48 HOT 100
Totals 2024 Revenues
Pre-tax profit Employees
£1,978,708,104 £235,559,484 9,056
2023
£2,060,082,464 £253,766,711 9,234
Change Down 4% Down 7% Down 2%
56 2023: 59 Panaz, Burnley
Panaz designs flame-retardant interior textiles and wallcoverings for sectors including hospitality and healthcare in the UK and Europe. The group also includes Panaz USA, which serves stateside customers, Essential Soft Furnishings, which manufactures curtains, cushions and throws for trade, and Chase Erwin, a recent acquisition which specialises in high-end fabrics.
55 2023: 18 Aqua Fabrications, Skelmersdale 62 62 New entry Millers of Longton, Preston
Millers of Longton offers a Europe-wide breakdown and recovery service for commercial vehicles, with clients ranging from single truck owner/drivers to some of the biggest transport companies in the UK. It also offers related services such as body workshops, MoT facilities and HGV rental.
61 2023: 73 Safe World Insurance, Chorley
Safe World Insurance provides specialist coverage for installers of home improvements. The policies, sold through insurance intermediaries and consumer protection organisations, protect the deposits and guarantees issued to homeowners should the supplier cease trading.
59 59 New entry More Than Enough, Preston
More Than Enough is the UK business owned by California-based therapist, author and speaker Marisa Peer. Marisa, who has worked with celebrities, CEOs and royalty in her 30-year career, is also the creator of Rapid Transformational Therapy and the founder of the I Am Enough self-help movement.
58 2023: 53 R&J Builders Hardware, Blackburn
R&J is a second-generation family business which has been supplying products to the building trade for nearly 50 years. The company operates a three-acre site in Blackburn with a fleet of vehicles facilitating nationwide deliveries.
Founded in 1988, Aqua Fabrications supplies the rail industry with a comprehensive range of drainage and cable management systems, developing many products in partnership with Network Rail. The Aqua group also includes Aqua Geocomposites, which manufactures the geomembranes and geotextiles for integrated drainage systems, and Aqua S&TS, which supplies plastic products for the industrial, agricultural and civil engineering industries.
54 New entry Addison Project, Thornton-Cleveleys
Addison is a multi-discipline engineering firm delivering services ranging from principal design to project management, including process, civil, mechanical, electrical, control, safety, construction and demolition. The company also operates its own academy to undertake in- house training and during the year was awarded the RoSPA Order of Distinction in recognition of an outstanding health and safety record dating back nearly a quarter of a century.
60 60 New entry
Compass Fuel Oils & Lubricants, Preston
Compass launched in 2009 as a third-party broker of oils, alternative fuels and lubricants, before investing in its own inventory and fleet of vehicles and becoming a distributor in its own right. It serves a nationwide customer base with 98 per cent of orders delivered within 24 hours. During the year, the company completed its investment in its depot, doubling its storage capacity to 400,000 litres and paving the way for future growth.
57 57 New entry Cherrytree Bakery, Burnley
Cherrytree initially began life in 1984 producing local favourites such as Chorley cakes and parkin. Growth accelerated in recent years with the company expanding its product range, targeting national retailers, expanding its production facilities and significantly increasing its workforce. Sales in the last year alone increased by a third, up to £22.4m, with more investments in the pipeline set to act as a catalyst for further growth to come.
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Blackburn Blackpool Burnley Chorley
Carnforth
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