THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH 2013 edition THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH The information for the ranking which follows is according to the latest audited accounts filed or made available by Friday 4th January. To qualify for inclusion, a company has its functioning head office or registered office at which directors are based within Berkshire, Dorset, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Surrey (including Croydon, Kingston-upon-Thames, Richmond-upon- Thames, Sutton), West Sussex, Wiltshire. If a company has a number of sites in the UK, and its accounts reflect them all, then it is included only if its base within the above geographical location is considered to be its main location. Where a number of companies are part of a group which is also based in the above geographical location, and the accounts are consolidated, then the group company is the one which is included. If a number of companies are part of a group which has its head office elsewhere, then the individual companies will each be listed with their own specific figures. No existing ranking or format exists as a basis for the information which has been compiled solely by DECISION magazine. In the index, a dash or blank space in a year-on-year comparison column means that no data exists for one of the two financial years in question. THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS Figures in brackets represent the previous year. 2e2 Holdings - in administration; £270m creditors due after more than a year (£257m); sale of Xayce subsidiary during course of the year. 3M United Kingdom - £23.9m pension liability (£6.7m). ACAL plc - inc acquisition of Hectronic AB, MTC Micro Tech Components; £3.1m exceptional restructuring costs (£4m). Accolade Wines Holding Europe - formerly Constellation Europe, previous year annualised from 5 months; £20.4m pension liability (£29.2m). ADP Dealer Services - previous year pre-tax profit includes £13.4m gain on sale of business. ADT Fire & Security plc - annualised from 53 weeks; £8.7m pension liability (£12.3m). Advanced Technical Resourcing - previous year annualised from 15 months. Aerotron - £10K donation to Conservative Party. Affinion International - £7.2m goodwill amortisation, restructuring costs (£5.7m). Agilent Technologies UK - inc acquisition of A2 Technologies, Lab901, five companies from Vanan Inc; £30.1m pension deficit (£48.6m). Air Partner plc - £8128K exceptional administrative expenses. Alcatel Lucent Telecom - £26m pension asset (£7.7m deficit). Alpha Capital - previous year annualised from 7 months. Amari Metals - £20.4m pension liability (£13.7m). Amari Plastics - previous year inc £2.1m pension liability. Apollo Fire Detectors - £5.7m pension liability (£5m). Arjo Wiggins Fine Papers - £2m exceptional operating costs (£1.2m). Arjowiggins Sourcing - $ to £. Arqiva Broadcast Holdings - £366m interest patable (£368m); £24m exceptional administration costs (£10.9m re-organisation costs and loss on assets disposal). Arval UK - inc £89.7m profit on sale of fuel card business which also represents £1875m of £2200m turnover. Astellas Pharma Europe - $ to £. THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH Atex Group - $ to £; £3m re-organisation costs (£25m). Aventis Pharma - inc £48.8m pension liability (£44.5m). Avios Group - formerly The Mileage Company; previous year annualised from 9 months; net assets after £129.5m provision for unredeemed Air Miles (£143.5m). Avon Rubber plc - inc £313K for taxation services returned by accountants. Avnet Technology Solutions - inc acquisition of Clarity Technologies, Bell Microproducts; £4.7m exceptional administration costs (£2.3m). AWE Management - inc £298m pension liability (£219m). AVX - $ to £; £5.3m pension deficit (£5.9m). B&Q plc - £10.8m integration cost of Focus stores; £161.6m pension asset (£49.3m). BAE Systems Surface Ships - £10.8m pension liability. BAE Systems Global Combat Systems - £39m pension liability (£42m). BAM Nuttall - inc £41.8m pension liability (£14.9m). Barclays Mercantile Business Finance - pre-tax profit after £85m income from partnerships/group undertakings (£600k); £3.4m reversal of impairment losses to fixed assets (£19.7m); adit paid by parent company. Barloworld Holdings plc - previous year £4.7m loss after £23.3m loss from discontinued operations. Bartholomews (Holdings) - £1.9m pension liability (£1m). Bayer plc - £661k pension asset (£8m liability). BG Group plc - $ to £. Beam Inc UK - £1.5m pension deficit; previous year inc £13.7m exceptional costs. Big Yellow Group plc - £51.4m loss on revaluation of investment properties (£16m). Bisley Office Equipment - bought out 3i Group plc shareholding for £10m. Blackwell Publishing - £2.2m pension liability (£8.5m). Bland Group UK Holdings - £6.8m exceptional costs. BNK (UK) - $ to £; previous year annualised from 9 months. BOC - £1.9m restructuring costs (£900k). Boehringer Ingelheim - £3.6m pension asset (£4m); £3.6m healthcare liability (£3.1m). Bournemouth International Airport - inc £38.5m impairment of property, plant. THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH BP International - $ to £. BP Exploration Operating Company - $ to £; turnover incudes £1663m income from shares in group undertakings (£2496m); profit includes £602m profit from sale of operation. BP Shipping - $ to £. Bristow Aviation Holdings - inc £53.9m pension liability (£46.7m). Britax Group - its immediate subsidiary Cidron Childsafe 4 acquired share capital of previous holding company Britax Childcare Holdings; previous year figures relate to previous holding company; $ to £; £5m pension liability. British Car Auctions - previous year inc £369m waiver of transactional loans from former related parties; £2m pension deficit (£4m). Bunduq Co - $ to £. Bytes Software Services - turnover dropped by £49.7m because of end to non-recurring contract). C&C Marshall - inc £1.2m pension deficit (£5.2m). Caffyns plc - inc £2m net profit on disposal of company; previous years inc £1.2m exceptional finance cost from business closure. Caley - inc £1.3m pension liability (£1.3m). Canon (UK) - £531K profit on disposal of fixed assets (£2m). Capgemini UK plc - £475m pension deficit (£362m). C Brewer & Sons - £25.6m pension deficit (£13.3m). Carnival plc - $ to £. Caspian UK Group - £2.4m pension deficit (£1.7m). Castrol - inc £68.4m gain from liquidation of certain subsidiaries. CEMEX UK Operations - £244.4m pension liability (£255m). Centrica plc - inc £110m exceptional operational costs (£181m). CGS Veritas Services (UK) - $ to £. Chanel - £3.7m pension liability (£2.3m). Chep UK - £11.5m pension liability (£17.4m). Chubb Fire - assets sold to fellow subsidiary. Chubb Fire & Security - turnover inc £99.8m from acquired asset of Chubb Fire. THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH Citroen UK - £15.3m pension liability (£21.8m). CitySprint (UK) Group - previous ‘year’ only 3 months so no comparison possible; £4.5m amortisation and impairment. Clipper Tea Holdings - previous year annualised from 18 months. Colgate-Palmolive (UK) - £6m pension deficit (£7.3m). Colt Investments - £13.6m pension liability (£3.9m). Colten Care - inc £2.3m exceptional home refurbishment costs (£1.6m). Cooper Tire & Rubber Co Europe - £56.3m pension liability (£42.5m). Contego Packaging Holdings - formerly Nampak; annualised from 15 months; inc £41m loans/overdraft (£643k). Covidien (UK) Commercial - annualised from 53 weeks. Crest Nicholson Holdings - £61.5m amortisation of bank debt. CRI/Criterion Catalyst - $ to £. CSC Computer Sciences - £83m pension liability (£209m). Cubic Transportation Systems - £7m pension liability (£6.4m). Cummins - £46.4m pension asset (£42.5m); £39m provision for liabilities (£41m). Cunningham Lindsey United Kingdom - £19.8m pension liability (£24m). Cygnet 2008 - £133.6m borrowings (£138.6m). Dairy Crest plc - loss after £93.9m exceptional costs. DCL (Holdings) - previous year inc £4.3m profit on sale of discontinued operations. Dell Corporation - annualised from 53 weeks. Delta Ltd - following acquisition by Valmont Industries and delisting, the company only receives dividends from overseas. Detica - £4.1m lease surrender costs; previous year inc £2.8m redundancy costs, £1.4m gain from contract termination). Deutsch UK - £2.3m pension liability (£1.2m) pension liability. DHL Global Forwarding (UK) - inc £6.5m pension deficit (£2m surplus). Direct Wines - previous year annualised from 53 weeks. DPAS - previous year annualised from 10 months. Drift Bridge Garage - annualised from 18 months. THE TOP 500 COMPANIES IN THE SOUTH Guardian Digital Communications Holdings - inc acquisition of Kelvin Connect. H Young Holdings - £1.8m pension liability (£1.3m). Hall & Woodhouse - £3.7m pension liability (£3.6m). Halliburton Manufacturing & Services - £39.2m pension liability (£33m). Hanson Building Products - £17.1m exceptional costs inc impairment of asset values, redundancies. Hanson Quarry Products Europe - profit after £41.4m gain in value of investment (-£1.4); £6.4m profit on sale of fixed assets (£8.9m). Harris Systems - £4.3m pension asset (£1.1m deficit); previous year annualised from 53 weeks. Hastings (Holdings) - previous year annualised from 6 months. Havells Sylvania - $ to £. Hendy Holdings - £10.9m pension liability (£8.3m). Herman Miller - £2.7m pension liability (£8.7m). Hewlett-Packard - £150m pension liability (26.8m); £8.4m restructuring costs (£14.7m). HFGL - inc £3.7m pension liability (£2m). Hiflex Europe - £5.9m pension liability (£6m). Hitachi Europe - £48.8m written off investments; previous year £5.3m pension liability.