.8	12.7
88	64	Clancy	27.8	26.0	7.1
89	54	Taylor Woodrow	27.8	27.7	0.3
90	–	Inspace	27.7	25.6	8.3
91	61	NG Bailey	27.7	26.1	6.0
92	59	Keepmoat Holdings	27.7	26.4	4.7
93	70	Headcrown	27.6	25.0	10.4
94	–	Thomas Vale Construction	27.4	25.4	8.1
95	–	Clugston	27.0	23.9	13.3
96	77	McNicholas Construction	26.8	24.1	11.4
97	–	Ben Bailey	26.5	25.5	4.2
98	65	Tulloch	26.1	25.9	0.7
99	–	GSH Group	26.1	24.1	8.2
100	73	Bloor Holdings	25.9	24.7	5.2
Average			37.9	35.4	7.0
% change since 1995					89.5%
Notes
*Average pay rates %3D total salaries/wages divided by total number of employees
1 Bovis Lend Lease data refers to UK operations