Sunday Times Fast Track 100

A list published annually in December in partnership with The Sunday Times newspaper in the UK.

The list ranks Britain's fastest growing privately held companies by sales growth over the last 3 years.

Produced by Fast Track, an Oxford based research company and sponsored by Virgin Group the eleventh Sunday Times Fast Track 100 was published on 2nd December 2007.

Limitations

The Fast Track 100 is generally promoted as the definitive guide to the fastest growing privately held companies in the UK. Richard Branson is quoted as saying "Fast Track has become the definitive barometer of growth companies" However a number of limitations exists which mean that the list may not contain information on many fast growing companies.

• Entry requires nomination, usually by the company itself. Many companies which qualify will not nominate themselves for entry into the list because they do not know about it or do not see publicity around their rapid growth as desirable.
• Companies are required to provide revenue and sales figures at a much greater detail than is required by Companies House and must be prepared for these to be made public. Many fast growing companies in competitive industries may not wish this to happen
• Entry Criteria means that the list covers a relatively narrow definition of growth.

Entry criteria

For entry to the 2007 Fast Track 100 companies were required to be:

• Unquoted• Registered in the UK• Non-subsidiary, independent• Annualised sales of at least £250,000 in 2003/04• Annualised sales of at least £5m in 2006/07• An increase in sales from penultimate to latest year, and a forecast of further sales growth• Not a technology company

Other Similar Published Lists

Fast Track 100 is one of 6 business lists produced by Fast Track and published in the Sunday Times:

Tech Track 100 - Fastest growth for 'tech' companies
Fast Track 100 - Fastest sales growth
Buyout Track 100 - Fastest growth in private equity-backed companies

Profit Track 100 - Fastest profits
Top Track 250 - Biggest mid-market companies
Top Track 100 - Biggest companies
[http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/hot100 Real Business Hot 100] published by UK magazine Real Business ranks UK companies by their sales growth over 4 years.
[http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/section_node/0,1042,sid%3D144300,00.html Fast 50] produced by accountants Deloitte ranks Uk technology companies over a five year period.

2007 Fast Track 100 List

1 [http://www.travelrepublic.co.uk/ Travel Republic]
2 [http://www.ot2k.com/ Ocean Team]
3 [http://www.policerecruit.co.uk/ Police Recruit]
4 [http://www.ajpower.net/ AJ Power Limited]
5 Oliver Marketing
6 Simply Biz
7 Flat TV Company
8 4L's Packing
9 Head Resourcing
10 [http://www.investigo.co.uk/ Investigo]
11 Probuild Birmingham
12 Silver Cross
13 Custom TV
14 Contractor Umbrella
15 Melrob Services
16 Integrated Subsea Services
17 Ice Energy Heat Pumps
18 Paladin Group
19 ECU Group
20 [http://www.alpharooms.com Alpharooms]
21 Henry Howard Finance
22 Mint Financial Services
23 Frazer & Tabberer
24 Health Management
25 CSG
26 Eterniti Steels
27 SPI (Materials)
28 Cornwallis Elt
29 [http://www.rgroup.co.uk Richmond Group]
30 Danbro
31 Enterprise Broker Services
32 [http://www.pipc.com PIPC]
33 Lucy Wernick & Associates
34 Premium Appliance Brands
35 EuroStaff Group
36 [http://www.widget.com Widget Uk]
37 Dolphin Music
38 Elliott Thomas
39 Maximus
40 innocent Drinks
41 Astbury Marsden
42 Feel Good Drinks
43 HQUK
44 Just Lamps
45 Drivers Direct
46 Oriel Securities
47 RIF Worldwide
48 First People Solutions
49 Gü Chocolate Puds
50 Morgan Hunt Public Sector
51 WFCA
52 Creativevents
53 LNT Construction
54 Springfield Properties
55 Fuel Recruitment
56 33-6 Consultancy
57 Pagazzi Lighting
58 Maxxima
59 Towergate Partnership
60 Dunne Group
61 Playforce
62 7city Learning
63 Barchester Healthcare
64 Easy Computers
65 Maria Mallaband Care Group
66 Dawnus Construction
67 Global Resourcing
68 Abel & Cole
69 Card Factory
70 DRL
71 Vision Call
72 Power On Connections
73 Henley's Clothing
74 AdConnection
75 Oval
76 Really Useful Products
77 northerncare
78 McLaren Construction
79 David Ormerod Hearing Centres
80 MSI Group
81 Red Commerce
82 Astus UK
83 Pharmalink Consulting
84 Tyrrells Potato Chips
85 Meade-King, Robinson & Co
86 Clipper Group Holdings
87 Seko Synergy
88 Acteon
89 Personal Touch Financial Services
90 Graig Shipping Group
91 Knightsbridge Guarding
92 Riverford
93 SEH
94 Specialist Hire Group
95 Healthcare at Home
96 Xchange Business
97 Morgan Law Recruitment
98 Wind Prospect
99 Liv-ex
100 GGR-UNIC

External links

* [http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack2002/home/home.htm Fast Track website]