Smart list · 2,582 companies
Steady earners
Profitable for 3+ consecutive years with margins of 15%+.
- Trading business
- Profit margin ≥ 15%
- Consecutive profitable years ≥ 3
- Sorted by Profit ↓
| # | Company | Revenue | Profit | Margin | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astex Therapeutics Limited Cambridge · Research and experimental development on biotechnology Operating leverage | £404m | £283m | 70.2% | 183 |
| 2 | Alder Oak Limited London · Development of building projects IndependentSmall team+2 | £217m | £125m | 57.7% | 6 |
| 3 | HS1 Limited London · Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar) | £292m | £115m | 39.5% | 62 |
| 4 | Busy Bees Nurseries Limited Burntwood · Pre-primary education Operating leverage | £378m | £70.4m | 18.6% | 6,059 |
| 5 | One Call Insurance Services Limited Doncaster · Activities of insurance agents and brokers Capital-lightOperating leverage | £65.3m | £57.8m | 88.6% | 466 |
| 6 | Penguin Books Limited London · Book publishing Capital-light | £280m | £50.8m | 18.2% | 870 |
| 7 | CD&R LLP London Operating leverage | £65.2m | £42.3m | 65% | 50 |
| 8 | Novanta Technologies UK Limited Stockport · Manufacture of other machine tools Doing more with less | £68.5m | £40.4m | 58.9% | 266 |
| 9 | Kinetic Games Limited Southampton · Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development IndependentCash flow filed | £62.3m | £34m | 54.6% | 23 |
| 10 | Warren James (Jewellers) Limited Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians) | £118m | £33.5m | 28.4% | 1,228 |
| 11 | SSP Limited Halifax · Business and domestic software development | £36.1m | £32.3m | 89.3% | 186 |
| 12 | Axis Arbor Partners LLP London Small teamYoung and profitable+1 | £34.6m | £31.1m | 89.7% | 9 |
| 13 | Independent Maritime Advisors Ltd London · Other business support service activities n.e.c. Operating leverageDoing more with less+1 | £54.1m | £29m | 53.5% | 17 |
| 14 | Schonfeld Strategic Advisors (UK) LLP London IndependentOperating leverage | £142m | £28.2m | 19.9% | 165 |
| 15 | Giving.com Limited London · Other information technology service activities Capital-lightOperating leverage+1 | £64.5m | £27m | 41.9% | 128 |
| 16 | Talisman Global Asset Management Limited London · Other business support service activities n.e.c. IndependentCapital-light+1 | £46.1m | £24.6m | 53.3% | 17 |
| 17 | Editec Marketing Consulting Limited London · Non-specialised wholesale trade Capital-lightOperating leverage+1 | £62.7m | £24.1m | 38.4% | 18 |
| 18 | MB Aerospace Newton Abbot Limited London · Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. Operating leverageDoing more with less | £47.4m | £23.1m | 48.8% | 355 |
| 19 | Nasdaq Limited London · Other information service activities n.e.c. Cash flow filed | £44.7m | £22.8m | 50.9% | 154 |
| 20 | Hydac Technology Limited Buckinghamshire · Machining Operating leverage | £33.2m | £22.2m | 66.8% | 158 |
| 21 | Aspire Pharma Limited Godalming · Wholesale of pharmaceutical goods | £118m | £21.8m | 18.5% | 114 |
| 22 | Portview Fit-Out Limited Belfast · Other building completion and finishing Capital-lightOperating leverage+1 | £110m | £21.5m | 19.6% | 138 |
| 23 | Nicobrand Limited County Londonderry · Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations Cash flow filed | £62.5m | £19.9m | 31.8% | 88 |
| 24 | Kpit Technologies (UK) Limited Ruislip Manor · Other business support service activities n.e.c. Operating leverageDoing more with less | £38.4m | £19.4m | 50.6% | 95 |
| 25 | MRI Software Emea Limited London · Business and domestic software development Operating leverageDoing more with less | £49.2m | £19.1m | 38.7% | 199 |
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