71 2022: 94
Granby Marketing, Blackburn Granby provides a suite of services including promotional marketing, contract packing and third-party logistics for a range of household brands and public sector organisations. Revenues increased from £7.2m to £9m as customer activity began to increase as lockdown restrictions eased. Following the filing of these accounts, the entire shareholding of the company was sold to an Employee Ownership Trust.
70 New entry
New Horizons, Preston New Horizons operates 12 homes for young people, with specialist services available for those with challenging behaviour, learning difficulties, various disorders and syndromes, or those who have experienced crisis or trauma. In total, it employs a team of 112.
67 New entry
Birchall Foodservice, Burnley Birchall Foodservice is a fifth-generation family-owned wholesale food supplier. George Chichester Birchall began delivering cream, eggs, yeast and butter by horse and cart to bakers in 1905. Its inventory now extends to 5,000 products, available from its Burnley warehouse and hubs in Sheffield, Durham and Stoke-on-Trent. Birchalls also offers a range of related services such as specialist menu design, allergen advice, a full programme of training courses and recycling waste cooking oils.
66 2022: 71
Premier LPG, Preston Premier supplies liquefied petroleum gas, a green alternative fuel used by both domestic and commercial customers. After these accounts were filed, the company was acquired by UGI International, a leading LPG distributor.
65 2022: 58 69 New entry Engledene, Burnley
Engledene is the parent company of AMS Neve, the manufacturer of world-class audio equipment which has itself won two Oscars, a Grammy and an Emmy for its innovations, and which has been used in the production of countless award-winning music tracks. The group also contains The Sutcliffe Tool Company as well as Landmark Burnley, which converted the former Burnley Grammar School building into a business hub in 2019.
68 2022: 62 Warrantywise, Blackburn FSB, Blackpool
The National Federation of Self Employed And Small Businesses provides its members with advice, support and access to discounted services, as well as lobbying for wider small business issues. The FSB group also includes individual companies which produce its First Voice magazine, organise member benefits and deliver recruitment services.
Warrantywise offers warranty plans for vehicles where the manufacturer’s warranty has expired. Plans are sold directly to customers, or indirectly via motor dealerships. The rising price of used vehicles resulted in increased demand for protections, which underpinned another year of growth for the firm. Headcount grew from 99 to 126 while turnover grew by 41 per cent, from £10.5m to £14.7m.
Tom Parker, Preston
Tom Parker. a family-run engineering firm established more than 50 years ago, buys, assembles and sells a range of more than 36,000 hydraulic and pneumatic products. The company operates sites in Preston and Basingstoke, including a 50,000 sq ft warehouse and testing facility.
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Ashvin Metals, Poulton-Le-Fylde Ashvin trades non-ferrous metals and retains a strong showing in the Hot 100 despite the accounts only reflecting a six-month trading period. Revenues of £46m represent a pro rata 40 per cent increase, thanks largely due to high prices on the London Metal Exchange, and the fact that China’s Covid-19 lockdown restrictions and the war in Ukraine have reduced global supply and increased demand for Ashvin’s stock.
63 New entry
James Brearley & Sons, Blackpool James Brearley & Sons is an FCA authorised and regulated investment management and share-dealing service which has been operating for more than 100 years. The company returns to the Hot 100 on the back of a 91 per cent increase in pre-tax profit, which had dipped during the Covid-19 pandemic.
62 New entry
Heathside Trading, Blackburn Heathside buys and sells branded clearance merchandise including toys, housewares and pop culture collectables. Ranges, sourced from around the world, include Disney, Funko and Marvel, with total revenues reaching £14.6m.
61 New entry TRS Tyres, Morecambe
TRS, founded in 1972, offers a range of services relating to truck tyres including helping to reduce environmental impact. This includes providing premium tyres that require replacing less frequently and collecting 400,000 tyres per year which are either reused, repaired, recycled or their components recovered. TRS collects tyres from more than 1,000 locations around the UK and exports to more than 30 countries.
60 2022: 74
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