North East Fastest 50 companies 2020

We can now reveal the winners of the 2020 Ward Hadaway North East Fastest 50 Awards.

Congratulations to Hellens Residential Limited who were crowned the North East’s fasting growing company overall, as well as taking the fastest growing small business (turnover £1m- £10m) title.

Adderstone 1993 Limited won the award for the fastest growing large-sized business (turnover £25m+), whilst CD Engineering Services Limited were named fastest growing medium business (turnover £10m-£25m)

The Fastest 50 list is ordered by average turnover growth, which has been assessed on a percentage increase based on the difference between turnover figures filed for the last three years.

Click below to find out more about our Fastest 50 companies, and how they ranked.

Rank:	Company Name:	Category:
1.	Hellens Residential Limited Fastest growing overall and small business	S	Expand
Hellens Residential’s provide high quality affordable homes available on a variety of tenures across the North of England. Location: Washington Date of last analysed accounts: 31/03/2019 Turnover (£000s): 3,805 Average turnover growth: 92.87% View website »
2.	Adderstone 1993 Limited Fastest growing large business	L	Expand
Adderstone 1993 Limited specialises in residential and commercial property development, construction and management. Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Date of last analysed accounts: 31/03/2019 Turnover (£000s): 28,621 Average turnover growth: 89.17% View website »
3.	CD Engineering Services Limited Fastest growing medium business	M	Expand
CD Engineering Services Limited are professional electrical building services contractors. Location: Stockton-on-Tees Date of last analysed accounts: 31/03/2020 Turnover (£000s): 14,700 Average turnover growth: 75.00% View website »
4.	Northern Gas & Power	L	Expand
Northern Gas & Power are an energy management consultancy and procurement company working with businesses to reduce the amount of energy they use and its wholesale cost. Location: Gateshead Date of last analysed accounts: 31/12/2018 Turnover (£000s): 29,616 Average turnover growth: 64.76% View website »
5.	Controle Mesure Regulation (UK) Limited	L	Expand
CMR manufactures and implements control and supervision solutions in the energy, industrial and marine sectors, by integrating its own intelligent sensors and systems. Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Date of last analysed accounts: 31/12/2018 Turnover (£000s): 32,919 Average turnover growth: 63.24% View website »
6.	Dynamic CCTV Management Ltd	L	Expand
Dynamic CCTV is a leading Hikvision Distributor to the CCTV industry in the UK. Location: Middlesbrough Date of last analysed accounts: 31/12/2018 Turnover (£000s): 28,809 Average turnover growth: 53.49% View website »
7.	Millfield Composites Group Limited	M	Expand
Millfield’s experienced team provides complete engineering solutions to deliver high quality finished composite (FRP and GRP) components. Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Date of last analysed accounts: 31/03/2019 Turnover (£000s): 11,337 Average turnover growth: 52.33% View website »
8.	The Great Annual Savings Company Ltd	M	Expand
Initially formed to provide business cost saving services to companies in the North East of England, the Great Annual Savings Company Ltd has now grown from a regional enterprise to a national provider. Location: Seaham Date of last analysed accounts: 30/06/2019 Turnover (£000s): 18,870 Average turnover growth: 45.78% View website »
9.	Hathaway Roofing Limited	L	Expand
Hathaway Roofing Limited design, manufacture and installation of roof and wall cladding systems. Location: Bishop Auckland Date of last analysed accounts: 30/09/2019 Turnover (£000s): 40,595 Average turnover growth: 45.28% View website »
10.	Tharsus Group Limited	L	Expand
Tharsus Group comprises Tharsus Ltd, a maker of game changing automated solutions which disrupt markets and solve strategic challenges, and Universal Wolf, an award-winner in the complex sheet metal fabrication sector. Location: Blyth Date of last analysed accounts: 30/11/2019 Turnover (£000s): 58,301 Average turnover growth: 45.16% View website »
11.	Beanies the Flavour Co. Ltd	S	Expand
Beanies the Flavour Co. Ltd are creators of instant flavoured coffees. Location: Darlington Date of last analysed accounts: 31/03/2019 Turnover (£000s): 4,917 Average turnover growth: 40.33% View website »
12.	Total Resources (UK) Limited	S	Expand
Total Resources (UK) Limited are providers of temporary traffic management solutions, ranging from the design and installation of temporary traffic management schemes to portable lights. Location: Boldon Colliery Date of last analysed accounts: 31/07/2019 Turnover (£000s): 9,363 Average turnover growth: 39.71% View website »
13.	END.	L	Expand
END. are a designer menswear retailer with stores on Grainger Street in Newcastle, Glasgow and London as well as an online presence. Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Date of last analysed accounts: 31/03/2019 Turnover (£000s): 134,658 Average turnover growth: 39.07% View website »
14.	px Group	L	Expand
px provides innovative operations management, engineering services and energy management solutions to partners in high hazard, highly regulated industries. Location: Stockton-on-Tees Date of last analysed accounts: 31/03/2019 Turnover (£000s): 230,720 Average turnover growth: 35.85% View website »
15.	Connor Group Limited	M	Expand
Connor Solutions offer a full range of electronics manufacturing services. Location: Houghton Le Spring Date of last analysed accounts: 31/03/2019 Turnover (£000s): 24,797 Average turnover growth: 31.89% View website »
16.	BCE Northern Limited	S	Expand
BCE Northern Ltd is a company involved with Civil Engineering and Construction related projects across the North East. Location: Gateshead Date of last analysed accounts: 31/03/2020 Turnover (£000s): 4,550 Average turnover growth: 31.28% View website »
17.	Templeman Trading Limited	L	Expand
Templeman supply vending machines and are suppliers of soft drinks, confectionery, snacks and teas and coffees to wholesalers, cash and carrys and foodservice outlets. Location: Gateshead Date of last analysed accounts: 31/03/2019 Turnover (£000s): 40,831 Average turnover growth: 30.75% View website »
18.	Groundwork Services (Durham) Ltd	M	Expand
Groundwork Services (Durham) Ltd are a civil engineering contractor providing a range of civil engineering and bulk earthwork services, plant and machinery hire, as well as the construction of synthetic and natural grass playing surfaces. Location: Durham Date of last analysed accounts: 31/05/2019 Turnover (£000s): 20,263 Average turnover growth: 30.09% View website »
19.	CMS Holdings UK Limited	S	Expand
CMS are commercial maintenance specialists with commercial property maintenance experts, plumbers, electricians and air conditioning technicians throughout the UK. Location: Gateshead Date of last analysed accounts: 30/04/2019 Turnover (£000s): 2,350 Average turnover growth: 29.56% View website »
20.	Fentimans Ltd	L	Expand
Fentimans make and supply a range of 35 soft drinks, mixers and pre-mixed alcoholic drinks and craft beers. Location: Hexham Date of last analysed accounts: 31/12/2018 Turnover (£000s): 40,443 Average turnover growth: 29.43% View website »
21.	Fire Logistics Limited	S	Expand
Fire Logistics Limited design, installation and maintenance of fire sprinkler & extinguisher systems. Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Date of last analysed accounts: 31/07/2019 Turnover (£000s): 3,368 Average turnover growth: 29.19% View website »
22.	Abca Systems Limited	M	Expand
ABCA have been installing electrical systems throughout the country for 30 years, establishing a private and public sector client base. Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Date of last analysed accounts: 30/09/2019 Turnover (£000s): 22,711 Average turnover growth: 29.05% View website »
23.	Process Control Equipment Limited	M	Expand
PCE is amongst the largest, independently owned stockists and distributors of valves, actuators, pipes, fittings and instrumentation in Europe. Location: Stockton-on-Tees Date of last analysed accounts: 30/06/2019 Turnover (£000s): 21,958 Average turnover growth: 28.75% View website »
24.	Astley Signs Limited	M	Expand
Astley are one of the UK’s leading suppliers of creative brand graphics and signage solutions. Location: Gateshead Date of last analysed accounts: 31/12/2018 Turnover (£000s): 16,754 Average turnover growth: 28.57% View website »
25.	FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies	L	Expand
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies are developers and manufacturers of recombinant proteins, viral vaccines and gene therapies. Location: Billingham Date of last analysed accounts: 31/03/2019 Turnover (£000s): 125,900 Average turnover growth: 28.54% View website »
26.	Banner Contracts (Halnaby) Limited	M	Expand
Banner Contracts are the UK’s leading Contract Crushing and Screening Specialists, operating throughout mainland UK. Location: Darlington Date of last analysed accounts: 31/01/2019 Turnover (£000s): 23,182 Average turnover growth: 27.28% View website »
27.	Crafter's Companion Limited	L	Expand
Sara Davies, now a Dragon on BBC2's Dragons Den, started Crafter's Companion whilst at university. As well as a range of crafting tools, their product range has grown to include stamps, dies, colouring mediums and fabrics and sewing tools. Location: Newton Aycliffe Date of last analysed accounts: 31/03/2019 Turnover (£000s): 31,809 Average turnover growth: 27.25% View website »
28.	HTL Group Limited	M	Expand
HTL Group are controlled bolting and joint integrity specialists. Location: Cramlington Date of last analysed accounts: 28/02/2019 Turnover (£000s): 12,990 Average turnover growth: 26.93% View website »
29.	Mediaworks UK Limited	S	Expand
Mediaworks is a digital marketing agency, offering a comprehensive range of services to help your business succeed online. Location: Gateshead Date of last analysed accounts: 31/03/2019 Turnover (£000s): 4,440 Average turnover growth: 24.76% View website »
30.	B.M. Stafford & Sons Ltd	S	Expand
BM Stafford have been providing general haulage service for over 80 years. Location: Houghton Le Spring Date of last analysed accounts: 30/06/2019 Turnover (£000s): 7,080 Average turnover growth: 24.67% View website »
31.	BTS Facades & Fabrications	S	Expand
BTS Facades & Fabrications provide precision manufacturing of premium quality facade and fabrication products. Location: Newton Aycliffe Date of last analysed accounts: 31/03/2019 Turnover (£000s): 8,280 Average turnover growth: 24.37% View website »
32.	Workwear Express Limited	M	Expand
Workwear Express has grown to become a major supplier of more than 7,000 workwear and related products to over 200,000 customers across the UK and overseas. Location: Durham Date of last analysed accounts: 31/03/2019 Turnover (£000s): 18,781 Average turnover growth: 23.89% View website »
33.	Heraeus Conamic UK Limited	L	Expand
Heraeus Conamic is one of the technology leaders and materials specialists for the manufacture and processing of high purity fused silica and high-end ceramics. Location: Wallsend Date of last analysed accounts: 31/12/2018 Turnover (£000s): 26,580 Average turnover growth: 23.84% View website »
34.	Kadmous Holdings (UK) Limited	M	Expand
Kadmous Holdings (UK) Limited are a holding company for Permoid Industries who specialise in the fabrication and sale of metal containers. Location: Newton Aycliffe Date of last analysed accounts: 31/05/2019 Turnover (£000s): 12,674 Average turnover growth: 23.65% View website »
35.	Greencroft Bottling Company Limited	L	Expand
Greencroft Bottling Company Limited are one of the largest contract wine bottlers in the UK, working with some of the world’s leading wine companies. Location: Stanley Date of last analysed accounts: 30/06/2019 Turnover (£000s): 46,731 Average turnover growth: 23.45% View website »
36.	Tripak Ltd	S	Expand
Tripak Ltd are single sourced suppliers of specialist manufacturing and packaging consumables to industry. Location: Gateshead Date of last analysed accounts: 30/06/2019 Turnover (£000s): 6,627 Average turnover growth: 23.43% View website »
37.	Nova Payroll Management Services Limited	L	Expand
Nova Payroll Management Services Limited provide recruitment, training, assessment and selection, outsourcing and consulting services. Location: Gateshead Date of last analysed accounts: 30/04/2019 Turnover (£000s): 48,565 Average turnover growth: 22.77%
38.	DC Handrails and Ironwork Parts Limited	S	Expand
DC Handrails and Ironwork Parts Limited supply wrought iron and handrail components throughout the UK. Location: Swalwell Date of last analysed accounts: 30/06/2019 Turnover (£000s): 4,406 Average turnover growth: 22.54%
39.	Ryder Architecture	M	Expand
Ryder Architecture is an international design practice with offices in Newcastle, London, Glasgow, Liverpool, Hong Kong, Vancouver and Amsterdam. Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Date of last analysed accounts: 30/04/2019 Turnover (£000s): 16,983 Average turnover growth: 21.66% View website »
40.	Flexible Support Options Limited	S	Expand
Flexible Support Options (FSO) has been providing high quality person centred Flexible support since 1996. Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Date of last analysed accounts: 31/10/2019 Turnover (£000s): 6,178 Average turnover growth: 21.56% View website »
41.	Thompsons of Prudhoe Holding Ltd	L	Expand
Thompsons of Prudhoe are a specialist Demolition, Deconstruction, Decommissioning, Industrial Dismantling, Asbestos Removal, Site Reclamation, Earthmoving, Contaminated Land Remediation and Site Clearance Contractor operating throughout the UK. Location: Prudhoe Date of last analysed accounts: 31/03/2019 Turnover (£000s): 47,663 Average turnover growth: 19.50% View website »
42.	Scott Logic Limited	L	Expand
Scott Logic Limited creates software applications for clients in a range of sectors including finance, energy, healthcare and oil and gas. Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Date of last analysed accounts: 31/12/2019 Turnover (£000s): 31,054 Average turnover growth: 19.43% View website »
43.	Mactech Engineering & Inspection	S	Expand
Mactech Engineering & Inspection are a specialist supplier of sub-contract personnel and services for Construction, Engineering and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) inspection services to the energy sector. They focus extensively on Nuclear, Oil, Gas, Power, Renewables, Marine and Offshore. Location: Whitley Bay Date of last analysed accounts: 31/12/2018 Turnover (£000s): 9,532 Average turnover growth: 19.10% View website »
44.	Tombola Limited	L	Expand
Tombola and its associated companies have been involved in bingo for 50 years, initially supplying tickets to bingo halls. They are one of the leading players in the UK online bingo market. Location: Sunderland Date of last analysed accounts: 30/04/2019 Turnover (£000s): 104,432 Average turnover growth: 19.07% View website »
45.	Durham Box Company Limited	M	Expand
Durham Box is a leading independent packaging company, who manufacture high quality bespoke corrugated packaging and innovative POS displays across a wide range of market sectors. Location: Bishop Auckland Date of last analysed accounts: 31/01/2019 Turnover (£000s): 12,320 Average turnover growth: 18.70% View website »
46.	Prefere Resins UK Limited	L	Expand
Prefere Resins manufactures and distributes phenol based products. With phenolic production sites in six countries they offer industry-leading expertise in adhesives technology to the industrial, construction and insulation markets. Location: Newton Aycliffe Date of last analysed accounts: 31/12/2018 Turnover (£000s): 40,946 Average turnover growth: 18.62% View website »
47.	Chemoxy International Limited	L	Expand
Chemoxy International Ltd is one of Europe’s largest independent contract manufacturers. Location: Middlesbrough Date of last analysed accounts: 31/12/2018 Turnover (£000s): 58,844 Average turnover growth: 18.37% View website »
48.	Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd	L	Expand
Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. was founded in the UK in 1926 and remains an independent family owned and run performance and speciality chemical manufacturing company. Location: Consett Date of last analysed accounts: 31/03/2019 Turnover (£000s): 37,042 Average turnover growth: 18.29% View website »
49.	Phoenix Steel Holdings Limited	M	Expand
Phoenix Steel have been steel stockholders since 1994. Location: South Shields Date of last analysed accounts: 31/03/2019 Turnover (£000s): 11,933 Average turnover growth: 18.12% View website »
50.	The Castle Building Services Organisation Limited	L	Expand
Castle offers a wide range of high quality engineering and contracting services covering all aspects of mechanical and electrical engineering. Location: Hebburn Date of last analysed accounts: 31/12/2018 Turnover (£000s): 34,155 Average turnover growth: 18.05% View website »

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Hellens Residential Limited

Fastest growing overall and small business

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North East Fastest 50 companies 2020