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TOP 100 contractors and housebuilders by turnover
2005	2004	Company	Total turnover £000	Year end	Contracting £000	Housing £000	Property £000	Services £000	Other £000
1	1	Amec	4,816,400	Dec-04	1,368,400			2,293,800	1,212,100
2	2	Balfour Beatty*	4,171,000	Dec-04	3,883,000				288,000
3	4	Taylor Woodrow	3,361,200	Dec-04	410,400	2,874,000	74,200
4	30	Bovis Lend Lease*1	3,155,360	Jun-04	3,155,360
5	3	Wimpey	3,005,700	Dec-04		3,005,700
6	5	Barratt Developments	2,434,100	Jun-04		2,434,100
7	8	Persimmon	2,131,300	Dec-04		2,131,300
8	6	Mowlem	2,094,000	Dec-04	1,501,000		100	579,900	12,200
9	7	Carillion	1,991,800	Dec-04	1,010,800			944,900	62,500
10	10	Laing O’Rourke	1,541,136	Mar-04	1,474,958				212,085
11	9	Kier	1,476,500	Jun-04	1,205,000	215,700	46,600		9,200
12	11	Berkeley Group	1,396,133	Apr-04		1,251,139	144,994
13	12	Jarvis	1,363,400	Mar-04				1,363,400
14	14	Wilson Bowden	1,282,300	Dec-04		1,166,300	116,000
15	13	Interserve	1,268,500	Dec-04	545,300			605,200	118,000
16	15	Morgan Sindall2	1,221,574	Dec-04	603,396	364,307			253,871
17	17	Bellway	1,092,571	Jul-04		1,092,571
18	–	Amey UK	960,712	Dec-04				942,253	18,459
19	18	Alfred McAlpine	947,300	Dec-04	330,400			575,000	41,900
20	19	Westbury	893,000	Feb-05		893,000
21	16	Skanska Construction*3	819,628	Dec-04	819,628
22	25	HBG UK*	809,500	Dec-04	809,500
23	22	Sir Robert McAlpine	762,141	Oct-03	762,141
24	20	Miller	752,200	Dec-04	285,400	394,400	72,400
25	21	Costain	702,900	Dec-04	690,700		12,200
26	23	Galliford Try	695,400	Jun-04	512,905	182,031			464
27	33	Mitie	694,513	Mar-04				694,513
28	27	Redrow Group	670,300	Jun-04		662,700	7,200		400
29	26	MJ Gleeson	657,087	Jun-04	528,255	111,298	5,443		12,091
30	31	Crest Nicholson	643,200	Oct-04		643,200
31	29	Wates Group	640,914	Dec-04	580,015	47,370			13,529
32	28	Shepherd Building Group*	603,400	Jun-04	603,400
33	30	Bovis Homes	599,464	Dec-04		599,464
34	32	Keller	595,856	Dec-04	595,856
35	24	AWG Construction Services	568,734	Mar-04	323,851			244,883
36	36	Bowmer & Kirkland *	537,488	Aug-04	537,488
37	34	Vinci*	509,745	Dec-04	509,745
38	42	ROK Property Solutions	494,500	Dec-04	402,100		60,300	27,100	5,000
39	39	Edmund Nuttall	491,850	Dec-04	491,850
40	–	Laing	480,700	Dec-04	480,700
41	44	Bloor Holdings	470,828	Jun-04		337,914			132,914
42	40	Montpellier*	461,695	Sep-04	461,695
43	37	Birse	417,355	Apr-04	411,600		305		9,588
44	47	Willmot Dixon*	410,393	Dec-04	410,393
45	48	Enterprise	410,000	Dec-04				410,000
46	46	Emcore Drake & Skull*	383,213	Dec-04	383,213
47	43	NG Bailey	382,281	Feb-04	382,281
48	45	Interior Services Group4	368,866	Jun-04	368,866
49	41	Countryside Properties	368,366	Sep-04	97,489	270,877
50	50	Fairview Holdings	365,654	Dec-04		365,654
51	49	Ringway	350,685	Dec-04				350,685
52	57	Gladedale Holdings	348,286	Dec-04		342,011		6,275
53	–	Multiplex Construction UK	324,550	Jun-04	324,550
54	52	McCarthy & Stone	317,200	Aug-04		317,200
55	–	Canary Wharf Contractors	264,839	Jun-04	264,839
56	54	Accord	260,492	Dec-04				260,492
57	58	Fairclough Homes	257,215	Mar-03		257,215
58	77	Keepmoat Holdings	241,838	Mar-04	188,600	52,700			538
59	51	Linden	240,176	Dec-04		240,176
60	56	Staveley Industries	240,101	Dec-03	156,554			83,547
61	55	May Gurney*	238,504	Mar-04	238,504
62	60	RG Carter Holdings*	228,453	Dec-03	228,453
63	72	Cala	227,974	Jun-04		201,883	26,091
64	53	J Murphy & Sons	224,212	Dec-03	224,212
65	70	David McLean	212,551	Jun-04	124,411	84,507	3,599		34
66	75	Connaught	208,969	Aug-04				208,969
67	62	Lorne Stewart	207,976	Dec-04	207,976
68	92	Propencity	207,119	Dec-03	207,119
69	71	Severfield-Rowen	204,277	Dec-04	204,277
70	61	Fitzpatrick5	198,620	Dec-04	198,620
71	64	Osborne	196,457	Mar-04	196,457
72	67	McNicholas Construction*	194,199	Mar-04	194,199
73	66	Stewart Milne	188,662	Jun-04	18,666	125,650			54,377
74	68	Southern Electric Contracting	186,029	Mar-04	186,029
75	65	Biwater	185,300	Mar-04	148,900				36,400
76	74	Headcrown*	180,538	Sep-04	180,538
77	59	Simons*	179,683	Mar-04	179,683
78	87	Dew Pitchmastic	175,919	Oct-04	175,919
79	–	Mears Group	173,685	Dec-04				162,770	10,915
80	73	Higgins	171,038	Jul-04	119,159	51,879
81	80	McNicholas	168,434	Dec-03	168,434
82	78	Dean & Dyball	168,282	Sep-04	168,282
83	76	Seddon*	166,555	Dec-03	166,555
84	79	T Clarke	156,627	Dec-04	156,627
85	100	John Sisk	156,045	Dec-04	156,045
86	–	Emerson Group	152,966	Apr-04		51,856	98,265		16,019
87	–	Barr*	148,961	Mar-04	148,961
88	81	Midas*	148,839	Apr-04	148,839
89	86	Styles & Wood	145,208	Dec-04					145,208
90	85	Morris Group	143,853	Mar-04		143,853
91	89	Clancy*	131,752	Mar-04				131,752
92	90	Ogilvie*	130,902	Jun-04	90,600				40,302
93	98	Tulloch	128,964	Dec-04	69,125	42,920		16,529	390
94	95	Byrne	127,883	May-04	120,682		5,215		1,986
95	63	Pearce Group	127,713	Oct-03	127,713
96	88	Marshall Holdings*	123,885	Dec-03	123,885
97	94	Tolent	122,780	Dec-04	122,780
98	99	Barhale Construction	120,387	Aug-04	120,387
99	96	Rydon*	119,133	Mar-04	68,430	50,703
100	84	Robertson Group (Scotland)*	116,119	Nov-03	116,119
Totals			67,012,992		32,978,214	21,005,578	672,912	9,901,968	2,708,470
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 group Lend Lease’s annual report
2 Morgan Sindall’s housing refers to affordable housing
3 Skanska results taken from Skanska Group accounts, and converted to Sterling values
4 Interior Services Group data excludes construction management
5 Fitzpatrick acquired by VolkerWessels in May 2004

TOP 100 contractors and housebuilders by pre-tax profit
2005	2004	Company	*Total pre-tax profit £000**	Year end	Contracting £000	Housing £000	Property £000	Services £000	Other £000	Interest etc £000**
1	2	Persimmon	459,600	Dec-04		496,800				–37,200
2	1	Wimpey	450,700	Dec-04		500,400				–49,700
3	3	Taylor Woodrow	390,400	Dec-04	11,900	448,800	9,400			–79,700
4	4	Barratt Developments	367,700	Jun-04		375,600				–7,900
5	5	Wilson Bowden	257,800	Dec-04		254,200	27,600			–24,000
6	9	Balfour Beatty	257,000	Dec-04	69,200				67,000	120,800
7	6	Berkeley Group	230,246	Apr-04		218,901	16,303			–4,958
8	7	Bellway	205,530	Jul-04		213,255				–7,725
9	10	McCarthy & Stone	147,800	Aug-04		146,000				1,800
10	8	Bovis Homes	145,182	Dec-04		149,349				–4,167
11	12	Redrow Group	124,100	Jun-04		131,200	2,700		–1,200	–8,600
12	11	Westbury	120,000	Feb-05		149,500				–29,500
13	14	Crest Nicholson	82,100	Oct-04		94,900				–12,800
14	41	Bovis Lend Lease1	69,372	Jun-04	69,372
15	13	AMEC	65,700	Dec-04	41,400			75,300	57,200	–108,200
16	16	Bloor Holdings	64,269	Jun-04		67,423			2,446	–5,600
17	18	Laing O’Rourke	60,805	Mar-04	41,829				16,512	2,464
18	19	Fairview Holdings	53,859	Dec-04		77,747				–23,888
19	20	Miller	52,500	Dec-04	6,100	59,600	8,800			–22,000
20	22	Kier	40,600	Jun-04	15,600	31,800	6,600		–1,900	–11,500
21	30	Gladedale Holdings	40,047	Dec-04		38,779	1,268
22	23	MITIE	38,180	Mar-04				38,647		–467
23	94	Interserve	36,000	Dec-04	17,900			28,500	16,900	–27,300
24	28	Bowmer & Kirkland	33,527	Aug-04	31,233					2,294
25	33	Shepherd Building Group	30,300	Jun-04	27,300					3,000
26	29	Morgan Sindall	27,940	Dec-04	9,181	13,445			11,506	–6,192
27	38	Keller	26,638	Dec-04	33,746					–7,108
28	–	Laing	25,100	Dec-04	23,000					2,100
29	–	Emerson Group	24,270	Apr-04		10,689	11,109		3,756	–1,284
30	43	Galliford Try	22,704	Jun-04	4,218	25,470				–6,984
31	–	Amey UK	21,255	Dec-04				64,483	–2,445	–40,783
32	31	Edmund Nuttall	20,319	Dec-04	16,914					3,405
33	39	Morris Group	20,310	Mar-04		25,780				–5,470
34	35	Costain	19,500	Dec-04	10,500		8,400			600
35	47	Keepmoat Holdings	19,112	Mar-04	7,200	11,600				312
36	34	HBG UK	18,700	Dec-04	26,100					–7,400
37	46	Fairclough Homes	18,448	Mar-03		24,839				–6,391
38	50	MJ Gleeson	17,600	Jun-04	1,453	12,280	5,263			–1,396
39	42	Stewart Milne	17,002	Jun-04		20,303				–3,301
40	32	Marshall Holdings	16,299	Dec-03	16,981					–682
41	21	Countryside Properties	16,071	Sep-04	4,068	23,909				–11,906
42	44	Southern Electric Contracting	14,396	Mar-04	14,057					339
43	40	R.G Carter Holdings	13,662	Dec-03	9,942					3,720
44	57	NG Bailey	13,497	Feb-04	6,984					6,513
45	51	Severfield-Rowen	12,220	Dec-04	12,109					111
46	59	Willmot Dixon	10,087	Dec-04	15,937					–5,850
47	49	ROK Property Solutions	9,983	Dec-04	8,900		9,000	1,600	–1,100	–8,417
48	54	Vinci	9,908	Dec-04	9,665					243
49	55	Higgins	9,081	Jul-04	4,168	9,151				–4,238
50	60	May Gurney	8,791	Mar-04	8,526					265
51	56	J Murphy & Sons	8,525	Dec-03	7,727					798
52	48	Ringway	8,029	Dec-04				8,169		–140
53	62	Tulloch	7,615	Dec-04	1,940	7,120		1,170	–42	–2,573
54	58	Headcrown	7,048	Sep-04	6,566					482
55	52	T Clarke	6,883	Dec-04	6,618					265
56	–	Mears Group	6,774	Dec-04				6,206	568
57	67	David McLean	6,630	Jun-04	3,810	8,363	–509			–5,034
58	64	Seddon	6,524	Dec-03	6,087					437
59	–	Multiplex Construction UK	6,163	Jun-04	5,114					1,049
60	89	Cala	6,060	Jun-04		21,186	4,584			–19,710
61	36	Enterprise	5,600	Dec-04				26,700		–21,100
62	61	Fitzpatrick	5,570	Dec-04	5,174					396
63	69	Midas	5,207	Apr-04	4,696					511
64	–	Barr	4,951	Mar-04	5,959					–1,008
65	74	Byrne	4,882	May-04	4,502		–11	391
66	71	Styles & Wood	4,870	Dec-04					4,586	284
67	26	Linden	4,668	Dec-04		22,616				–17,948
68	68	Staveley Industries	4,563	Dec-03	3,841			1,990		–1,268
69	75	Tolent	4,026	Dec-04	3,632					394
70	73	Lorne Stewart	3,767	Dec-04	3,164					603
71	96	Emcor Drake & Skull	3,657	Dec-04	332					3,325
72	–	Canary Wharf Contractors	3,054	Jun-04	2,911					143
73	24	Alfred McAlpine	3,000	Dec-04	13,700			22,500	12,500	–45,700
74	75	Wates Group	2,793	Dec-04	14,302	–4,603			–1,143	–5,763
75	83	Ogilvie	2,703	Jun-04	2,058				575	70
76	76	Dean & Dyball	2,543	Sep-04	1,985					558
77	70	Osborne	2,412	Mar-04	1,633					779
78	94	Interior Services Group	2,302	Jun-04	4,191					–1,889
79	79	Robertson Group (Scotland)	2,204	Nov-03	1,660					544
80	100	McNicholas Construction	2,089	Mar-04	2,838					–749
81	72	Rydon	2,071	Mar-04	134	3,034				–1,097
82	84	Dew Pitchmastic	2,040	Oct-04	1,896					144
83	87	Birse	1,961	Apr-04	4,375		207		2,536	–5,157
84	82	John Sisk	1,706	Dec-04	996					710
85	78	Accord	1,296	Dec-04				6,062		–4,766
86	85	Simons	769	Mar-04	324					445
87	88	Barhale Construction	524	Aug-04	543					–19
88	97	Pearce Group	269	Oct-03	685					–416
89	93	Biwater	100	Mar-04	1,900				5,500	–7,300
90	77	Clancy	–250	Mar-04				2,301		–2,551
91	80	Propencity	–1,184	Dec-03	558					–1,742
92	91	Skanska Construction	–1,264	Dec-04	–1,264
93	86	McNicholas	–1,471	Dec-03	–1,699					228
94	63	Connaught	–2,517	Aug-04				7,820		–10,337
95	53	AWG Construction Services	–6,251	Mar-04	–10,599			4,348
96	27	Carillion	–6,400	Dec-04	11,500			42,100	6,000	–66,000
97	66	Montpellier	–6,939	Sep-04	–4,611					–2,328
98	92	Sir Robert McAlpine	–11,568	Oct-03	–12,482					914
99	17	Mowlem	–15,300	Dec-04	14,000		–400	–3,700	10,200	–35,400
100	15	Jarvis	–256,000	Mar-04				23,800		–279,800
Totals			4,102,914		696,179	3,689,436	110,314	358,387	209,955	–961,357
Aggregate margins	6.1%		2.1%	17.6%	16.4%	3.6%	7.8%
notes
* total profits refer to pre tax profits. Breakdowns refer in most cases to operating profits before exceptional items. total of profit breakdown plus interest, exceptional items etc = pre tax profits
** interest and non trading refers in general to net interest payments/receipts, exceptional, and other non-trading income or losses
1 Bovis Lend Lease profits data are classed as operating before tax

TOP 50 contractors by contracting turnover
2005	2004	Company	Contracting £000	Year end	Housing £000	Property £000	Services £000	Other £000	Total turnover £000
1	1	Balfour Beatty*1	3,883,000	Dec-04				288,000	4,171,000
2	13	Bovis Lend Lease*	3,155,360	Jun-04					3,155,360
3	3	Mowlem	1,501,000	Dec-04		100	579,900	12,200	2,094,000
4	4	Laing O’Rourke	1,474,958	Mar-04				212,085	1,541,136
5	2	Amec	1,368,400	Dec-04			2,293,800	1,212,100	4,816,400
6	5	Kier	1,205,000	Jun-04	215,700	46,600		9,200	1,476,500
7	7	Carillion	1,010,800	Dec-04			944,900	62,500	1,991,800
8	6	Skanska Construction	819,628	Dec-04					819,628
9	12	HBG UK*	809,500	Dec-04					809,500
10	9	Sir Robert McAlpine	762,141	Oct-03					762,141
11	10	Costain	690,700	Dec-04		12,200			702,900
12	11	Shepherd Building Group*	603,400	Jun-04					603,400
13	8	Morgan Sindall	603,396	Dec-04	364,307			253,871	1,221,574
14	14	Keller	595,856	Dec-04					595,856
15	15	Wates Group*	580,015	Dec-04	47,370			13,529	640,914
16	20	Interserve	545,300	Dec-04			605,200	118,000	1,268,500
17	18	Bowmer & Kirkland*	537,488	Aug-04					537,488
18	16	MJ Gleeson	528,255	Jun-04	111,298	5,443		12,091	657,087
19	19	Galliford Try	512,905	Jun-04	182,031			464	695,400
20	17	Vinci*	509,745	Dec-04					509,745
21	22	Edmund Nuttall	491,850	Dec-04					491,850
22	–	Laing2	480,700	Dec-04					480,700
23	23	Montpellier	461,695	Sep-04					461,695
24	21	Birse	411,600	Apr-04		305		9,588	417,355
25	27	Taylor Woodrow	410,400	Dec-04	2,874,000	74,200			3,361,200
26	29	Willmot Dixon*	410,393	Dec-04					410,393
27	31	ROK Property Solutions	402,100	Dec-04		60,300	27,100	5,000	494,500
28	28	Emcor Drake & Skull*	383,213	Dec-04					383,213
29	24	NG Bailey	382,281	Feb-04					382,281
30	25	Interior Services Group	368,866	Jun-04					368,866
31	30	Alfred McAlpine	330,400	Dec-04			575,000	41,900	947,300
32	–	Multiplex Construction UK	324,550	Jun-04					324,550
33	26	AWG Construction Services	323,851	Mar-04			244,883		568,734
34	33	Miller	285,400	Dec-04	394,400	72,400			752,200
35	–	Canary Wharf Contractors	264,839	Jun-04					264,839
36	34	May Gurney*	238,504	Mar-04					238,504
37	36	RG Carter Holdings*	228,453	Dec-03					228,453
38	32	J Murphy & Sons	224,212	Dec-03					224,212
39	38	Lorne Stewart*	207,976	Dec-04					207,976
40	–	Propencity*	207,119	Dec-03					207,119
41	44	Severfield-Rowen	204,277	Dec-04					204,277
42	37	Fitzpatrick	198,620	Dec-04					198,620
43	40	Osborne*	196,457	Mar-04					196,457
44	41	McNicholas Construction	194,199	Mar-04					194,199
45	–	Keepmoat Holdings*3	188,600	Mar-04	52,700			538	241,838
46	43	Southern Electric Contracting	186,029	Mar-04					186,029
47	45	Headcrown*	180,538	Sep-04					180,538
48	35	Simons	179,683	Mar-04					179,683
49	–	Dew Pitchmastic	175,919	Oct-04					175,919
50	49	McNicholas*	168,434	Dec-03					168,434
Notes
* Contracting turnover figures are distorted by the inclusion of other activities such as FM and property. The above applies to all three top 50 tables
1 Balfour Beatty does not provide a data split, hence all its turnover is classified as contracting
2 Laing is a PFI developer and contractor
3 Keepmoat Holdings contracting relates to social housing

TOP 50 contractors by contracting operating profit
2005	2004	Company	Contracting £000	Year end	Housing £000	Property £000	Services £000	Other £000	Interest etc £000	Total pre-tax profit £000
1	14	Bovis Lend Lease*	69,372	Jun-04						69,372
2	1	Balfour Beatty	69,200	Dec-04				67,000	120,800	257,000
3	3	Laing O’Rourke	41,829	Mar-04				16,512	2,464	60,805
4	2	Amec	41,400	Dec-04			75,300	57,200	–108,200	65,700
5	4	Keller	33,746	Dec-04					–7,108	26,638
6	6	Bowmer & Kirkland	31,233	Aug-04					2,294	33,527
7	10	Shepherd Building Group	27,300	Jun-04					3,000	30,300
8	16	HBG UK	26,100	Dec-04					–7,400	18,700
9	–	Laing	23,000	Dec-04					2,100	25,100
10	9	Interserve	17,900	Dec-04			28,500	16,900	–27,300	36,000
11	8	Edmund Nuttall	16,914	Dec-04					3,405	20,319
12	19	Willmot Dixon	15,937	Dec-04					–5,850	10,087
13	15	Kier	15,600	Jun-04	31,800	6,600		–1,900	–11,500	40,600
14	13	Wates Group	14,302	Dec-04	–4,603			–1,143	–5,763	2,793
15	17	Southern Electric Contracting	14,057	Mar-04					339	14,396
16	5	Mowlem	14,000	Dec-04		–400	–3,700	10,200	–35,400	–15,300
17	12	Alfred McAlpine	13,700	Dec-04			22,500	12,500	–45,700	3,000
18	21	Severfield-Rowen	12,109	Dec-04					111	12,220
19	22	Taylor Woodrow	11,900	Dec-04	448,800	9,400			–79,700	390,400
20	30	Carillion	11,500	Dec-04			42,100	6,000	–66,000	–6,400
21	20	Costain	10,500	Dec-04		8,400			600	19,500
22	18	RG Carter Holdings	9,942	Dec-03					3,720	13,662
23	38	Vinci	9,665	Dec-04					243	9,908
24	20	Morgan Sindall	9,181	Dec-04	13,445			11,506	–6,192	27,940
25	27	ROK Property Solutions	8,900	Dec-04		9,000	1,600	–1,100	–8,417	9,983
26	26	May Gurney	8,526	Mar-04					265	8,791
27	25	J Murphy & Sons	7,727	Dec-03					798	8,525
28	–	Keepmoat Holdings	7,200	Mar-04	11,600				312	19,112
29	31	NG Bailey	6,984	Feb-04					6,513	13,497
30	24	Headcrown	6,566	Sep-04					482	7,048
31	29	Miller	6,100	Dec-04	59,600	8,800			–22,000	52,500
32	32	Fitzpatrick	5,174	Dec-04					396	5,570
33	–	Multiplex Construction UK	5,114	Jun-04					1,049	6,163
34	44	Birse	4,375	Apr-04		207		2,536	–5,157	1,961
35	19	Galliford Try	4,218	Jun-04	25,470				–6,984	22,704
36	–	Interior Services Group	4,191	Jun-04					–1,889	2,302
37	38	Lorne Stewart	3,164	Dec-04					603	3,767
38	–	Canary Wharf Contractors	2,911	Jun-04					143	3,054
39	41	McNicholas Construction	2,838	Mar-04					–749	2,089
40	–	Dew Pitchmastic	1,896	Oct-04					144	2,040
41	40	Osborne	1,633	Mar-04					779	2,412
42	37	MJ Gleeson	1,453	Jun-04	12,280	5,263			–1,396	17,600
43	49	Propencity	558	Dec-03					–1,742	–1,184
44	–	Emcor Drake & Skull	332	Dec-04					3,325	3,657
45	–	Simons	324	Mar-04					445	769
46	–	Skanska Construction	–1,264	Dec-04						–1,264
47	–	McNicholas	–1,699	Dec-03					228	–1,471
48	36	Montpellier	–4,611	Sep-04					–2,328	–6,939
49	50	AWG Construction Services	–10,599	Mar-04			4,348			–6,251
50	–	Sir Robert McAlpine	–12,482	Oct-03					914	–11,568
Notes
* Contracting turnover figures are distorted by the inclusion of other activities such as FM and property. The above applies to all three top 50 tables
1 Balfour Beatty does not provide a data split, hence all its turnover is classified as contracting
2 Laing is a PFI developer and contractor
3 Keepmoat Holdings contracting relates to social housing

TOP 50 contractors by operating margin
2005	2004	Ranking by operating margin (pre-exceptional)	%
11	1	Southern Electric Contracting	7.6
2	4	Severfield-Rowen	5.9
3	10	Bowmer & Kirkland	5.8
4	2	Keller	5.7
5	–	Laing	4.8
6	29	Shepherd Building Group	4.5
7	5	RG Carter Holdings	4.4
8	9	Alfred McAlpine	4.1
9	18	Willmot Dixon	3.9
10	–	Keepmoat Holdings	3.8
11	6	Headcrown	3.6
12	22	May Gurney	3.6
13	21	J Murphy & Sons	3.4
14	11	Edmund Nuttall	3.4
15	13	Interserve	3.3
16	33	HBG UK	3.2
17	25	Amec	3.0
18	32	Taylor Woodrow	2.9
19	16	Laing O’Rourke	2.8
20	28	Fitzpatrick	2.6
21	24	Wates Group	2.5
22	34	ROK Property Solutions	2.2
23	30	Bovis Lend Lease	2.2
24	27	Miller	2.1
25	48	Vinci	1.9
26	43	NG Bailey	1.8
27	17	Balfour Beatty	1.8
28	–	Multiplex Construction UK	1.6
29	41	Morgan Sindall	1.5
30	42	Lorne Stewart	1.5
31	47	Costain	1.5
32	–	McNicholas Construction	1.5
33	46	Kier	1.3
34	–	Carillion	1.1
35	–	Interior Services Group	1.1
36	–	Canary Wharf Contractors	1.1
37	44	Dew Pitchmastic	1.1
38	–	Birse	1.1
39	38	Mowlem	0.9
40	35	Osborne	0.8
41	–	Galliford Try	0.8
42	49	MJ Gleeson	0.3
43	40	Propencity	0.3
44	–	Simons	0.2
45	–	Emcor Drake & Skull	0.1
46	–	Skanska Construction	–0.2
47	45	Montpellier	–1.0
48	–	McNicholas	–1.0
49	–	Sir Robert McAlpine	–1.6
50	–	AWG Construction Services	–3.3
Average margin	2.2
Average margin 2003	2.8
Notes
* Contracting turnover figures are distorted by the inclusion of other activities such as FM and property. The above applies to all three top 50 tables
1 Balfour Beatty does not provide a data split, hence all its turnover is classified as contracting
2 Laing is a PFI developer and contractor
3 Keepmoat Holdings contracting relates to social housing

TOP 25 contractors in fm by facilities management turnover
2005	2004	FM turnover £000	Operating profit £000	Operating margin	%	Activities included in turnover figures
1	1	Amec	2,293,800	75,300	3.3	environmental and technical services
2	4	Balfour Beatty	1,500,000	N/A	N/A	road and rail maintenance, building services
3	2	Jarvis	1,363,400	23,800	1.7	road, rail, building services, FM also in accommodation services sector
4	3	Carillion	944,900	42,100	4.5	building services, road and rail maintenance
5	–	Amey UK	942,253	64,483	6.8	business services, infrastructure maintenance, building maintenance
6	5	Mitie	694,513	38,647	5.6	building services, support services, general repair and maintenance
7	9	Interserve	605,200	28,500	4.7	facilities management, support services
8	8	Mowlem	579,900	–3,700	–0.6	civils and building FM, cleaning and security, environmental services
9	6	Alfred McAlpine	575,000	22,500	3.9	business services, infrastructure services
10	10	Enterprise	410,000	26,700	6.5	utility and local authority maintenance
11	11	Ringway	350,685	8,169	2.3	roads maintenance and associated works
12	13	Accord	260,492	6,062	2.3	highway R&M, environmental services, social housing, business services
13	12	AWG Construction Services	244,883	4,348	1.8	infrastructure maintenance (disposed in 2003/04), building services, FM
14	15	Connaught	208,969	7,820	3.7	public housing maintenance, gas services
15	18	Kier	174,300	N/A	N/A	facilities management, building maintenance
16	–	Mears Group	162,770	6,206	3.8	social housing maintenance
17	–	Clancy	131,752	2,301	1.7	utilities and civils maintenance (figure is total turnover)
18	21	Willmot Dixon*	107,000	7,700	7.2	social housing, building services and maintenance
19	20	Staveley Industries**	83,547	1,990	2.4	specialist fire protection
20	–	May Gurney*	66,781	N/A	N/A	utilities and highway maintenance
21	19	McNicholas*	55,000	N/A	N/A	civils/utilities maintenance
22	22	Osborne*	35,000	N/A	N/A	housing, building and infrastructure maintenance
23	24	ROK Property Solutions	27,100	1,600	5.9	building, maintenance
24	23	Robertson Group (Scotland)*	25,000	N/A	N/A	schools, building
25	–	Midas*	22,729	N/A	N/A	Midas Property Services: fit-out, restoration and FM
Notes
Note: This ranking is based only on those companies that provide FM data and/or for which Hewes & Associates has FM sales estimates. Data refer to worldwide turnover
* estimate
** 2003 data

TOP 25 housebuilders by housing turnover*
2005	2004		Housing turnover	Year end	Contracting £000	Property £000	Services £000	Other £000	Total turnover £000
1	1	Wimpey	3,005,700	Dec-04					3,005,700
2	2	Taylor Woodrow	2,874,000	Dec-04	410,400	74,200			3,361,200
3	3	Barratt Developments	2,434,100	Jun-04					2,434,100
4	4	Persimmon	2,131,300	Dec-04					2,131,300
5	5	Berkeley Group	1,251,139	Apr-04		144,994			1,396,133
6	6	Wilson Bowden	1,166,300	Dec-04		116,000			1,282,300
7	7	Bellway	1,092,571	Jul-04					1,092,571
8	8	Westbury	893,000	Feb-05					893,000
9	9	Redrow Group	662,700	Jun-04		7,200		400	670,300
10	10	Crest Nicholson	643,200	Oct-04					643,200
11	11	Bovis Homes	599,464	Dec-04					599,464
12	12	Miller	394,400	Dec-04	285,400	72,400			752,200
13	15	Fairview Holdings	365,654	Dec-04					365,654
14	–	Morgan Sindall	364,307	Dec-04	603,396			253,871	1,221,574
15	19	Gladedale Holdings	342,011	Dec-04			6,275		348,286
16	14	Bloor Holdings	337,914	Jun-04				132,914	470,828
17	17	McCarthy & Stone	317,200	Aug-04					317,200
18	13	Countryside Properties	270,877	Sep-04	97,489				368,366
19	18	Fairclough Homes	257,215	Mar-03					257,215
20	16	Linden	240,176	Dec-04					240,176
21	20	Kier	215,700	Jun-04	1,205,000	46,600		9,200	1,476,500
22	24	Cala	201,883	Jun-04		26,091			227,974
23	21	Galliford Try	182,031	Jun-04	512,905			464	695,400
24	25	Morris Group	143,853	Mar-04					143,853
25	–	Stewart Milne	125,650	Jun-04	18,666			54,377	188,662
Notes
* Those companies which highlight housing separately in their report and accounts, and which are included in the Top 100
** Net interest, goodwill, exceptional items etc
*** Pre tax figures only

TOP 25 housebuilders by housing operating profit**
2005	2004		Housing operating profit £000	Year end	Contracting £000	Property £000	Services £000	Other £000	Total pre-tax £000
1	1	Wimpey	500,400	Dec-04					450,700
2	2	Persimmon	496,800	Dec-04					459,600
3	3	Taylor Woodrow	448,800	Dec-04	11,900	9,400			390,400
4	4	Barratt Developments	375,600	Jun-04					367,700
5	6	Wilson Bowden	254,200	Dec-04		27,600			257,800
6	5	Berkeley Group	218,901	Apr-04		16,303			230,246
7	7	Bellway	213,255	Jul-04					205,530
8	8	Westbury	149,500	Feb-05					120,000
9	9	Bovis Homes	149,349	Dec-04					145,182
10	10	McCarthy & Stone	146,000	Aug-04					147,800
11	11	Redrow Group	131,200	Jun-04		2,700		–1,200	124,100
12	12	Crest Nicholson	94,900	Oct-04					82,100
13	13	Fairview Holdings	77,747	Dec-04					53,859
14	14	Bloor Holdings	67,423	Jun-04				2,446	64,269
15	15	Miller	59,600	Dec-04	6,100	8,800			52,500
16	18	Gladedale Holdings***	38,779	Dec-04		1,268			40,047
17	17	Kier	31,800	Jun-04	15,600	6,600		–1,900	40,600
18	22	Morris Group	25,780	Mar-04					20,310
19	20	Galliford Try	25,470	Jun-04	4,218				22,704
20	25	Fairclough Homes	24,839	Mar-03					18,448
21	16	Countryside Properties	23,909	Sep-04	4,068				16,071
22	19	Linden	22,616	Dec-04					4,668
23	24	Cala	21,186	Jun-04		4,584			6,060
24	23	Stewart Milne	20,303	Jun-04					17,002
25	21	Galliard Homes	15,921	Mar-04					7,065
Notes
* Those companies which highlight housing separately in their report and accounts, and which are included in the Top 100
** Net interest, goodwill, exceptional items etc
*** Pre tax figures only

TOP 25 housebuilders by operating margin
2005	2004	Ranking by operating margin (pre-exceptional)	%
1	1	McCarthy & Stone	46.0
2	2	Bovis Homes	24.9
3	6	Persimmon	23.3
4	–	Keepmoat Holdings	22.0
5	3	Wilson Bowden	21.8
6	4	Fairview Holdings	21.3
7	7	Bloor Holdings	20.0
8	8	Redrow Group	19.8
9	10	Bellway	19.5
10	18	Morris Group	17.9
11	5	Higgins	17.6
12	9	Berkeley Group	17.5
13	22	Galliard Homes	17.1
14	13	Westbury	16.7
15	17	Wimpey	16.6
16	15	Stewart Milne	16.2
17	16	Taylor Woodrow	15.6
18	19	Barratt Developments	15.4
19	23	Miller	15.1
20	12	Crest Nicholson	14.8
21	11	Kier	14.7
22	14	Galliford Try	14.0
23	21	Gladedale Holdings	11.3
24	–	MJ Gleeson	11.0
25	25	Cala	10.5
Average margin 2004	18.4
Average margin 2003	17.6
Average margin 2002	14.8
Average margin 2001	15.0
Average margin 2000	12.4
Average margin 1999	13.2
Average margin 1998	11.7
Notes
* Estimated sales

TOP contractors and housebuilders by highest paid director*
2005	2004	Total	2004 Total	Basic pay	Bonus etc	2003 Total	Basic pay	Bonus etc	Change %
			£000, excluding pensions			£000, excluding pensions
1	2	Stewart Milne	3,677	N/A	N/A	2,461	N/A	N/A	49.4
2	3	Berkeley Group	2,284	750	1,534	2,183	650	1,533	4.6
3	12	David McLean	1,638	N/A	N/A	866	N/A	N/A	89.1
4	5	Wimpey	1,270	535	735	1,255	510	745	1.2
5	7	Bloor Holdings	1,232	N/A	N/A	1,122	N/A	N/A	9.8
6	9	Taylor Woodrow	1,197	519	678	950	470	480	26.0
7	13	Persimmon	955	365	590	854	325	529	11.8
8	24	Willmot Dixon	953	N/A	N/A	556	N/A	N/A	71.4
9	4	Higgins	950	N/A	N/A	1,574	N/A	N/A	–39.6
10	8	Amec	949	670	279	1,021	628	393	–7.1
11	6	Barratt Developments	918	400	518	1,235	340	895	–25.7
12	14	Bovis Homes	910	450	460	848	408	440	7.3
13	56	Jarvis	834	N/A	N/A	691	N/A	N/A	20.7
14	84	Fairclough Homes	770	N/A	N/A	611	N/A	N/A	26.0
15	11	McCarthy & Stone	766	484	282	892	439	453	–14.1
16	17	Crest Nicholson	759	368	391	637	351	286	19.2
17	15	Bellway	719	315	404	684	298	386	5.1
18	16	Wilson Bowden	682	473	209	669	440	229	1.9
19	23	Redrow Group	681	425	256	557	383	174	22.3
20	70	Gladedale Holdings	655	N/A	N/A	197	N/A	N/A	232.5
21	19	Carillion	645	405	240	619	385	234	4.2
22	–	Westbury	623	370	253	624	345	279	–0.2
23	–	Amey UK	598	N/A	N/A				N/A
24	25	Severfield-Rowen	580	300	280	551	275	276	5.3
25	32	Keepmoat Holdings	541	N/A	N/A	440	N/A	N/A	23.0
26	–	Laing	538	325	213				N/A
27	64	Tulloch	509	259	250	246	171	75	106.9
28	–	Cala	508	N/A	N/A	429	N/A	N/A	18.4
29	39	Morgan Sindall	506	280	226	410	N/A	N/A	23.4
30	66	McNicholas Construction	501	N/A	N/A	218	N/A	N/A	129.8
31	31	Mitie	492	250	242	443	250	193	11.1
32	65	NG Bailey	491	N/A	N/A	239	N/A	N/A	105.4
33	36	Countryside Properties	490	140	350	907	140	767	–46.0
34	34	ROK Property Solutions	478	305	173	423	268	155	13.0
35	22	Balfour Beatty	477	340	137	582	435	147	–18.0
36	21	Miller	453	N/A	N/A	595	N/A	N/A	–23.9
37	46	Morris Group	451	N/A	N/A	329	N/A	N/A	37.1
38	37	Costain	447	295	152	404	276	128	10.6
39	26	Fairview Holdings	443	N/A	N/A	545	N/A	N/A	–18.7
40	58	Midas	441	N/A	N/A	258	N/A	N/A	70.9
41	45	Fitzpatrick	437	N/A	N/A	339	N/A	N/A	28.9
42	63	Interserve	425	265	160	254	235	19	67.3
43	35	Alfred McAlpine	416	319	97	420	251	169	–1.0
44	30	Laing O’Rourke	409	N/A	N/A	466	N/A	N/A	–12.2
45	28	Accord	404	N/A	N/A	442	N/A	N/A	–8.6
46	20	Bovis Lend Lease1	399	N/A	N/A	596	N/A	N/A	–33.1
47	42	Edmund Nuttall	394	N/A	N/A	355	N/A	N/A	11.0
48	42	Galliford Try	390	250	140	346	240	106	12.7
49	–	Multiplex Construction UK	385	N/A	N/A	249	N/A	N/A	54.6
50	50	Keller	345	250	95	299	248	51	15.4
51	–	Barr	342	N/A	N/A	256	N/A	N/A	33.6
52	36	Mowlem	339	338	1	420	318	102	–19.3
53	60	Kier	338	269	69	255	218	37	32.5
54	–	Mears Group	332	N/A	N/A	266	N/A	N/A	24.8
55	–	Emerson Group	332	N/A	N/A	406	N/A	N/A	–18.2
56	57	MJ Gleeson	321	290	31	262	230	32	22.5
57	40	Tolent	317	N/A	N/A	292	N/A	N/A	8.6
58	55	Simons	300	N/A	N/A	271	N/A	N/A	10.7
59	51	Vinci	291	N/A	N/A	293	N/A	N/A	–0.7
60	33	Linden	282	N/A	N/A	439	N/A	N/A	–35.8
61	62	Styles & Wood	273	N/A	N/A	254	N/A	N/A	7.5
62	–	Emcor Drake & Skull	271	N/A	N/A	132	N/A	N/A	105.3
63	61	Interior Services Group	270	234	36	255	191	64	5.9
64	59	Shepherd Building Group	246	N/A	N/A	255	N/A	N/A	–3.5
65	44	Birse	240	235	5	342	235	107	–29.8
66	79	Enterprise	237	158	79	151	N/A	N/A	57.0
67	53	Biwater	235	N/A	N/A	290	N/A	N/A	–19.0
68	54	John Sisk	233	N/A	N/A	275	N/A	N/A	–15.3
69	49	Montpellier	229	175	54	299	205	94	–23.4
70	73	Rydon	215	N/A	N/A	184	N/A	N/A	16.8
71	76	Ogilvie	215	N/A	N/A	163	N/A	N/A	31.9
72	69	T Clarke	197	170	27	206	145	61	–4.4
73	–	Headcrown	197	N/A	N/A	190	N/A	N/A	3.7
74	–	Osborne	196	N/A	N/A	196	N/A	N/A	0.0
75	72	Ringway	194	N/A	N/A	189	N/A	N/A	2.6
76	83	AWG Construction Services	194	N/A	N/A	134	N/A	N/A	44.8
77	74	Propencity	192	N/A	N/A	179	N/A	N/A	7.3
78	–	Lorne Stewart	179	N/A	N/A	154	N/A	N/A	16.2
79	67	Connaught	175	170	5	214	150	64	–18.2
80	75	Southern Electric Contracting	165	N/A	N/A	177	N/A	N/A	–6.8
81	80	Clancy	156	N/A	N/A	145	N/A	N/A	7.6
82	85	May Gurney	150	N/A	N/A	163	N/A	N/A	–8.0
83	82	Dew Pitchmastic	147	N/A	N/A	134	N/A	N/A	9.7
84	77	Dean & Dyball	132	N/A	N/A	153	N/A	N/A	–13.7
Average pay	494			446			10.8
% change since 1995							133
Notes
* Highest paid refers to single highest paid executive director
1 Bovis Lend Lease data refers to UK operations

TOP contractors and housebuilders by employees’ average pay*
2005	2004		Average salary 2004 £000	2003 £000	Change %
1	–	Multiplex Construction UK	67.3	56.9	18.3
2	–	Canary Wharf Contractors	54.5	54.6	–0.1
3	1	Berkeley Group	52.9	46.7	13.3
4	–	Cala	50.4	44.2	14.0
5	5	Higgins	43.5	40.7	7.0
6	4	Bovis Lend Lease1	43.2	41.3	4.7
7	7	Styles & Wood	42.7	39.9	7.1
8	6	Byrne	42.3	40.4	4.6
9	11	Wates Group	39.5	36.3	8.7
10	8	Crest Nicholson	39.0	37.5	4.1
11	13	Miller	38.3	35.2	9.0
12	3	Linden	37.8	41.5	–9.0
13	9	Fitzpatrick	37.2	36.5	1.9
14	14	Birse	36.7	34.1	7.4
15	16	Severfield-Rowen	35.7	32.9	8.6
16	12	John Sisk	35.5	36.3	–2.3
17	20	MJ Gleeson	35.2	32.2	9.4
18	30	Gladedale Holdings	34.4	29.7	15.9
19	25	Morgan Sindall	33.7	30.7	9.8
20	31	David McLean	33.5	29.3	14.3
21	21	Montpellier	33.5	31.7	5.7
22	18	Edmund Nuttall	33.2	32.6	1.9
23	–	Laing	33.0	29.6	11.4
24	24	McCarthy & Stone	32.7	31.2	4.6
25	15	T Clarke	32.4	34.2	–5.4
26	37	Galliford Try	32.2	28.5	13.0
27	29	Westbury	31.7	29.8	6.2
28	80	Propencity	31.7	21.3	48.7
29	56	Fairclough Homes	31.6	25.4	24.7
30	38	Bellway	31.5	28.4	10.9
31	39	Dean & Dyball	31.3	28.3	10.6
32	33	HBG UK	31.2	29.2	7.0
33	26	Osborne	31.2	30.1	3.7
34	46	Wilson Bowden	31.0	27.2	13.7
35	27	Vinci	30.9	30.0	3.1
36	23	Bowmer & Kirkland	30.9	31.5	–2.0
37	45	Redrow Group	30.8	27.6	11.5
38	22	Wimpey	30.8	31.6	–2.7
39	47	Barratt Developments	30.5	27.2	12.5
40	32	Willmot Dixon	30.2	29.3	3.0
41	28	Stewart Milne	30.0	29.8	0.8
42	36	Countryside Properties	29.9	28.7	4.4
43	64	Rydon	29.7	27.5	8.0
44	35	Balfour Beatty	29.4	28.8	2.2
45	49	Midas	29.4	26.9	9.1
46	40	Barhale Construction	29.4	28.3	3.8
47	57	Dew Pitchmastic	28.7	26.3	9.3
48	48	Persimmon	28.7	27.0	6.3
49	41	Tolent	28.6	27.9	2.2
50	44	Amec	28.1	27.7	1.4
51	43	Lorne Stewart	28.0	27.7	0.9
52	–	Emcor Drake & Skull	27.9	26.7	4.3
53	34	Keller	27.8	29.1	–4.2
54	52	Taylor Woodrow	27.7	26.7	3.6
55	75	Ogilvie	27.6	22.9	20.9
56	62	Alfred McAlpine	27.6	24.7	11.6
57	55	Shepherd Building Group	27.2	26.3	3.4
58	54	Jarvis	26.5	26.6	–0.4
59	59	Keepmoat Holdings	26.4	25.5	3.7
60	70	Laing O’Rourke	26.2	25.1	4.4
61	61	NG Bailey	26.1	24.8	5.4
62	–	Barr	26.1	24.6	5.9
63	–	Amey UK	26.0	–	–
64	60	Clancy	26.0	25.3	2.8
65	–	Tulloch	25.9	26.3	–1.4
66	73	Enterprise	25.9	22.9	12.8
67	–	Mears Group	25.7	22.1	16.0
68	76	May Gurney	25.5	22.4	14.1
69	67	Ringway	25.3	23.8	6.2
70	66	Headcrown	25.0	23.9	4.5
71	74	Interserve	24.8	22.9	8.5
72	72	Southern Electric Contracting	24.7	23.2	6.3
73	68	Bloor Holdings	24.7	23.7	4.0
74	69	AWG Construction Services	24.3	23.6	2.9
75	51	ROK Property Solutions	24.3	26.8	–9.7
76	63	Simons	24.1	24.3	–1.0
77	42	McNicholas Construction	24.1	24.4	–1.5
78	77	Kier	23.7	24.7	–4.0
79	81	Accord	23.2	20.9	11.1
80	79	Costain	23.1	21.6	7.1
81	71	Biwater	22.1	23.4	–5.4
82	78	Carillion	22.0	21.9	0.5
83	–	Emerson Group	20.5	21.1	–2.8
84	82	Interior Services Group	19.4	20.0	–3.4
85	84	Connaught	18.0	17.8	0.9
Average		30.6	28.9	5.8
% change since 1995			65.2
Notes
*Average pay rates = total salaries divided by total number of employees
1 Bovis Lend Lease data refers to UK operations