Fastest 50 Businesses 2009

The Journal

Here is the table of the 50 fastest growing companies in 2009.

* The companies in this list have been selected from the table of fastest growing profit-making, private, regional companies, based on turnover growth.

* Information has been compiled by researchers at St. Chad's College/Durham Business School using data which is publicly available at Companies House of UK listed companies.

* The average turnover growth has been assessed on a percentage increase based on the difference between turnover figures filed for the last three years.

* To qualify, companies must be trading entities and have turnover in excess of £1m in the last three years of filed accounts, which are up to date as at 31 July 2009. Companies must also have made profits in each of the past 3 years accounts.

* Private limited companies which are subsidiaries of listed companies do not qualify.

* Subsidiaries of foreign-controlled companies have been accepted if they have headquarters or a decision-making function in the region.

* Ward Hadaway and The Journal do not accept any responsibility for any errors or omissions.

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Rank	Company name	Date of last analysed accounts	Turnover (£000s)	Pre-tax profits (£000s)	Average turnover growth (%)
1	Soil Machine Dynamics Limited	Dec 31, 2007	39397	6727	189.6
2	Merit Merrell Technology Limited	Jul 30, 2009	37522	435	105.4
3	Cleveland Cable Company Limited	Apr 30, 2008	216981	27273	97.7
4	A&P Group Limited	Dec 31, 2008	96600	2073	81.9
5	Entec Holdings Limited	Mar 31, 2008	61190	5407	60
6	Radford HMY Group Limited	Dec 31, 2008	31813	720	58.1
7	LJJ Ltd	Jul 31, 2008	18412	1118	55.8
8	Waymid Limited	Mar 31, 2008	4936.838	324.442	53.5
9	Owen Pugh Holdings Limited	Mar 31, 2008	15713	1847	43.2
10	CTC Marine Projects Limited	Dec 31, 2008	109249	10229	39.8
11	Sirius Geotechnical and Environmental Ltd	Dec 31, 2007	4943.738	81.599	36.7
12	Danesmoor Limited	Apr 30, 2008	75242	10848	35.6
13	Controle Mesure Regulation (UK) Limited	Dec 31, 2008	11037	1113	34.7
14	4Projects Ltd	Mar 31, 2009	5501.711	1800.85	30.8
15	The Specials Laboratory Limited	Jun 30, 2008	13635	890	30.3
16	Demon Fire Protection Limited	May 31, 2008	1709.734	111.457	28.9
17	Parsons Brinckerhoff Holdings Limited	Oct 24, 2008	244204	28011	27.9
18	Bannatyne Fitness Limited	Dec 31, 2008	88202	8237	27.4
19	Cecil M. Yuill Limited	Dec 31, 2007	60606	9394	27.4
20	Hall Construction Services Limited	Jan 31, 2008	55776	2621	26.5
21	Tyne Electro Diesel Limited	Jul 31, 2008	1914.296	171.066	25.2
22	Arefco Special Products Limited	Apr 30, 2008	2594.616	333.932	24.9
23	Cordell Group Limited	Jul 31, 2008	39419	1526	24.8
24	AHA Medical Services Limited	Jul 31, 2008	1977.447	90.333	24.7
25	Analox Limited	Dec 31, 2008	6514.095	1116.573	24.1
26	Wellburn Care Homes Limited	Mar 31, 2008	9267	390	23.2
27	Fentimans Ltd	Jan 31, 2008	3267	302	23.2
28	Express Engineering (Thompson) Limited	Mar 31, 2008	13804	1207	22.4
29	Rooneys Scrap Merchants Limited	Apr 30, 2008	2146.357	199.915	21.2
30	Surgo Construction Limited	Oct 31, 2008	54800	3016	20.3
31	United Carlton Office Systems Limited	Jun 30, 2008	8292.633	568.958	19.8
32	Midland Steel Traders Limited	Mar 31, 2008	11962	572	19.5
33	John Harrison (Stockton) Limited	Jan 31, 2008	12137	1190	19.4
34	Continental Conveyor Limited	Dec 31, 2007	23339	1083	19.2
35	Ramsdens Financial Limited	Dec 31, 2007	11935	414	18.9
36	Wearmouth Construction and Plant Limited	Mar 31, 2008	20449	431	18.2
37	IHC Engineering Business Limited	Sep 30, 2008	22307	190	17.9
38	The Station Hotel (Newcastle) Limited	Apr 30, 2008	27985	443	16.7
39	John Nixon Limited	Dec 31, 2007	21960	1434	16.2
40	Egger (UK) Limited	Apr 30, 2008	£ £ 145108	2394	15.8
41	The Davy Roll Company Limited	Dec 31, 2008	49663	6035	15.7
42	C.J. Garland & Co Limited	Oct 31, 2007	48586	2042	15.6
43	Godfrey-Syrett (Holdings) Limited	Jul 31, 2008	26858	1800	15.6
44	Protek-CNC Limited	Aug 31, 2008	1646	290	15.5
45	Con Mech Group Limited	Dec 31, 2008	24775	2280	14.7
46	Jomast Property & Finance Co. Limited	Mar 31, 2008	14726	5941	14.5
47	The Inta Group Limited	May 31, 2008	9813	84	14.2
48	F. Peart & Co. Ltd	Jun 30, 2008	124430	174	14
49	Melbourne Holdings (Northern) Limited	Sep 30, 2008	42972	1405	13.3
50	Ferschl Hose and Hydraulics Limited	Mar 31, 2008	7876	476	13.1