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| 01 Top five 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 ** | 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 | ||
| NOTES | |||||||||
| * Full split of activities not provided in reports and accounts, therefore turnover and/or profits assigned to main activity | |||||||||
| ** Bovis data refers to Bovis Lend Lease Group’s worldwide operations. Taken from parent’s annual report and converted from Aus%24 | |||||||||
| 02 Top five contractors and housebuilders by pre-tax profit | ||||||||||
| 2006 | 2005 | Company | Total pre-tax profit | Year end | Contracting | Housing | Property | Services | Other | Interest etc |
| 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 | ||
| 03 Top five 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 |
| 3 | 2 | Berkeley Group | 2,284 | Jan-02 | 1,534 | 2,284 | 750 | 1,534 | 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 |
| NOTES | |||||||||
| *** Table rankings denote the highest-paid individual director within each company, not the average salary of key directors within each company | |||||||||
| 04 Top five companies by average pay**** | |||||
| 2006 | 2005 | Company | Average salary 2005 £000 | 2004 £000 | Change % |
| 1 | 3 | Berkeley Group | 65 | 52.9 | 23.4 |
| 2 | 1 | Multiplex Construction UK | 61 | Feb-00 | 0 |
| 3 | – | Galliard Homes | 59 | Feb-00 | 58 |
| 4 | – | Raven Mount | 58 | Feb-00 | 34 |
| 5 | 12 | Linden | 48 | Feb-00 | 26.3 |
| NOTES | |||||
| **** Average pay %3D total salaries paid out in 2005 divided by number of employees | |||||
| 05 Top five housebuilders by operating margin | |||
| 2006 | 2005 | Ranking by operating margin (pre-exceptional) | % |
| 1 | 1 | McCarthy & Stone | 38.60% |
| 2 | – | Wain Group | 32.60% |
| 3 | – | Abbey Developments | 27.50% |
| 4 | – | Jelson | 25.80% |
| 5 | 4 | Keepmoat Holdings | 24.60% |