The Top 6000 Public Limited Companies in The United Kingdom

John D Blackburn

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English

Dellam Publishing Limited
26 October 2018

Directories; Multinationals; Small businesses & self-employed

Series: Business and Finance

This study looks at all public limited companies (PLC) registered in the United Kingdom.

The aim of this study is to provide an overview of the key movers and shakers of PLCs.

Only key data has been isolated, particularly the company's net worth and total assets, but

also their full name, date incorporated, registered office, activities, shareholders, directors

(with date of birth, occupation and nationality) and number of employees.

Two indicators of size are used: net worth and total assets. These are preferable to

turnover which is influenced by profit margins and whether the companies are capital or

labour intensive.

A short summary of the PLCs in the United Kingdom:

A PLC can be either an unlisted or listed company on the stock exchange. Companies

must include the words 'public limited company', 'PLC' or 'plc' as part of its name. Welsh

companies may choose 'cwmni cyfyngedig cyhoeddus', 'CCC' or 'ccc'.

The PLC form was introduced in the Companies Act 1980; prior to this, all limited

companies had the suffix 'Limited' or 'Ltd'.

A PLC must have a minimum allotted share capital of �50,000, a quarter of which, �12,500,

to be paid up.

The main advantage of a PLC is the ability to raise capital by issuing public shares.

The main disadvantages are more regulation, higher accounting transparency and

vulnerability to takeovers.

The Unlisted Securities Market (USM), which ran from 1980 to 1996, was a stock exchange

set up by the London Stock Exchange to cater for companies too small to qualify for a full

listing. The USM allowed companies to be traded which did not have the full three year

trading history required by the main market, or which wished to float less than 25% of their

share capital.

The Alternative Investment Market (AIM) was set up in June 1995 and USM companies

could move their quotation to AIM or delist. Since 1995, over 3,000 companies have joined

AIM raising more than �60 billion in new and further capital.

JP Jenkins provides a matched bargain dealing facility for unlisted companies such as

Millwall Holdings PLC and Rangers International Football Club PLC.

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has 1,450 companies listed and AIM 1,150 companies.

Edited by: John D Blackburn
Imprint: Dellam Publishing Limited
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 280mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 42mm
Weight: 1.900kg
ISBN: 9781912736034
ISBN 10: 1912736039
Series: Business and Finance
Pages: 838
Publication Date: 26 October 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Born in Cullercoats, a graduate of the London School of Economics, he was a research assistant at the University of Essex, assistant at the ECPR Summer School, stipendiat at the Institut f�r H�here Studien, Vienna, and was a research fellow at the University of Birmingham. As director at Faxtel International Inc, he published over 30 studies on British industry, the data sections of some are in the British Library. Married with two grown up children, he has now spent some 40 years in corporate research. He has varied interests, from the bagpipes to the works of the artist Robert Jobling; a keen radio amateur, his call sign being G7JDB, and the proud owner of a 1972 Volkswagen Kombi, registered 8VW, which has travelled throughout Europe, from the Tatra mountains of southern Poland to the northernmost tip of Norway.