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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 4,032,600 Dec-00 2,475,300 - 184,800 1,356,700 15,800
2 Bovis Lend Lease 3,931,034 Jun-00 3,931,034 - - - -
3 Balfour Beatty* 2,603,000 Dec-00 2,504,000 - - - 99,000
4 Taylor Woodrow 2,244,700 Dec-00 500,900 1,519,300 141,900 - 82,600
5 Carillion 1,992,900 Dec-00 1,129,400 - - 614,200 249,300
6 Wimpey 1,702,000 Dec-00 - 1,702,000 - - -
7 Persimmon 1,582,764 Dec-00 - 1,582,764 - - -
8 Laing 1,574,400 Dec-00 854,200 567,700 61,100 - 91,400
9 Mowlem 1,514,000 Dec-00 1,153,000 - 8,000 226,000 127,000
10 Skanska Construction 1,300,000 Dec-00 1,300,000 - - - -
11 Barratt Developments 1,259,500 Jun-00 - 1,259,500 - - -
12 Kier Group 1,034,800 Jun-00 937,400 97,400 - - -
13 Alfred McAlpine 981,038 Dec-00 374,075 463,405 10,057 131,451 2,050
14 Berkeley Group 947,489 Apr-01 - 868,948 78,541 - -
15= HBG/Edmund Nuttall* 929,300 Dec-00 929,300 - - - -
15= Interserve 929,300 Dec-00 453,100 1,900 - 465,800 8,500
17 Wilson Bowden 726,800 Dec-00 - 568,800 158,000 - -
18 Jarvis 725,779 Mar-01 - - - 725,779 -
19 Wilson Connolly 701,100 Dec-00 - 701,100 - - -
20 Amey 700,163 Dec-00 - - - 700,163 -
21 Morgan Sindall 654,836 Dec-00 317,605 107,709 172 - 229,350
22 Newarthill 640,900 Oct-00 575,053 - 7,720 - 58,127
23 Bellway 634,301 Jul-00 - 634,301 - - -
24 Miller 556,479 Dec-00 318,117 158,678 79,684 - -
25 Crest Nicholson 555,200 Oct-00 133,100 357,100 65,000 - -
26 Morrison Construction 509,825 Mar-00 246,881 - 134,360 128,584 -
27 Westbury 491,465 Feb-01 - 491,465 - - -
28 Galliford Try 458,374 Jun-00 355,427 102,947 - - -
29 Mansell* 457,001 Dec-00 457,001 - - - -
30 Shepherd Building Group 454,700 Jun-00 212,144 - - - 242,556
31 Birse Group 423,423 Apr-00 414,919 - 4,409 - 4,095
32 Redrow Group 405,694 Jun-00 - 396,700 8,994 - -
33 Wates Construction 400,758 Dec-00 400,758 - - - -
34 Ballast 390,153 Dec-00 390,153 - - - -
35 Costain Group 386,300 Dec-00 386,300 - - - -
36 Norwest Holst* 381,767 Dec-00 381,767 - - - -
37 Bowmer & Kirkland * 366,837 Aug-00 366,837 - - - -
38 Montpellier 361,304 Sep-00 339,171 18,703 - - 3,430
39 NG Bailey 358,521 Feb-00 358,521 - - - -
40 Bloor Holdings 354,668 Jun-00 - 230,600 - - 124,068
41 MJ Gleeson 349,607 Jun-00 241,115 106,969 1,523 - -
42 Mitie Group 346,514 Mar-00 - - - 346,514 -
43 Peterhouse 329,178 Dec-00 129,209 - - 199,969 -
44 Keller Group 312,954 Dec-00 312,954 - - - -
45 Bovis Homes 304,996 Dec-00 - 304,996 - - -
46 Countryside Properties 299,461 Sep-00 - 259,260 40,201 - -
47 Drake & Scull* 295,692 Dec-00 295,692 - - - -
48 Staveley Industries 281,900 Apr-00 140,100 - - 54,500 87,300
49 Willmott Dixon* 275,031 Dec-00 275,031 - - - -
50 Fairview Holdings 256,800 Dec-00 - 256,800 - - -
51 Prowting 244,750 Feb-01 - 244,750 - - -
52 McNicholas Construction 236,926 Mar-00 236,926 - - - -
53 Henry Boot* 226,787 Dec-00 226,787 - - - -
54 Interior Services Group 219,900 Jun-00 - - - 219,900 -
55 Lorne Stewart 192,146 Dec-00 - - - 192,146 -
56 Biwater 191,200 Mar-00 87,400 - - - 103,800
57 O’Rourke 187,148 Mar-00 157,931 - - - 29,217
58 Simons Group 186,573 Mar-00 151,192 - 35,381 - -
59 Ringway Group 181,341 Dec-00 - - - 181,341 -
60 J Murphy & Sons 164,800 Dec-99 164,800 - - - -
61 RG Carter Holdings* 160,149 Dec-99 160,149 - - - -
62 Fitzpatrick 157,938 Dec-00 157,938 - - - -
63 Cala Group* 152,229 Jun-00 - 136,661 15,568 - -
64 McCarthy & Stone 147,000 Aug-00 - 147,000 - - -
65 Linden 143,419 Dec-00 - 143,419 - - -
66 Osborne* 135,059 Mar-00 135,059 - - - -
67 Stewart Milne* 132,500 Jun-00 19,875 83,475 - - 29,150
68 May Gurney Group* 130,110 Mar-00 130,110 - - - -
69 Severfield-Rowen 128,930 Dec-00 128,930 - - - -
70 John Sisk 122,188 Dec-00 122,188 - - - -
71 Sunley Turriff Holdings 116,077 Dec-99 116,077 - - - -
72 Dean & Dyball 115,373 Sep-00 115,373 - - - -
73 First Engineering 114,440 Mar-00 - - - 114,440 -
74 David McLean 113,960 Jun-00 75,200 36,800 1,960 - -
75 Seddon Group* 113,556 Dec-99 113,556 - - - -
76 McNicholas plc* 111,794 Dec-00 111,794 - - - -
77 Tolent Construction 111,096 Dec-00 111,096 - - - -
78 Clugston Group 110,607 Jan-00 88,011 - 297 - 22,299
79 Dew Pitchmastic 105,655 Oct-00 105,655 - - - -
80 Llewellyn Management Services* 104,703 Sep-99 104,703 - - - -
81 Planned Maintenance 104,187 Dec-00 - - - 104,187 -
82 T Clarke 98,364 Dec-00 98,364 - - - -
83 Styles & Wood 96,266 Dec-00 - - - - 96,266
84 Higgins Group 95,081 Jul-00 79,424 15,500 157 - -
85 ROK Property Solutions 94,589 Dec-00 80,117 - 8,060 - 6,412
86 Accord 94,587 Dec-00 - - - 94,587 -
87 John Doyle Group* 93,900 Dec-99 93,900 - - - -
88 Haymills 91,700 Mar-00 77,500 - - - 14,200
89 Tulloch Group 88,920 Dec-00 55,627 24,977 3,203 3,347 1,766
90 Marshall Holdings* 87,951 Dec-99 87,951 - - - -
91 Tay Homes 87,515 Jun-00 - 87,515 - - -
92 Barr* 87,472 Mar-00 87,472 - - - -
93 SDC Holdings* 87,420 Sep-00 87,420 - - - -
94 Brett Brothers 81,008 Dec-00 - 61,901 8,738 - 10,369
95 Melville Dundas* 78,072 Dec-99 78,072 - - - -
96 Connaught 77,611 Aug-00 - - - 77,611 -
97 Warings Construction Group 75,174 Apr-00 75,174 - - - -
98 Pipeline Constructors 74,805 Sep-00 - - - 74,805 -
99 Rydon Group 70,915 Sep-00 38,915 32,000 - - -
100 Midas Group 70,712 Apr-00 69,738 - 974 - -
  Total 50,001,909   27,419,989 13,773,043 1,058,799 6,012,024 1,738,055
 
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 291,800 Dec-00 3,300 207,500 48,800 - 2,200 30,000
2 Persimmon 198,416 Dec-00 - 219,712 - - - (21,296)
3 Berkeley Group 178,114 Apr-01 - 168,882 17,808 - - (8,576)
4 Wimpey 146,100 Dec-00 - 170,200 - - - (24,100)
5 Barratt Developments 143,900 Jun-00 - 152,000 - - - (8,100)
6 Wilson Bowden 120,700 Dec-00 - 103,500 24,200 - - (7,000)
7 Balfour Beatty* 94,000 Dec-00 72,000 - - - 41,000 (19,000)
8 Bellway 89,145 Jul-00 - 95,607 - - - (6,462)
9 Wilson Connolly 83,100 Dec-00 - 90,500 - - - (7,400)
10 Amec 81,800 Dec-00 55,000 - 14,100 60,500 6,800 (54,600)
11 Fairview Holdings 67,641 Dec-00 - 68,606 - - - (965)
12 Redrow Group 67,154 Jun-00 - 65,935 1,792 - - (573)
13 Bovis Homes 67,069 Dec-00 - 70,691 - - - (3,622)
14 Alfred McAlpine 66,164 Dec-00 17,282 53,722 1,907 6,263 (7,029) (5,981)
15 Westbury 62,192 Feb-01 - 71,604 - - - (9,412)
16 Bovis Lend Lease 60,970 Jun-00 60,970 - - - - -
17 McCarthy & Stone 53,500 Aug-00 - 51,000 - - - 2,500
18 Crest Nicholson 48,100 Oct-00 900 46,400 11,200 - - (10,400)
19 Interserve 34,200 Dec-00 11,200 - - 39,000 - (16,000)
20 Skanska Construction 33,800 Dec-00 24,000 - - - - 9,800
21 Bloor Holdings 30,083 Jun-00 - 34,755 - - (4,672) -
22 Jarvis 30,053 Mar-01 - - - 41,570 - (11,517)
23 Prowting 27,544 Feb-01 - 32,729 - - - (5,185)
24 Amey 27,349 Dec-00 - - - 39,748 - (12,399)
25 HBG/Edmund Nuttall 27,300 Dec-00 27,300 - - - - -
26 Morrison Construction 26,831 Mar-00 10,717 - 11,823 5,495 - (1,204)
27 Countryside Properties 24,178 Sep-00 - 25,506 4,098 - - (5,426)
28 Biwater 23,900 Mar-00 100 - - - 600 23,200
29 Miller 20,554 Dec-00 3,117 13,103 16,157 - - (11,823)
30 Shepherd Building Group 20,500 Jun-00 1,755 - - - 18,745 -
31 Mitie Group 19,240 Mar-00 - - - 19,488 - (248)
32 Kier Group 17,700 Jun-00 6,500 13,200 - - - (2,000)
33 Mowlem 17,100 Dec-00 19,000 - 1,600 6,800 (6,100) (4,200)
34 MJ Gleeson 16,107 Jun-00 3,333 8,178 6,456 - - (1,860)
35 Norwest Holst* 15,870 Dec-00 11,020 - - - - (4,850)
36 Keller Group 15,447 Dec-00 17,706 - - - - (2,259)
37 Linden 15,423 Dec-00 - 16,914 - - - (1,491)
38 Morgan Sindall 15,360 Dec-00 4,542 2,715 892 - 8,716 (1,505)
39 Bowmer & Kirkland * 14,152 Aug-00 8,336 - - - - 5,816
40 Peterhouse 13,046 Dec-00 4,207 - - 14,145 - (5,306)
41 Carillion 13,000 Dec-00 26,600 - - 17,900 8,900 (40,400)
42 Galliford Try 12,712 Jun-00 4,338 12,719 - - (3,075) (1,271)
43 Henry Boot* 12,238 Dec-00 12,474 - - - - (236)
44 Marshall Holdings* 11,838 Dec-99 13,094 - - - - (1,256)
45 Severfield-Rowen 10,324 Dec-00 10,565 - - - - (241)
46 Newarthill 9,342 Oct-00 (427) - 393 - 4,301 5,075
47 RG Carter Holdings* 8,298 Dec-99 5,098 - - - - 3,200
48 Brett Brothers 8,115 Dec-00 - 6,220 2,547 - 1,770 (2,422)
49 J Murphy & Sons 7,826 Dec-99 6,641 - - - - 1,185
50 Mansell* 7,167 Dec-00 7,274 - - - - (107)
51 NG Bailey 7,056 Feb-00 2,663 - - - - 4,393
52 Ringway Group 6,717 Dec-00 - - - 6,435 - 282
53 Costain Group 6,500 Dec-00 (1,500) - - - - 8,000
54 Stewart Milne* 6,251 Jun-00 - 8,810 - - - (2,559)
55 O’Rourke 6,029 Mar-00 6,474 - - - (46) (399)
56 McNicholas Construction 6,006 Mar-00 5,582 - - - - 424
57 Fitzpatrick 5,970 Dec-00 4,249 - - - - 1,721
58 Rydon Group 5,897 Sep-00 1,705 5,120 - - - (928)
59 Laing 5,700 Dec-00 (88,900) 64,300 13,200 - 27,400 (10,300)
60 First Engineering 5,589 Mar-00 - - - 5,697 - (108)
61 Wates Construction 5,569 Dec-00 2,621 - - - - 2,948
62 Interior Services Group 4,811 Jun-00 - - - 4,314 - 497
63 Seddon Group* 4,647 Dec-99 4,387 - - - - 260
64 T Clarke 4,578 Dec-00 4,301 - - - - 277
65 Drake & Scull* 4,017 Dec-00 3,587 - - - - 430
66 Willmot Dixon* 3,783 Dec-00 5,208 - - - - (1,425)
67 Lorne Stewart 3,621 Dec-00 - - - 3,143 - 478
68 Higgins Group 3,073 Jul-00 2,684 2,321 151 - - (2,083)
69 Cala Group** 2,997 Jun-00 - 2,052 945 - - -
70 Ballast 2,887 Dec-00 (5,693) - - - - 8,580
71 Styles & Wood 2,703 Dec-00 - - - - 2,498 205
72 Osborne* 2,666 Mar-00 2,666 - - - - -
73 May Gurney Group* 2,634 Mar-00 2,550 - - - - 84
74 Staveley Industries 2,400 Apr-00 2,800 - - (1,700) 2,700 (1,400)
75 Connaught 2,222 Aug-00 - - - 2,237 - (15)
76 Barr* 2,206 Mar-00 3,793 - - - - (1,587)
77 Montpellier 2,031 Sep-00 2,306 - - - - (275)
78 Planned Maintenance 1,938 Dec-00 - - - 2,151 - (213)
79 John Doyle Group* 1,783 Dec-99 1,971 - - - - (188)
80 Tulloch Group 1,661 Dec-00 1,891 1,268 18 311 (531) (1,296)
81 Simons Group 1,577 Mar-00 2,158 - (1,156) - - 575
82 Tay Homes 1,566 Jun-00 - 3,381 - - - (1,815)
83 David McLean 1,520 Jun-00 1,400 1,000 843 - - (1,723)
84 Tolent Construction 1,367 Dec-00 1,207 - - - - 160
85 Melville Dundas* 1,275 Dec-99 1,235 - - - - 40
86 John Sisk 1,244 Dec-00 596 - - - - 648
87 McNicholas plc* 1,225 Dec-00 1,347 - - - - (122)
88 Dean & Dyball 1,054 Sep-00 1,019 - - - - 35
89 Dew Pitchmastic 962 Oct-00 1,091 - - - - (129)
90 Warings Construction Group 945 Apr-00 795 - - - - 150
91 Midas Group 862 Apr-00 612 - 100 - - 150
92 Accord 744 Dec-00 - - - 3,963 - (3,219)
93 SDC Holdings* 620 Sep-00 349 - - - - 271
94 Llewellyn Management Services* 479 Sep-99 275 - - - - 204
95 Pipeline Constructors 151 Sep-00 - - - 187 - (36)
96 ROK Property Solutions 98 Dec-00 (313) - 1,451 - 480 (1,520)
97 Clugston Group (426) Jan-00 (1,531) - (489) - 1,451 143
98 Sunley Turriff Holdings (792) Dec-99 (1,492) - - - - 700
99 Haymills (8,300) Mar-00 450 - - - 750 (9,500)
100 Birse Group (29,733) Apr-00 (4,607) - 1,965 - 1,333 (28,424)
  Total 2,606,842   417,878 1,890,150 180,801 277,647 108,191 (267,826)
  Aggregate margins 5.2%   1.5% 13.7% 17.1% 4.6% 6.2%