Top 100 今日看料 Companies 2015
Who’s up and who’s down?
A year on from the confirmation of a sustained growth trend for UK construction activity, the mood has turned from rampant optimism to deep concern at the profitability of contractors. Recent months have seen a steady flow of bad news from the industry’s major players. Several major businesses have issued profit warnings, some have announced eye-watering losses and – worst of all – a handful of significant businesses have collapsed, such as GB Building Solutions, or declared their insolvency, for example the Dutch parent company and German fellow subsidiary of the UK operations of Imtech.
The half-year figures posted in mid-August by the UK’s largest contractor, Balfour Beatty, were truly shocking, adding a further £150m loss for just six months to the £304m loss declared for the calendar year 2014.
Observers could be forgiven for wondering just how many skeletons there are in Balfour Beatty’s financial cupboard, while Carillion shareholders will be heaving huge sighs of relief that last year’s attempt to take over Balfour Beatty failed. Meanwhile our third largest contractor, Interserve, has just reported that margins in its UK construction business have fallen from 1.9% to only 1.1% in the first half of 2015.
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Rank by turnover | Rank by profit | Company | 2014 Rank by turnover | 2014 Rank by profit | Latest turnover (£m) | 2014 turnover (£m) | Latest pre-tax profit (£m) | 2014 Pre-tax profit (£m) | Latest margin (%) | Previous margin (%) |
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1 | 100 | Balfour Beatty | 1 | 100 | 8,793 | 8,852 | -304.0 | -49.0 | -3.5 | -0.6 |
2 | 1 | 颁补谤颈濒濒颈辞苍听 | 2 | 1 | 4,072 | 4,081 | 142.6 | 110.6 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
3 | 4 | Interserve | 4 | 4 | 3,305 | 2,582 | 61.9 | 68.1 | 1.9 | 2.6 |
4 | 21 | Kier Group | 3 | 7 | 2,985 | 2,669 | 14.8 | 43.0 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
5 | 13 | Morgan Sindall聽 | 5 | 19 | 2,220 | 2,095 | 22.8 | 13.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
6 | 2 | Amey Uk | 6 | 2 | 2,168 | 1,762 | 106.7 | 78.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
7 | 3 | Galliford Try | 9 | 3 | 1,768 | 1,467 | 95.2 | 74.1 | 5.4 | 5.1 |
8 | 30 | Laing O'Rourke | 8 | 15 | 1,669 | 1,640 | 10.4 | 21.5 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
9 | 11 | Keller | 10 | 5 | 1,600 | 1,438 | 28.2 | 52.0 | 1.8 | 3.6 |
10 | 16 | Bam | 7 | 8 | 1,596 | 1,647 | 21.6 | 32.0 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
11 | 36 | Isg | 11 | 47 | 1,483 | 1,284 | 6.8 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
12 | 5 | Skanska | 13 | 6 | 1,260 | 1,121 | 41.3 | 44.2 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
13 | 18 | Willmott Dixon聽 | 15 | 33 | 1,259 | 1,023 | 17.0 | 6.9 | 1.4 | 0.7 |
14 | 9 | Mace | 14 | 9 | 1,183 | 1,108 | 32.4 | 28.3 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
15 | 14 | Costain | 16 | 21 | 1,123 | 960 | 22.6 | 12.9 | 2.0 | 1.3 |
16 | 98 | Sir Robert Mcalpine | 18 | 36 | 1,064 | 898 | -67.8 | 5.9 | -6.4 | 0.7 |
17 | 15 | Wates | 17 | 11 | 1,050 | 931 | 22.6 | 22.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
18 | 99 | Vinci Uk | 12 | 31 | 1,017 | 1,255 | -216.9 | 7.1 | -21.3 | 0.6 |
19 | 6 | J Murphy | 25 | 13 | 954 | 653 | 34.7 | 21.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
20 | 19 | Lakeside 1聽 | 19 | 98 | 931 | 886 | 16.2 | -21.4 | 1.7 | -2.4 |
21 | 10 | Mears | 20 | 14 | 839 | 866 | 29.7 | 21.7 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
22 | 12 | Bowmer And Kirkland | 24 | 10 | 732 | 660 | 27.1 | 23.1 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
23 | 26 | Volkerwessels Uk | 23 | 22 | 697 | 691 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
24 | 27 | 厂丑别辫丑别谤诲听 | 22 | 20 | 686 | 748 | 11.4 | 13.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
25 | 8 | Miller | 21 | 26 | 674 | 817 | 34.6 | 10.4 | 5.1 | 1.3 |
26 | 25 | Imtech | 26 | 12 | 645 | 648 | 12.5 | 22.3 | 1.9 | 3.4 |
27 | 94 | Morrison Utility Services聽 | 27 | 92 | 518 | 550 | -6.9 | -5.5 | -1.3 | -1.0 |
28 | 51 | Sse Contracting | 28 | 16 | 490 | 490 | 3.9 | 20.8 | 0.8 | 4.2 |
29 | 22 | Renew Holdings | 33 | 24 | 464 | 350 | 13.1 | 10.7 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
30 | 29 | Lend Lease | 29 | 94 | 441 | 449 | 10.6 | -8.6 | 2.4 | -1.9 |
31 | 57 | John Graham | 32 | 85 | 429 | 364 | 2.7 | -2.2 | 0.6 | -0.6 |
32 | 48 | Mclaren | 31 | 23 | 411 | 378 | 4.3 | 11.7 | 1.0 | 3.1 |
33 | 35 | N G Bailey | 30 | 95 | 380 | 422 | 6.9 | -10.1 | 1.8 | -2.4 |
34 | 96 | Byrne Group | 36 | 72 | 349 | 280 | -12.1 | 0.6 | -3.5 | 0.2 |
35 | 44 | Geoffrey Osborne聽 | 38 | 87 | 327 | 256 | 5.0 | -2.8 | 1.5 | -1.1 |
36 | 24 | Integral Uk | 39 | 25 | 310 | 239 | 12.9 | 10.7 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
37 | 42 | 叠耻肠办颈苍驳丑补尘听 | 54 | 78 | 309 | 184 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0.3 |
38 | 80 | 尝补办别丑辞耻蝉别听 | 52 | 32 | 302 | 191 | 0.1 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 3.7 |
39 | 28 | Brookfield Multiplex | 45 | 28 | 295 | 222 | 10.9 | 8.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
40 | 66 | John Sisk | 35 | 58 | 278 | 294 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
41 | 52 | Clancy | 41 | 73 | 270 | 239 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.3 |
42 | 43 | R G Carter | 40 | 39 | 261 | 239 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 2.3 |
43 | 7 | Robertson Group聽 | 43 | 89 | 261 | 231 | 34.7 | -3.9 | 13.3 | -1.7 |
44 | 40 | Carey Group | 53 | 51 | 258 | 188 | 6.0 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.1 |
45 | 93 | 础谤诲尘辞谤别听 | 42 | 65 | 241 | 236 | -5.7 | 0.9 | -2.4 | 0.4 |
46 | 39 | Northstone Ni | 34 | 29 | 239 | 299 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
47 | 92 | City Building (Glasgow)聽 | 51 | 84 | 237 | 195 | -4.4 | -1.2 | -1.9 | -0.6 |
48 | 88 | Longcross | 47 | 61 | 231 | 216 | -1.2 | 1.1 | -0.5 | 0.5 |
49 | 87 | T Clarke | 46 | 56 | 228 | 217 | -0.7 | 1.7 | -0.3 | 0.8 |
50 | 32 | Emcor | 37 | 96 | 225 | 274 | 10.0 | -13.1 | 4.4 | -4.8 |
52 | 41 | Lorne Stewart | 50 | 37 | 203 | 200 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
51 | 60 | 惭颈诲补蝉听 | 56 | 59 | 203 | 181 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
53 | 84 | Severfield | 44 | 90 | 202 | 231 | -0.2 | -4.1 | -0.1 | -1.8 |
54 | 37 | Malcolm Group | 48 | 34 | 197 | 212 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
55 | 91 | Mclaughlin & Harvey聽 | 67 | 44 | 196 | 158 | -3.6 | 3.2 | -1.8 | 2.0 |
56 | 90 | North Midland 今日看料聽 | 59 | 93 | 193 | 178 | -3.0 | -6.0 | -1.6 | -3.4 |
57 | 53 | Esh Holdings聽 | 62 | 74 | 192 | 174 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.3 |
58 | 59 | 贬颈驳驳颈苍蝉听 | 58 | 48 | 181 | 179 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
59 | 17 | Bechtel | 65 | 18 | 178 | 162 | 18.0 | 14.8 | 10.1 | 9.1 |
60 | 46 | Eric Wright聽 | 49 | 38 | 177 | 201 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
61 | 64 | Forth Holdings | 57 | 40 | 175 | 181 | 1.5 | 5.4 | 0.9 | 3.0 |
62 | 97 | Spie | 55 | 97 | 166 | 183 | -13.5 | -17.4 | -8.1 | -9.5 |
63 | 54 | William Hare | 68 | 54 | 165 | 157 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 |
64 | 23 | 惭耻濒濒补濒濒别测听 | 72 | 27 | 163 | 135 | 13.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 6.3 |
65 | 45 | 尝补驳补苍听 | 61 | 46 | 158 | 174 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 1.6 |
66 | 74 | Mcnicholas 今日看料 | 70 | 42 | 156 | 143 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 2.8 |
67 | 49 | 惭补产别测听 | 71 | 99 | 153 | 142 | 4.2 | -24.3 | 2.7 | -17.1 |
68 | 50 | Seddon | 66 | 52 | 149 | 162 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 1.2 |
69 | 20 | Barr | 64 | 49 | 148 | 164 | 15.7 | 2.2 | 10.6 | 1.3 |
70 | 68 | Rgcm | 63 | 57 | 148 | 166 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
71 | 47 | 奥颈苍惫颈肠听 | 73 | 45 | 146 | 112 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
72 | 38 | Dawnus | 60 | 17 | 142 | 177 | 6.2 | 17.6 | 4.4 | 9.9 |
73 | 31 | Thomas Armstrong聽 | 74 | 30 | 125 | 110 | 10.2 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 6.8 |
74 | 58 | M.V. Kelly聽 | 79 | 60 | 122 | 94 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 1.3 |
75 | 56 | 尝颈苍诲耻尘听 | 78 | 55 | 121 | 94 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
76 | 75 | 罢辞濒别苍迟听 | 77 | 91 | 113 | 97 | 0.4 | -4.6 | 0.4 | -4.7 |
77 | 34 | Masterton | 83 | 41 | 110 | 84 | 7.0 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 5.7 |
78 | 78 | 骋.贵.罢辞尘濒颈苍蝉辞苍听 | 76 | 88 | 107 | 99 | 0.2 | -3.6 | 0.2 | -3.6 |
79 | 95 | 滨蝉蝉听 | 69 | 62 | 102 | 146 | -12.0 | 1.1 | -11.8 | 0.8 |
80 | 33 | R.J. Mcleod聽 | 82 | 35 | 100 | 84 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 7.7 |
81 | 86 | Headcrown | 75 | 86 | 99 | 102 | -0.5 | -2.5 | -0.5 | -2.5 |
82 | 81 | City Building聽 | 81 | 83 | 97 | 90 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
83 | 72 | Trant | 84 | 66 | 79 | 67 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
84 | 76 | Speller Metcalfe | 89 | 82 | 77 | 56 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
85 | 71 | Simpson (York) | 80 | 50 | 74 | 93 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 2.4 |
88 | 69 | Barnes Group聽 | 86 | 67 | 70 | 63 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
86 | 65 | John Turner聽 | 87 | 68 | 70 | 62 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
87 | 61 | 厂丑补测濒辞谤听 | 94 | 69 | 70 | 43 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 2.1 |
89 | 73 | Base Build | 88 | 79 | 66 | 60 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
90 | 89 | Stepnell | 85 | 43 | 63 | 67 | -2.5 | 3.3 | -4.0 | 4.9 |
91 | 82 | Ogilvie 今日看料 | 91 | 76 | 56 | 47 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.3 |
92 | 63 | Feltham Group聽 | 90 | 75 | 48 | 51 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 1.2 |
93 | 79 | 叠谤测尘辞谤听 | 95 | 81 | 46 | 43 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
94 | 83 | Ashe Group聽 | 92 | 80 | 45 | 47 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
95 | 55 | Verbier | 100 | 64 | 44 | 36 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 7.3 | 3.1 |
96 | 85 | Moortown | 96 | 71 | 43 | 42 | -0.4 | 0.7 | -0.9 | 1.7 |
97 | 67 | Cardy | 99 | 63 | 42 | 37 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
98 | 70 | Jerram | 98 | 70 | 41 | 38 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
99 | 62 | Vascroft | 93 | 53 | 40 | 44 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 5.3 | 4.5 |
100 | 77 | Blenheim House | 97 | 77 | 37 | 41 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
TOTALS | 59,425 | 55,494 | 462 | 789 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
Key:
Up from 2014
Down from 2014
No change from 2014