42 HOT 100
Company profiles by Tim Aldred 100 New entry Quantil, Ormskirk
Quantil is a family run horticultural business supplying vegetable, herb, strawberry and ornamental plants to both commercial and retail markets. With over 14 hectares of production space, the company produces more than 200 million plants per year.
95 New entry Althams Travel, Burnley
Althams launched as a tea merchant in 1874 and for nearly 100 years the travel desk played a minor role in the company’s success. It wasn’t until the rise of supermarkets in the late 1960s, when people no longer needed to visit specialist tea shops, that travel became the main source of revenues and later sole focus for the owners. Today, the company employs a workforce of more than 150, operates more than 31 branches across the North, and, bouncing back from the Covid-19 pandemic, registered more than £9m in sales.
99 99 New entry K Steels, Rawtenstall
K Steels can trace its history back to a Rossendale blacksmith plying his trade in the 1880s. Two generations later, the business launched in its current iteration as a steel stockholder offering specialist cutting services. Its various steels are used in a range of products such as truck bodies, skips and shutter doors.
98 New entry Sabre Triad, Preston
Sabre Triad is a printing and converting company whose waxed papers and packaging ranges are particularly popular with the confectionery industry. The business employs a team of 29, and increased revenues by 12 per cent to reach £8.3m.
97 New entry Harrisons Engineering, Clitheroe
Harrisons Engineering offers a range of services including design, fabrication and welding, blasting, painting, installation and maintenance. The company serves the whole of the UK from its five-acre site. Revenues increased by nearly a third this year following the acquisition of Gissing and Lonsdale, as well as the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions.
96 2023: 21 SupaLite, Blackburn
SupaLite sells a lightweight and easy-to-install solid roof which fits onto existing conservatory window frames and is designed to mitigate changes in outdoor temperatures. Following a bumper ‘Covid boom’ during the previous year, sales and profits both returned closer to pre- pandemic levels.
Lakeview Rest Homes, Lytham St Annes
Lakeview operates three care homes in Lytham St Annes. It had operated a fourth, but closed it after being unable to find enough staff. Today it employs a workforce of 99, and registered bumper profits of £4.2m on the back of high occupancy levels.
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Allan J Hargreaves Plant Engineers, Thornton-Cleveleys
Beginning life more than 40 years ago offering maintenance for construction plant machinery, the company has become a leader in the design, manufacture, upgrade and maintenance of rail road machinery and associated equipment. Clients include Balfour Beatty and Network Rail.
92 New entry 89 89 New entry Oceanic Seafoods, Lancaster
Oceanic specialises in high quality frozen seafood sustainably sourced from the North Atlantic, Pacific Ocean and the Barents Sea. Despite disruptions, in which Covid-19 restrictions limited the supply of fish from China, ethical concerns required finding alternatives to Russian-sourced fish and inflation saw costs rise dramatically, the company was able to increase the volume of seafood sold, increase revenues by more than 57 per cent up to £52m and more than double its profits.
88 New entry Jonesco, Preston
Jonesco, based in Preston with a subsidiary in Seclin, France, serves more than 60 countries around the world. The company began manufacturing mudguards for commercial vehicles in the 1960s. Then made of metal, they are now exclusively made of plastic. In recent years the range of plastic goods manufactured has expanded to include fire and safety, spill containment and storage products.
94 2023: 86 Morecambe Metals, Morecambe
Morecambe Metals collects, processes and recycles scrap metals, including ferrous and non-ferrous metals as well as running a dedicated end-of-life vehicle service. The family- owned firm of more than 40 years sources material from domestic and commercial customers and supplies buyers in the UK, India and the Far East. The group also owns and generates rental income from units at White Lund Industrial Park in Morecambe.
Ashbridge Independent School and Nursery, Preston
Ashbridge operates four nurseries for children up to the age of four and a day school from ages four to 11. With a focus on outdoors learning, the school’s purpose-built facilities are situated within extensive grounds which sit on the banks of the River Ribble. During the year, parent company 1989 Holdings acquired related businesses The Pantry @ Maxy Farm and the Salon @ Maxy Farm, which combined for total revenues of £7.9m.
91 91 2023: 81 B&E Boys, Waterfoot
B&E Boys is a construction, property investment and house building company working across the UK. The business, owned by three brothers, delivered its largest ever project this year – the 2,500-seat Canon Medical Arena in Sheffield – alongside projects for Oldham College and the National Trust.
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