Top 100 2008: Return on Sales

 Latest Rank  Company or Trading Name Last Year Turnover (£000s) Last Year Pre-Tax Profit (£000s) Return on Sales (Ranked) 

£100m-plus turnover

20

Turners (Soham)

£180,402

  £21,028

11.6%

4

TNT UK

£810,467

£69,251

8.54%

15

Ryder     

£193,000

£14,400

7.56%

30

Fowler Welch-Coolchain

£104,426

£5,879

5.63%

17

WH Malcolm

£183,877

£9,921

5.40%

16

DSV                    

£184,302

£7,770

4.22%

13

Business Post Group

£258,600

£14,200

3.96%

2

Wincanton

£1,388,700

£47,200

3.40%

23

Gefco UK

£132,644

£4,369

3.29%

29

Stobart Group

£108,840

£3,521

3.24%

24

Nightfreight (GB)

£131,963

£4,184

3.17%

25

The RH Group

£122,320

£3,567

2.92%

3

Kuehne + Nagel

£923,226

£24,272

2.63%

19

Autologic Holdings

£180,700

£4,600

2.55%

18

Bibby Distribution Holdings

£181,042

£4,238

2.34%

8

UPS

£425,342

£9,884

2.32%

12

NYK Logistics (UK)

£370,000

£8,500

2.30%

26

Clipper Group Holdings

£117,586

£1,181

1.00%

27 NFT Distribution Ops

£114,104

£1,070

0.94%

28 Hoyer UK

£112,329

£420

0.37%

21 FedEx UK

£180,103

£586

0.33%

22 City Link

£171,036

-£9,659

-5.65%

14 Home Delivery Network

£315,017

-£20,573

-6.53%

£50m to £100m turnover

40

Pentalver Transport

£62,993

£10,791

17.13%

41

ECM (Vehicle Delivery)

£60,772

£5,297

8.72%

35

Great Bear DIstribution

£75,027

£6,025

8.03%

31

Tuffnells Parcels Express

£94,911

£7,243

7.63%

36

Maritime Transport

£68,504

£4,156

6.07%

34

Gregory Distribution

£78,670

£3,291

4.18%

42

Europa Freight Group

£56,589

£2,329

4.12%

43

CEL Group

£54,209

£2,172

4.01%

46

Langdon Group

£50,374

£1,920

3.81%

39

Hargreaves Services

£64,599

£2,263

3.50%

37

Canute Haulage Group

£65,102

£1,936

2.97%

45

Roadways Container Logistics

£52,290

£1,503

2.87%

32

Thomas Cradley Holdings

£88,088

£2,525

2.87%

38

Kerry Logistics (UK)

£64,989

£1,483

2.28%

33

Lloyd Fraser Holdings

£81,139

£1,744

2.15%

44

Stiller Group                         

£52,686

£808

1.53%

£30m to £50m turnover

49

Goldstar Transport

£42,820

£2,755

6.43%

53

CM Downton

£35,741

£1,711

4.79%

58

MRS Distribution

£31,535

£1,497

4.75%

50

Brit-European Transport

£41,587

£1,684

4.05%

57

Howard Tenens

£32,446

£1,127

3.47%

51

Rhys Davies

£36,208

£917

2.53%

61

Online

£30,061

£732

2.44%

52

ARR Craib Transport

£35,816

£539

1.50%

60

C Butt

£30,752

£366

1.19%

55

John G Russell (Transport)

£34,089

-£12

-0.04%

56

Amethyst Group

£33,454

-£218

-0.65%

59

Currie European Transport

£31,031

-£379

-1.22%

48

Cert Octavian Holdings

£45,305

-£3,067

-6.77%

54

Culina Logistics

£34,812

-£2,570

-7.38%

47

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics

£47,841

-£4,084

-8.54%

£10m to £30m turnover

-

Pollock (Scotrans)

£12,450

£2,700

21.69%

79

Taygroup

£22,031

£4,633

21.03%

69

Knowles (Transport)

£25,260

£3,370

13.34%

66

TM Logistics

£26,368

£2,643

10.02%

-

RT Keedwell

£10,932

£1,040

9.51%

89

The Potter Group

£17,749

£1,290

7.27%

95

Stan Robinson Group

£16,840

£1,204

7.15%

-

Alan Firmin

£14,696

£893

6.08%

88

The Bartrum Group

£19,369

£1,005

5.19%

83

Redhead Freight

£20,723

£1,035

4.99%

-

CS Ellis (Group)

£10,178

£490

4.81%

81

Saints Gransport

£21,373

£981

4.59%

96

Deben Transport

£16,783

£685

4.08%

62

R Swain & Sons

£28,470

£1,148

4.03%

86

Jack Richards & Son

£19,935

£790

3.96%

68

Maxi Haulage

£25,304

£956

3.78%

91

James Kemball

£17,242

£647

3.75%

-

Birds Groupage

£15,207

£522

3.43%

78

Aspray Transport

£22,235

£706

3.18%

-

Massey Wilcox Transport

£10,505

£302

2.87%

-

Evans Transport

£11,378

£316

2.78%

70

Link Logistics

£24,920

£667

2.68%

-

Yuill & Dodds

£12,090

£306

2.53%

80

JW Suckling Transport

£21,495

£526

2.45%

84

Grocintinental                           

£19,938

£456

2.29%

-

Wyvern Cargo

£15,013

£301

2.00%

64

Boughey Distribution

£27,416

£535

1.95%

92

Welch's Group Holdings

£17,125

£286

1.67%

-

Meachers Group Holdings

£14,996

£249

1.66%

99

Fergusons Transport

£16,069

£252

1.57%

94

NR Evans & Son

£17,031

£235

1.38%

-

EM Rogers (Transport)

£14,794

£174

1.18%

72

Kammac

£24,246

£262

1.08%

-

21st Century Logistics

£14,931

£153

1.02%

90

Bowring Transport

£17,371

£171

0.98%

85

Erith Haulage Co

£19,936

£196

0.98%

73

Prestons of Potto

£23,541

£221

0.94%

100

Lenham Storage Co

£16,032

£139

0.87%

-

John Jempson & Son

£12,677

£105

0.83%

97

Laser Transport Int

£16,395

£133

0.81%

75

Circle Express

£23,114

£176

0.76%

-

F Swain & Sons

£15,950

£113

0.71%

-

Rygor Group Services

£12,396

£87

0.70%

-

Chris Hayter Transport

£15,726

£100

0.64%

74

Elddis Transport (Consett)

£23,377

£133

0.57%

63

Owens (Road Services)

£28,028

£79

0.28%

71

Widdowson Group

£24,500

£69

0.28%

76

London City Bond

£23,062

£23

0.10%

82

White & Co

£21,228

£7

0.03%

77

STVA UK

£22,382

-£113

-0.50%

87

Seafield Logistics

£19,423

-£122

-0.63%

67

Reed Boardall Transport

£25,761

-£206

-0.80%

98

Archbold Logistics

£16,251

-£210

-1.29%

-

Leggett's Transport

£11,139

-£191

-1.71%

65

Ass. Cold Stores & T'port

£26,981

-£801

-2.97%

93

Arcese UK

£17,076

-£578

-3.38%

-

Cranleigh Freight Services

£14,478

-£545

-3.76%

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