Top 100 Contractors and Housebuilders 2003 | 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	4,381,100	Dec-02	2,410,700		156,700	1,781,100	32,600
2	Balfour Beatty*	3,441,000	Dec-02	3,308,000				133,000
3	Wimpey	2,600,100	Dec-02		2,600,100
4	Taylor Woodrow	2,215,800	Dec-02	371,100	1,751,800	92,900
5	Carillion	2,008,700	Dec-02	1,125,400			821,700	61,600
6	Mowlem	1,936,000	Dec-02	1,540,000		1,000	389,000	6,000
7	Barratt Developments	1,799,400	Jun-02		1,799,400
8	Persimmon	1,711,100	Dec-02		1,711,100
9	Kier	1,382,700	Jun-02	1,218,400	158,800			5,500
10	Skanska Construction*	1,350,000	Dec-02	1,350,000
11	Jarvis	1,217,200	Mar-03				1,217,200
12	Interserve	1,122,900	Dec-02	467,900			544,500	110,500
13	Berkeley Group	1,085,098	Apr-02		1,025,859	59,239
14	Morgan Sindall 1	1,038,387	Dec-02	617,592	223,558			197,237
15	Wilson Bowden	983,900	Dec-02		827,000	156,900
16	Amey*	917,164	Dec-02				917,164
17	Westbury	790,937	Feb-03		790,937
18	Alfred McAlpine	783,851	Dec-02	363,786			381,816	38,249
19	Bellway	772,964	Jul-02		772,964
20	Bovis Lend Lease 2	761,332	Jun-02	761,332
21	Laing 3	755,000	Dec-02		456,100	43,100		255,800
22	Wilson Connolly	714,900	Dec-02		714,900
23	Crest Nicholson	699,400	Oct-02	183,900	515,500
24	Miller	656,700	Dec-02	254,700	280,800	121,200
25	HBG Construction	654,400	Dec-02	575,400		66,200		12,800
26	Galliford Try	649,783	Jun-02	487,296	161,959			528
27	Sir Robert McAlpine	648,332	Oct-02	648,332
28	Morrison Construction/AWG 4	605,547	Mar-02	372,231			231,656	1,660
29	MJ Gleeson	580,634	Jun-02	428,230	112,970	39,434
30	Redrow Group	573,300	Jun-02		543,100	30,200
31	Shepherd Building Group*	557,300	Jun-02	557,300
32	Costain	543,400	Dec-02	525,500		17,900
33	Mansell*	528,989	Dec-02	528,989
34	Mitie	518,852	Mar-02				518,852
35	Keller	510,971	Dec-02	510,971
36	Wates Group*	505,000	Dec-02	505,000
37	Bowmer & Kirkland *	498,148	Aug-02	498,148
38	Birse	491,641	Apr-02	481,832		1,217		8,592
39	Bovis Homes	461,284	Dec-02		461,284
40	Countryside Properties	456,081	Sep-02	97,418	358,663
41	Vinci*	450,740	Dec-02	450,740
42	NG Bailey	448,894	Feb-02	448,894
43	Montpellier*	447,856	Sep-02	447,856
44	Peterhouse	446,500	Dec-02	136,600			309,900
45	General London Construction Holdings 5	435,300	Dec-02		435,300
46	Bloor Holdings	408,988	Jun-02		277,109			131,879
47	Interior Services Group 6	405,654	Jun-02	405,654
48	Ballast	361,344	Dec-02	361,344
49	Emcor Drake & Scull*	329,971	Dec-01	329,971
50	O’Rourke	318,939	Mar-02	318,939
51	Willmot Dixon*	314,585	Dec-02	314,585
52	Enterprise	282,300	Dec-02				282,300
53	Fitzpatrick	262,223	Dec-02	262,223
54	Simons*	254,731	Mar-02	254,731
55	Accord	239,684	Dec-02				239,684
56	Staveley Industries*	239,318	Dec-02	239,318
57	McNicholas Construction*	238,917	Mar-02	238,917
58	Rok Property Solutions	234,275	Dec-02	183,786		33,512	10,088	6,889
59	Linden	232,896	Dec-02		232,896
60	J Murphy & Sons*	224,967	Dec-01	224,967
61	Ringway	221,875	Dec-01				221,875
62	RG Carter Holdings*	208,532	Dec-01	208,532
63	May Gurney*	206,905	Mar-02	206,905
64	Lorne Stewart*	192,811	Dec-02	192,811
65	McCarthy & Stone	188,100	Aug-02		188,100
66	Henry Boot 7	178,990	Dec-02	90,290	88,700
67	Southern Electric Contracting	176,419	Mar-02	176,419
68	Osborne*	160,304	Mar-02	160,304
69	Severfield-Rowen	157,418	Dec-02	157,418
70	Seddon*	157,033	Dec-02	157,033
71	Keepmoat Holdings	153,315	Mar-02		153,315
72	Cala Homes	150,303	Jun-02		148,849	1454
73	Stewart Milne*	149,738	Jun-02		149,738
74	John Doyle	148,404	Dec-01	61,726				86,678
75	T Clarke	143,990	Dec-02	143,990
76	McNicholas*	140,069	Dec-02	140,069
77	Dean & Dyball	140,032	Sep-02	140,032
78	John Sisk	136,461	Dec-02	136,461
79	Biwater	136,100	Mar-02	98,000				38,100
80	Robertson Group (Scotland)*	134,870	Nov-02	134,870
81	PME	133,587	Dec-02				133,587
82	Rydon*	127,349	Mar-02		127,349
83	Tolent	125,828	Dec-02	125,828
84	Styles & Wood	123,006	Dec-02					123,006
85	Haymills	120,152	Mar-02	96,427				23,725
86	Sunley Turriff Holdings	118,202	Dec-00	117,101				1,101
87	Clugston*	116,534	Jan-02	116,534
88	Bett Brothers	116,280	Aug-02		106,264	10,016
89	Tulloch*	114,800	Dec-02	114,800
90	Higgins*	114,202	Jul-02	89,009	25,035	158
91	Midas	113,725	Apr-02	113,725
92	David McLean	112,423	Jun-02	53,929	45,643	12,532		319
93	Barr*	112,060	Mar-02	112,060
94	Dew Pitchmastic	110,624	Oct-02	99,477				11,147
95	Clancy*	109,888	Mar-02				109,888
96	Connaught	108,343	Aug-02				108,343
97	Benson	108,200	Dec-02	108,200
98	Marshall Holdings*	104,933	Dec-01	104,933
99	Wrekin	101,524	Dec-02	101,524
100	SDC Holdings*	90,181	Sep-02	90,181
	Totals	56,050,887		28,456,570	17,245,092	843,662	8,218,653	1,286,910
notes * Full split of activities not provided in reports and accounts, therefore turnover and/or profits assigned to main activity
1- Morgan Sindall’s housing refers to affordable housing
2- Bovis data refers to Bovis Lend Lease Ltd
3- Laing sold its homes division to Wimpey in 2002. Laing homes completed/sold 1286 units in 2002
4- Morrison Construction Group was taken over by Anglian Water Group (AWG) in 2000
5- General London Construction Holdings, formerly Fairview Homes
6- Interior Services Group data excludes construction management
7- Henry Boot sold its homes division to Wilson Bowden in early 2003. Boot completed/sold 694 units in 2002

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	Wimpey	285,900	Dec-02		329,700				–43,800
2	Persimmon	256,800	Dec-02		299,800				–43,000
3	Taylor Woodrow	233,100	Dec-02	13,100	245,000	14,700			–39,700
4	Barratt Developments	220,000	Jun-02		227,900				–7,900
5	Berkeley Group	196,162	Apr-02		198,992	13,998			–16,828
6	Wilson Bowden	178,800	Dec-02		166,600	23,700			–11,500
7	Bellway	125,344	Jul-02		133,055				–7,711
8	Bovis Homes	104,703	Dec-02		109,591				–4,888
9	Balfour Beatty	88,000	Dec-02	100,000				49,000	–61,000
10	Redrow Group	85,100	Jun-02		95,300	3,100		1,427	–14,727
11	Westbury	83,316	Feb-03		112,632				–29,316
12	McCarthy & Stone	75,400	Aug-02		75,900				–500
13	Crest Nicholson	63,000	Oct-02	–3,400	79,200				–12,800
14	Jarvis	62,700	Mar-03				79,600		–16,900
15	General London Construction Holdings	60,600	Dec-02		90,151				–29,551
16	Wilson Connolly	54,600	Dec-02		73,000				–18,400
17	Carillion	42,200	Dec-02	17,000			36,400	7,800	–19,000
18	Skanska Construction	39,400	Dec-02	36,100					3,300
19	Amec	39,200	Dec-02	53,800		12,900	75,600	6,200	–109,300
20	Interserve	37,200	Dec-02	18,000			25,800	9,300	–15,900
21	Bloor Holdings	36,621	Jun-02		41,249			–8,385	3,757
22	Countryside Properties	34,313	Sep-02	2,639	39,376				–7,702
23	Mowlem	33,100	Dec-02	30,800		–100	14,100	6,100	–17,800
24	Mitie	30,357	Mar-02				29,967		390
25	Kier	28,000	Jun-02	12,500	22,200			–600	–6,100
26	Miller	27,400	Dec-02	6,200	28,000	11,200			–18,000
27	Keller	27,330	Dec-02	34,344					–7,014
28	Linden	22,904	Dec-02		25,436				–2,532
29	Alfred McAlpine	21,699	Dec-02	16,957			17,798	1,035	–14,091
30	Bowmer & Kirkland	19,652	Aug-02	16,150					3,502
31	Galliford Try	18,015	Jun-02	411	22,487			–2,635	–2,248
32	Southern Electric Contracting	17,605	Mar-02	8,459					9,146
33	Bett Brothers	17,154	Aug-02		15,288	5,058			–3,192
34	Henry Boot	17,140	Dec-02	3,648	11,700				1,792
35	Morgan Sindall	15,530	Dec-02	1,596	5,965			8,130	–161
36	MJ Gleeson	15,077	Jun-02	10,053	575	10,111			–5,662
37	HBG Construction	14,800	Dec-02	9,100		12,600		1,100	–8,000
38	Peterhouse	14,500	Dec-02	3,300			18,800		–7,600
39	Enterprise	12,900	Dec-02				18,800		–5,900
40	Bovis Lend Lease	12,798	Jun-02	3,941					8,857
41	Marshall Holdings	12,400	Dec-01	13,165					–765
42	Costain	11,300	Dec-02	500		7,500			3,300
43	T Clarke	10,796	Dec-02	10,182					614
44	RG Carter Holdings	10,089	Dec-01	6,481					3,608
45	Vinci	9,927	Dec-02	9,195					732
46	Wates Group	9,700	Dec-02	11,615					–1,915
47	J Murphy & Sons	9,077	Dec-01	8,427					650
48	Stewart Milne	8,508	Jun-02		11,506				–2,998
49	Ringway	8,166	Dec-01				8,471		–305
50	Severfield-Rowen	7,519	Dec-02	7,526					–7
51	NG Bailey	7,268	Feb-02	2,540					4,728
52	Interior Services Group	7,103	Jun-02	6,712					391
53	Birse	6,729	Apr-02	2,412		762		2,385	1,170
54	Fitzpatrick	6,175	Dec-02	5,854					321
55	EmcorDrake & Scull	5,657	Dec-01	4,773					884
56	Higgins	5,341	Jul-02	4,266	4,576	492			–3,993
57	O’Rourke	5,178	Mar-02	6,614					–1,436
58	Keepmoat Holdings	5,168	Mar-02		4,855				313
59	Seddon	5,016	Dec-02	4,862					154
60	Montpellier	4,851	Sep-02	4,926					–75
61	Willmot Dixon	4,772	Dec-02	7,276					–2,504
62	Rydon	4,680	Mar-02		6,874				–2,194
63	May Gurney*	4,581	Mar-02	4,341					240
64	John Doyle	4,580	Dec-01	2,479				2,347	–246
65	David McLean	4,523	Jun-02	2,629	3,440	7,005		–7,757	–794
66	Rok Property Solutions	4,502	Dec-02	2,729		4,238	996	648	–4,109
67	Accord	4,234	Dec-02				7,572		–3,338
68	Staveley Industries	4,225	Dec-02	3,164					1,061
69	Styles & Wood	3,529	Dec-02					3,226	303
70	John Sisk	3,511	Dec-02	2,662					849
71	Connaught	3,332	Aug-02				3,413		–81
72	Dew Pitchmastic	3,042	Oct-02	2,334				708
73	Osborne*	2,876	Mar-02	2,022					854
74	PME	2,613	Dec-02				2,727		–114
75	Tolent	2,578	Dec-02	2,487					91
76	Midas	2,507	Apr-02	2,197					310
77	Biwater	2,500	Mar-02	1,500				1,000
78	Tulloch	2,400	Dec-02	3,700					–1,300
79	Clancy	2,145	Mar-02				2,112		33
80	Wrekin	2,032	Dec-02	1,845					187
81	Robertson Group (Scotland)*	2,020	Nov-02	2,153					–133
82	Haymills	1,626	Mar-02	30				1,076	520
83	McNicholas	1,249	Dec-02	1,144					105
84	SDC Holdings	1,203	Sep-02	769					434
85	Cala Homes	1,134	Jun-02		14,172	1,973			–15,011
86	Dean & Dyball	1,033	Sep-02	1,066					–33
87	Simons	732	Mar-02	187					545
88	Morrison Construction/AWG	446	Mar-02	–8,941			8,649	738
89	Mansell	3	Dec-02	7,439					–7,436
90	Benson	–704	Dec-02	–492					–212
91	Sir Robert McAlpine	–1,389	Oct-02	1,648					–3,037
92	Shepherd Building Group*	–1,900	Jun-02	14,700					–16,600
93	Sunley Turriff Holdings	–3,766	Dec-00	–2,991				24	–799
94	Lorne Stewart	–4,412	Dec-02	–4,566					154
95	Barr	–5,755	Mar-02	–4,402					–1,353
96	Clugston	–6,114	Jan-02	–5,755					–359
97	Ballast	–12,764	Dec-02	–14,928					2,164
98	McNicholas Construction*	–14,858	Mar-02	–6,260					–8,598
99	Laing	–18,600	Dec-02	100	13,200	8,100		15,000	–55,000
100	Amey	–129,541	Dec-02				9,616		–139,157
	Totals	2,803,193		527,014	2,507,720	137,337	360,421	97,867	–827,166
	Aggregate margins	5.0%		1.9%	14.5%	16.3%	4.4%	7.6%
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 and “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 £000	Year end	Housing £000	Property £000	Services £000	Other £000	Total turnover £000
1	Balfour Beatty*	3,308,000	Dec-02				133,000	3,441,000
2	Amec	2,410,700	Dec-02		156,700	1,781,100	32,600	4,381,100
3	Mowlem	1,540,000	Dec-02		1,000	389,000	6,000	1,936,000
4	Skanska Construction	1,350,000	Dec-02					1,350,000
5	Kier	1,218,400	Jun-02	158,800			5,500	1,382,700
6	Carillion	1,125,400	Dec-02			821,700	61,600	2,008,700
7	Bovis Lend Lease	761,332	Jun-02					761,332
8	Sir Robert McAlpine	648,332	Oct-02					648,332
9	Morgan Sindall	617,592	Dec-02	223,558			197,237	1,038,387
10	HBG Construction	575,400	Dec-02		66,200		12,800	654,400
11	Shepherd Building Group*	557,300	Jun-02					557,300
12	Mansell	528,989	Dec-02					528,989
13	Costain	525,500	Dec-02		17,900			543,400
14	Keller	510,971	Dec-02					510,971
15	Wates Group*	505,000	Dec-02					505,000
16	Bowmer & Kirkland *	498,148	Aug-02					498,148
17	Galliford Try	487,296	Jun-02	161,959			528	649,783
18	Birse	481,832	Apr-02		1,217		8,592	491,641
19	Interserve	467,900	Dec-02			544,500	110,500	1,122,900
20	Vinci	450,740	Dec-02					450,740
21	NG Biley	448,894	Feb-02					448,894
22	Montpellier	447,856	Sep-02					447,856
23	MJ Gleeson	428,230	Jun-02	112,970	39,434			580,634
24	Interior Services Group	405,654	Jun-02					405,654
25	Morrison Construction/AWG	372,231	Mar-02			231,656	1,660	605,547
26	Taylor Woodrow	371,100	Dec-02	1,751,800	92,900			2,215,800
27	Alfred McAlpine	363,786	Dec-02			381,816	38,249	783,851
28	Ballast	361,344	Dec-02					361,344
29	Emcor Drake & Scull*	329,971	Dec-01					329,971
30	O’Rourke*	318,939	Mar-02					318,939
31	Willmot Dixon	314,585	Dec-02					314,585
32	Fitzpatrick	262,223	Dec-02					262,223
33	Simons	254,731	Mar-02					254,731
34	Miller	254,700	Dec-02	280,800	121,200			656,700
35	Staveley Industries*	239,318	Dec-02					239,318
36	McNicholas Construction*	238,917	Mar-02					238,917
37	J Murphy & Sons	224,967	Dec-01					224,967
38	RG Carter Holdings*	208,532	Dec-01					208,532
39	May Gurney*	206,905	Mar-02					206,905
40	Lorne Stewart*	192,811	Dec-02					192,811
41	Crest Nicholson ¹	183,900	Oct-02	515,500				699,400
42	Rok Property Solutions	183,786	Dec-02		33,512	10,088	6,889	234,275
43	Southern Electric Contracting	176,419	Mar-02					176,419
44	Osborne	160,304	Mar-02					160,304
45	Severfield-Rowen	157,418	Dec-02					157,418
46	Seddon	157,033	Dec-02					157,033
47	T Clarke	143,990	Dec-02					143,990
48	McNicholas*	140,069	Dec-02					140,069
49	Dean & Dyball	140,032	Sep-02					140,032
50	Peterhouse ²	136,600	Dec-02			309,900		446,500
Notes
*contracting figures are distorted by the inclusion of other activities such as facilities management and property. This applies to rankings of contractors by contracting turnover (above), contracting operating proft (overleaf) and contracting operating margin (page 57)
¹ Crest Nicholson sold its contracting arm, Pearce, in early 2002
² Peterhouse sold its contracting arm, Propencity, in early 2002

TOP 50 contractors by contracting operating profit
	Company	Contracting £000	Year end	Housing £000	Property £000	Services £000	Other £000	Interest etc £000**	*Total pre-tax profit£000**
1	Balfour Beatty	100,000	Dec-02				49,000	–61,000	88,000
2	Amec	53,800	Dec-02		12,900	75,600	6,200	–109,300	39,200
3	Skanska Construction	36,100	Dec-02					3,300	39,400
4	Keller	34,344	Dec-02					–7,014	27,330
5	Mowlem	30,800	Dec-02		–100	14,100	6,100	–17,800	33,100
6	Interserve	18,000	Dec-02			25,800	9,300	–15,900	37,200
7	Carillion	17,000	Dec-02			36,400	7,800	–19,000	42,200
8	Alfred McAlpine	16,957	Dec-02			17,798	1,035	–14,091	21,699
9	Bowmer & Kirkland	16,150	Aug-02					3,502	19,652
10	Shepherd Building Group	14,700	Jun-02					–16,600	–1,900
11	Taylor Woodrow	13,100	Dec-02	245,000	14,700			–39,700	233,100
12	Kier	12,500	Jun-02	22,200			–600	–6,100	28,000
13	Wates Group	11,615	Dec-02					–1,915	9,700
14	T Clarke	10,182	Dec-02					614	10,796
15	MJ Gleeson	10,053	Jun-02	575	10,111			–5,662	15,077
16	Vinci	9,195	Dec-02					732	9,927
17	HBG Construction	9,100	Dec-02		12,600		1,100	–8,000	14,800
18	Southern Electric Contracting	8,459	Mar-02					9,146	17,605
19	J Murphy & Sons	8,427	Dec-01					650	9,077
20	Severfield-Rowen	7,526	Dec-02					–7	7,519
21	Mansell	7,439	Dec-02					–7,436	3
22	Willmot Dixon	7,276	Dec-02					–2,504	4,772
23	Interior Services Group	6,712	Jun-02					391	7,103
24	O’Rourke	6,614	Mar-02					–1,436	5,178
25	RG Carter Holdings	6,481	Dec-01					3,608	10,089
26	Miller	6,200	Dec-02	28,000	11,200			–18,000	27,400
27	Fitzpatrick	5,854	Dec-02					321	6,175
28	Montpellier	4,926	Sep-02					–75	4,851
29	Seddon	4,862	Dec-02					154	5,016
30	Emcor Drake & Scull	4,773	Dec-01					884	5,657
31	May Gurney	4,341	Mar-02					240	4,581
32	Bovis Lend Lease	3,941	Jun-02					8,857	12,798
33	Peterhouse	3,300	Dec-02			18,800		–7,600	14,500
34	Staveley Industries	3,164	Dec-02					1,061	4,225
35	Rok Property Solutions	2,729	Dec-02		4,238	996	648	–4,109	4,502
36	NG Biley	2,540	Feb-02					4,728	7,268
37	Birse	2,412	Apr-02		762		2,385	1,170	6,729
38	Osborne	2,022	Mar-02					854	2,876
39	Sir Robert McAlpine	1,648	Oct-02					–3,037	–1,389
40	Morgan Sindall	1,596	Dec-02	5,965			8,130	–161	15,530
41	McNicholas	1,144	Dec-02					105	1,249
42	Dean & Dyball	1,066	Sep-02					–33	1,033
43	Costain	500	Dec-02		7,500			3,300	11,300
44	Galliford Try	411	Jun-02	22,487			–2,635	–2,248	18,015
45	Simons	187	Mar-02					545	732
46	Crest Nicholson	–3,400	Oct-02	79,200				–12,800	63,000
47	Lorne Stewart	–4,566	Dec-02					154	–4,412
48	McNicholas Construction	–6,260	Mar-02					–8,598	–14,858
49	Morrison Construction/AWG	–8,941	Mar-02			8,649	738		446
50	Ballast	–14,928	Dec-02					2,164	–12,764
Notes
* refers to pre-tax contracting profits/losses
**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	T Clarke	7.1%
2	Keller	6.7%
3	Southern Electric Contracting	4.8%
4	Severfield-Rowen	4.8%
5	Alfred McAlpine	4.7%
6	Interserve	3.8%
7	J Murphy & Sons	3.7%
8	Taylor Woodrow	3.5%
9	Bowmer & Kirkland	3.2%
10	RG Carter Holdings	3.1%
11	Seddon	3.1%
12	Balfour Beatty	3.0%
13	Skanska Construction	2.7%
14	Shepherd Building Group	2.6%
15	Miller	2.4%
16	Peterhouse	2.4%
17	MJ Gleeson	2.3%
18	Willmot Dixon	2.3%
19	Wates Group	2.3%
20	Fitzpatrick	2.2%
21	Amec	2.2%
22	May Gurney	2.1%
23	O’Rourke	2.1%
24	Vinci	2.0%
25	Mowlem	2.0%
26	Interior Services Group	1.7%
27	HBG Construction	1.6%
28	Carillion	1.5%
29	Rok Property Solutions	1.5%
30	Emcor Drake & Scull	1.4%
31	Mansell	1.4%
32	Staveley Industries	1.3%
33	Osborne	1.3%
34	Montpellier	1.1%
35	Kier	1.0%
36	McNicholas	0.8%
37	Dean & Dyball	0.8%
38	NG Bailey	0.6%
39	Bovis Lend Lease	0.5%
40	Birse	0.5%
41	Morgan Sindall	0.3%
42	Sir Robert McAlpine	0.3%
43	Costain	0.1%
44	Galliford Try	0.1%
45	Simons	0.1%
46	Crest Nicholson	–1.8%
47	Lorne Stewart	–2.4%
48	Morrison Construction/AWG	–2.4%
49	McNicholas Construction	–2.6%
50	Ballast	–4.1%

TOP 25 contractors in fm by fm turnover
		FM turnover £000s	Operating profit £000s	Operating margin	Activities included in turnover figures
1	Amec	1,781,100	75,600	4.2%	building services, civils, design and environmental services
2	Jarvis	1,217,200	79,600	6.5%	road, rail and building services
3	Amey	917,164	9,616	1.0%	infrastructure maintenance, building services, support sevices
4	Balfour Beatty*	900,000	N/A	N/A	road and rail maintenance, building services
5	Carillion	821,700	36,400	4.4%	building services, roads and rail maintenance, support services
6	Interserve	544,500	25,800	4.7%	building services, industrial services, support services
7	Mitie	518,852	30,357	5.9%	building services, general repair and maintenance
8	Mowlem	389,000	14,100	3.6%	civils and building services, environmental, cleaning and security
9	Alfred McAlpine	381,816	17,798	4.7%	infrastructure maintenance, building services, IT, plant services
10	Peterhouse	309,900	18,800	6.1%	infrastructure maintenance, building services, safety and environmental
11	Enterprise	282,300	18,800	6.7%	utility and local authority maitenance
12	Accord	239,684	7,572	3.2%	highway and building maintenance, municipal services, social housing
13	Morrison Construction/AWG	231,656	8,649	3.7%	infrastructure maintenance, building services, utility maintenance
14	Ringway	221,875	8,471	3.8%	roads maintenance and associated works
15	Emcor Drake & Scull*	175,000	N/A	N/A	building services and maintenance
16	PME	133,587	2,727	2.0%	building services and maintenance
17	Clancy	109,888	2,112	1.9%	utilities/civils maintenance
18	Connaught	108,343	3,413	3.2%	public housing, office and retail maintenance
19	Kier	80,900	N/A	N/A	building maintenance and services
20	Fitzpatrick*	70,000	N/A	N/A	roads, rail and building maintenance services
21	Lorne Stewart*	60,000	N/A	N/A	building services
22	Staveley Industries**	57,077	141		building services
23	McNicholas*	56,000	N/A	N/A	civils and utilities maintenance
24	May Gurney*	45,000	N/A	N/A	utilities, roads and rail maintenance
25	Willmot Dixon**	38,896	1709	4.4%	building services and maintenance
Notes
This table is based only on those companies that provide FM data and/or for which Hewes & Associates has reasonable FM sales estimates. Data refers to worldwide turnover
* Estimates based on company data and statements
** 2001 data

TOP 25 housebuilders by housing turnover*
		Housing turnover £000s	Year end	Contracting £000s	Property £000s	Services £000s	Other £000s	Total turnover £000s
1	Wimpey	2,600,100	Dec-02					2,600,100
2	Barratt Developments	1,799,400	Jun-02					1,799,400
3	Taylor Woodrow	1,751,800	Dec-02	371,100	92,900			2,215,800
4	Persimmon	1,711,100	Dec-02					1,711,100
5	Berkeley Group	1,025,859	Apr-02		59,239			1,085,098
6	Wilson Bowden	827,000	Dec-02		156,900			983,900
7	Westbury	790,937	Feb-03					790,937
8	Bellway	772,964	Jul-02					772,964
9	Wilson Connolly	714,900	Dec-02					714,900
10	Redrow Group	543,100	Jun-02		30,200			573,300
11	Crest Nicholson	515,500	Oct-02	183,900				699,400
12	Bovis Homes	461,284	Dec-02					461,284
13	General London Construction Holdings	435,300	Dec-02					435,300
14	Countryside Properties	358,663	Sep-02	97,418				456,081
15	Miller	280,800	Dec-02	254,700	121,200			656,700
16	Bloor Holdings	277,109	Jun-02				131,879	408,988
17	Linden	232,896	Dec-02					232,896
18	McCarthy & Stone	188,100	Aug-02					188,100
19	Galliford Try	161,959	Jun-02	487,296			528	649,783
20	Kier	158,800	Jun-02	1,218,400			5,500	1,382,700
21	Stewart Milne	149,738	Jun-02					149,738
22	Cala Homes	148,849	Jun-02		1,454			150,303
23	MJ Gleeson	112,970	Jun-02	428,230	39,434			580,634
24	Bett Brothers	106,264	Aug-02		10,016			116,280
25	David McLean	45,643	Jun-02	53,929	12,532		319	112,423
* Turnover table ranks companies that highlight housing separately in their report and accounts, and that are included in the Top 100

TOP 25 housebuilders by housing operating profit**
		Housing operating profit £000s	Year end	Contracting £000s	Property £000s	Services £000s	Other £000s	Total pre-tax £000s
1	Wimpey	329,700	Dec-02					285,900
2	Persimmon	299,800	Dec-02					256,800
3	Taylor Woodrow	245,000	Dec-02	13,100	14,700			233,100
4	Barratt Developments	227,900	Jun-02					220,000
5	Berkeley Group	198,992	Apr-02		13,998			196,162
6	Wilson Bowden	166,600	Dec-02		23,700			178,800
7	Bellway	133,055	Jul-02					125,344
8	Westbury	112,632	Feb-03					83,316
9	Bovis Homes	109,591	Dec-02					104,703
10	Redrow Group	95,300	Jun-02		3,100		1,427	85,100
11	General London Construction Holdings	90,151	Dec-01					60,600
12	Crest Nicholson	79,200	Oct-02	–3,400				63,000
13	McCarthy & Stone	75,900	Aug-02					75,400
14	Wilson Connolly	73,000	Dec-02					54,600
15	Bloor Holdings	41,249	Jun-01				–8,385	36,621
16	Countryside Properties	39,376	Sep-02	2,639				34,313
17	Miller	28,000	Dec-02	6,200	11,200			27,400
18	Linden	25,436	Dec-02					22,904
19	Galliford Try	22,487	Jun-02	411			–2,635	18,015
20	Kier	22,200	Jun-02	12,500			–600	28,000
21	Bett Brothers	15,288	Aug-02		5,058			17,154
22	Cala Homes	14,172	Jun-02		1,973			1,134
23	Stewart Milne	11,506	Jun-02					8,508
24	David McLean	3,440	Jun-02	2,629	7,005		–7757	4,523
25	MJ Gleeson	575	Jun-02	10,053	10,111			15,077
Notes
* Turnover table ranks companies that highlight housing separately in their report and accounts, and that are included in the Top 100
** Before exceptional items and amortisation
Companies not included in this year’s tables are Laing Homes, now owned by Wimpey, and Henry Boot Homes, now owned by Wilson Bowden

TOP25 housebuilders by operating margin
Ranking by operating margin (pre-exceptional)
1	McCarthy & Stone	40.4%
2	Bovis Homes	23.8%
3	General London Construction Holdings	20.7%
4	Wilson Bowden	20.1%
5	Berkeley Group	19.4%
6	Redrow Group	17.5%
7	Persimmon	17.5%
8	Bellway	17.2%
9	Crest Nicholson	15.4%
10	Bloor Holdings	14.9%
11	Bett Brothers	14.4%
12	Westbury	14.2%
13	Taylor Woodrow	14.0%
14	Kier	14.0%
15	Galliford Try	13.9%
16	Wimpey	12.7%
17	Barratt Developments	12.7%
18	Countryside Properties	11.0%
19	Linden	10.9%
20	Wilson Connolly	10.2%
21	Miller	10.0%
22	Cala Homes	9.5%
23	Stewart Milne	7.7%
24	David McLean	7.5%
25	MJ Gleeson	.5%
Average margin	14.8%
Average margin 2001	15.0%
Average margin 2000	12.4%
Average margin 1999	13.2%
Average margin 1998	11.7%

TOP 25 housebuilders by sales/completions
		Sales/completions 2002
1	Persimmon	12,352
2	Barratt Developments	12,250
3	Wimpey	12,145
4	Taylor Woodrow	6,238
5	Bellway	6,044
6	Westbury	4,461
7	Wilson Bowden	4,091
8	Wilson Connolly	4,002
9	Redrow Group	3,908
10	Berkeley Group	3,182
11	Bovis Homes	2,556
12	Miller	2,298
13	Bloor Holdings*	1,911
14	Crest Nicholson	1,899
15	Countryside Properties	1,854
16	General London Construction Holdings*	1,700
17	McCarthy & Stone	1,671
18	Linden	1,085
19	Bett Brothers	916
20	Stewart Milne*	900
21	Galliford Try	899
22	Kier	877
23	MJ Gleeson	479
24	Cala Homes	460
25	David McLean	318
Notes
* estimated sales
**estimated sale price ranking – exact figures unavailable

TOP 25 housebuilders by average sale price
		Average price £s	Change on 2001
1	Countryside Properties	279,000	12.0%
2	Cala Homes	276,000	29.0%
3	Berkeley Group	273,000	–4.2%
4	Crest Nicholson	240,200	21.4%
5	Linden	200,000	.5%
6	Wilson Bowden	199,900	20.8%
7	Taylor Woodrow	182,000	15.9%
8	MJ Gleeson	182,000	%
9	Bovis Homes	179,000	20.5%
10	Galliford Try	177,000	24.6%
11	Westbury	171,500	24.8%
12	Wilson Connolly	169,000	18.3%
13	Kier	166,100	10.4%
14	Wimpey	148,000	20.8%
15	David McLean	144,000	3.6%
16	Redrow Group	141,900	18.3%
17	Barratt Developments	139,600	9.6%
18	Persimmon	138,530	13.0%
19	Miller	130,000	16.1%
20	Bett Brothers	125,000	4.2%
21	Bellway	120,800	1.5%
22	McCarthy & Stone	112,000	13.1%
23	General London Construction Holdings**	N/A
24	Stewart Milne**	N/A
25	Bloor Holdings**	N/A
Notes
* estimated sales
**estimated sale price ranking – exact figures unavailable

TOP contractors and housebuilders by employees’ average pay
		Average salary 2002 £000s	2001£000s	Change %
1	Benson	50.3	39.9	26.2
2	Berkeley Group	45.4	42.3	7.4
3	Bovis Lend Lease	40.0	37.3	7.1
4	Linden	39.8	36.3	9.8
5	David McLean*	39.6	24.8	60.0
6	Laing	37.9	19.1	98.7
7	Styles & Wood	37.3	35.9	3.9
8	Rydon	37.1	26.1	42.4
9	Higgins	36.9	35.5	3.9
10	Fitzpatrick	36.1	26.3	37.3
11	John Sisk	35.9	34.8	3.3
12	Birse	33.0	30.3	9.1
13	General London Construction Holdings	33.0	28.6	15.4
14	Severfield-Rowen	32.5	31.4	3.6
15	T Clarke	32.4	31.5	2.8
16	Miller	32.1	29.3	9.8
17	Amec	31.9	32.8	–2.6
18	Crest Nicholson	31.5	30.3	3.9
19	Bovis Homes	31.4	27.2	15.5
20	SDC Holdings	31.0	27.8	11.5
21	Sir Robert McAlpine	30.5	27.4	11.4
22	MJ Gleeson	30.3	28.3	7.0
23	Vinci	29.5	28.9	2.2
24	Wimpey	29.2	27.4	6.5
25	Amey	28.8	24.3	18.7
26	Montpellier	28.6	21.1	35.8
27	Bett Brothers	28.6	17.1	67.3
28	Keller	28.4	28.6	–0.7
29	Osborne	28.3	26.0	9.1
30	McCarthy & Stone	27.9	26.8	4.2
31	Stewart Milne	27.9	25.1	11.2
32	Galliford Try	27.8	25.2	10.3
33	HBG Construction	27.5	26.3	4.7
34	Balfour Beatty	27.5	25.3	8.6
35	Bowmer & Kirkland	27.4	24.6	11.4
36	Bellway	27.1	24.9	8.9
37	Tolent	26.8	24.4	9.5
38	Westbury	26.7	26.1	2.5
39	Dean & Dyball	26.7	25.1	6.5
40	Morgan Sindall	26.7	27.2	–1.9
41	Taylor Woodrow	26.7	25.7	3.9
42	Staveley Industries	26.3	28.5	–7.6
43	Willmot Dixon	26.3	25.5	3.0
44	Mansell	26.1	23.7	9.9
45	Wilson Bowden	26.1	23.7	10.2
46	Countryside Properties	26.0	24.8	5.1
47	Persimmon	25.9	24.7	4.8
48	Wilson Connolly	25.7	22.1	16.5
49	Redrow Group	25.6	23.9	7.1
50	PME	25.6	24.6	3.8
51	Barratt Developments	25.5	23.8	7.1
52	Barr	25.5	23.4	8.7
53	Lorne Stewart	24.9	24.0	3.6
54	Bloor Holdings	24.9	23.0	8.3
55	McNicholas	24.8	25.3	–2.0
56	Simons	24.7	22.5	9.7
57	Peterhouse	24.5	24.7	–1.0
58	Robertson Group (Scotland) *	24.4	24.2	.7
59	Rok Property Solutions	24.4	21.8	11.7
60	Alfred McAlpine	24.3	25.3	–3.7
61	O’Rourke	24.3	25.6	–5.2
62	Shepherd Building Group	24.1	22.6	6.3
63	Dew Pitchmastic	24.1	22.8	5.5
64	Midas	24.0	20.9	14.7
65	NG Biley	23.6	22.9	3.0
66	Wrekin	23.6	23.5	.4
67	Morrison Construction/AWG**	23.5	23.3	.8
68	Clancy	23.3	21.6	7.8
69	Southern Electric Contracting	23.0	21.9	5.1
70	Interserve	22.9	21.9	4.7
71	McNicholas Construction	22.8	22.3	2.1
72	Keepmoat Holdings	22.5	21.0	7.0
73	May Gurney	22.4	22.4	.3
74	Carillion	22.3	21.1	5.8
75	Kier	22.2	19.7	12.8
76	Haymills	21.6	18.9	14.3
77	Ballast	21.5	25.0	–13.8
78	Enterprise	20.5	21.2	–3.3
79	Clugston	20.2	19.1	5.7
80	Interior Services Group	19.6	17.0	14.9
81	Biwater	19.2	21.2	–9.5
82	Costain	19.0	16.2	17.3
83	Seddon	18.1	16.2	12.2
84	Henry Boot	17.5	16.9	3.4
85	Connaught	16.4	16.0	2.9
86	Accord	16.0	15.2	5.4
87	Mowlem	15.6	18.0	–13.6
	Average	25.0	27.2	8.85
	Average % change since 1995			47
Notes
Average pay rates = salaries/wages divided by total number of employees
* This increase relates directly to increase in top executive pay

TOP contractors and housebuilders by highest paid director*
		2002			2001
		Total	Basic pay £000s, excluding pensions	Bonus etc	Total	Basic pay £000s, excluding pensions	Bonus etc	Change %
1	David McLean	3,601	N/A	N/A	518	N/A	N/A	595.2
2	Berkeley Group	1,470	600	870	1,625	483	1,142	–9.5
3	Stewart Milne	1,416	N/A	N/A	1,739	N/A	N/A	–18.6
4	Fitzpatrick	1,167	N/A	N/A	468	N/A	N/A	149.4
5	Wilson Bowden	1,052	650	402	992	650	342	6.0
6	Bowmer & Kirkland	1,031	N/A	N/A	929	N/A	N/A	11.0
7	Wimpey	948	450	498	862	400	462	10.0
8	McCarthy & Stone	929	422	507	649	392	257	43.1
9	Countryside Properties	859	140	719	787	140	647	9.1
10	Bloor Holdings	858	N/A	N/A	1,040	N/A	N/A	–17.5
11	Persimmon	852	325	527	1,076	149	927	–20.8
12	General London Construction Holdings	841	N/A	N/A	1,422	N/A	N/A	–40.9
13	Higgins	823	N/A	N/A	687	N/A	N/A	19.8
14	Taylor Woodrow	738	415	323	560	343	217	31.8
15	Amec	719	581	138	744	521	223	–3.4
16	Miller	676	N/A	N/A	803	N/A	N/A	–15.8
17	Barratt Developments	644	335	309	557	322	235	15.6
18	Carillion	616	365	251	543	325	218	13.4
19	Interserve	594	420	174	781	395	386	–23.9
20	Crest Nicholson	583	317	266	436	277	159	33.7
21	Bovis Homes	573	348	225	498	297	201	15.1
22	Balfour Beatty	554	400	154	519	368	151	6.7
23	Alfred McAlpine	545	403	142	529	335	194	3.0
24	Robertson Group (Scotland)	532	N/A	N/A	231	N/A	N/A	130.3
25	Redrow Group	531	350	181	520	340	180	2.1
26	Westbury	523	315	208	455	280	175	14.9
27	Severfield-Rowen	493	250		418	155	263	17.9
28	NG Biley	477	N/A	N/A	310	N/A	N/A	53.9
29	Mitie	468	233	235	331	150	181	41.4
30	Amey	459	396	63	612	368	244	–25.0
31	Clugston	456	N/A	N/A	236	N/A	N/A	93.2
32	Sir Robert McAlpine	426	N/A	N/A	217	N/A	N/A	96.3
33	Bellway	426	261	165	437	238	199	–2.5
34	Linden	400	N/A	N/A	255	N/A	N/A	56.9
35	Wilson Connolly	391	250	141	35	33	2	1,017.1
36	HBG Construction	378	N/A	N/A	332	N/A	N/A	13.9
37	Willmot Dixon	378	N/A	N/A	328	N/A	N/A	15.2
38	Mansell	369	252	117	408	232	176	–9.6
39	Tolent	367	N/A	N/A	315	N/A	N/A	16.5
40	McNicholas	365	N/A	N/A	273	N/A	N/A	33.7
41	Mowlem	365	301	64	388	287	101	–5.9
42	Keller	362	240	122	375	233	142	–3.5
43	Simons	355	N/A	N/A	488	N/A	N/A	–27.3
44	Montpellier	354	197	157	224	133	91	58.0
45	Galliford Try	353	227	126	242	172	70	45.9
46	Accord	351	N/A	N/A	272	N/A	N/A	29.0
47	O’Rourke	349	N/A	N/A	180	N/A	N/A	93.9
48	SDC Holdings	348	N/A	N/A	228	N/A	N/A	52.6
49	Rok Property Solutions	338	190	148	234	145	89	44.4
50	Kier	335	294	41	308	269	39	N/A
51	Shepherd Building Group	333	N/A	N/A	322	N/A	N/A	3.4
52	Laing	318	300	18	376	365	11	–15.4
53	Costain	317	255	62	126	120	6	151.6
54	McNicholas Construction	294	N/A	N/A	722	N/A	N/A	–59.3
55	Keepmoat Holdings	294	N/A	N/A	217	N/A	N/A	35.5
56	Vinci	286	N/A	N/A	220	N/A	N/A	30.0
57	Staveley Industries	285	N/A	N/A	277	N/A	N/A	2.9
58	Henry Boot	283	169	114	269	162	107	5.2
59	Biwater	281	N/A	N/A	1,900	N/A	N/A	–85.2
60	Bovis Lend Lease	266	N/A	N/A	224	N/A	N/A	18.8
61	Bett Brothers	265	166	99	249	160	89	6.4
62	John Sisk	261	N/A	N/A	198	N/A	N/A	31.8
63	Birse	261	206	55	149	146	3	75.2
64	Barr	247	N/A	N/A	241	N/A	N/A	2.5
65	Rydon	245	N/A	N/A	160	N/A	N/A	53.1
66	T Clarke	240	128	112	207	110	97	15.9
67	MJ Gleeson	240	220	20	242	208	34	–0.8
68	Styles & Wood	238	N/A	N/A	222	N/A	N/A	7.2
69	Interior Services Group	236	175	61	305	200	105	–22.6
70	Morgan Sindall	211	195	16	318	185	133	–33.6
71	Seddon	207	N/A	N/A	133	N/A	N/A	55.6
72	Ballast	205	N/A	N/A	275	N/A	N/A	–25.5
73	PME	188	N/A	N/A	169	N/A	N/A	11.2
74	Dew Pitchmastic	184	N/A	N/A	215	N/A	N/A	–14.4
75	Connaught	182	130	52	187	125	62	–2.7
76	Peterhouse	171	155	16	231	121	110	–26.0
77	Midas	163	N/A	N/A	126	N/A	N/A	29.4
78	Wrekin	160	N/A	N/A	103	N/A	N/A	55.3
79	Enterprise	152	N/A	N/A	152	N/A	N/A	.0
80	Southern Electric Contracting	139	N/A	N/A	126	N/A	N/A	10.3
81	Haymills	138	N/A	N/A	102	N/A	N/A	35.3
82	Benson	136	N/A	N/A	117	N/A	N/A	16.2
83	Lorne Stewart	136	N/A	N/A	192	N/A	N/A	–29.2
84	Osborne	135	N/A	N/A	121	N/A	N/A	11.6
85	Clancy	133	N/A	N/A	117	N/A	N/A	13.7
86	Morrison Construction/AWG	123	N/A	N/A	192	N/A	N/A	–35.9
87	Dean & Dyball	111	N/A	N/A	97	N/A	N/A	14.4
88	May Gurney	98	N/A	N/A	110	N/A	N/A	–10.9
	Average**	432			421			2.7
	Average % change since 1995**							104
Notes
* table rankings denote the highest-paid individual director within each company, not the average salary of key directors within each company
** average salary and % change excludes David McLean entry, which is taken to be a one-off payment