2006 The top 800 UK & 1250 Global companies by R&D investment

Ranking of the top 800 UK companies by R&D investment within industry sectors–––––––––––––––––– 2005/06 R&D investment –––––––––––––––––– ——–—–– Operating profit ——–—–– ––––––––––––––––– Sales and employees ––––––––––––––––– ————––—–––—— R&D and employees ——–—––——––––—–––––––––– Sales –––––––––– ––––– Sales / employee ––––– ––––––––– Employees ––––––––– ––––– R&D / employee ––––– Sales––––– Growth ––––– operating R&D + ––––– Growth ––––– ––––– Growth ––––– –––––– Growth ––––– ––––– Growth ––––– –––––– Growth ––––– outside –––Market cap –––change change profit sales capex as change change sales change change change change change change change change region changeCompany £m 1 yr % 4 yr % % % % sales £m 1 yr % 4 yr % % £m 1 yr % 4 yr % £000 1 yr % 4 yr % number 1 yr % 4 yr % £000 1 yr % 4 yr % % £m %35 Software & computer services continuedFujitsu Services ** 40.60 59 58 23.9 1.8 10.6 170 53 546 7.4 2294 16 19 135.2 2 4 16961 13 13 2.4 40 47 n/a n/l n/lLogicaCMG 25.50 -32 -58 23.7 1.4 3.1 108 41 n/a 5.9 1836 10 3 89.2 5 11 20579 5 -8 1.2 -35 -53 n/a 1932 43iSOFT 18.28 44 155 37.8 7.0 8.3 48 138 221 18.5 262 76 216 102.9 -8 -23 2546 90 292 7.2 -24 -38 6 140 -86RM 16.81 16 30 433.7 6.4 12.3 4 -33 -16 1.5 263 0 14 122.9 -12 -10 2137 14 27 7.9 1 2 1 159 3Intec Telecom Systems 16.51 44 86 n/m 14.2 19.4 -5 n/m n/m -4.2 116 69 125 80.8 -19 -16 1438 109 170 11.5 -31 -31 66 132 -30Systems Union 14.17 -5 17 168.1 12.5 14.7 8 72 143 7.4 113 9 35 81.7 -2 -12 1388 11 52 10.2 -14 -24 n/a n/l n/lAVEVA 13.95 24 87 124.1 21.2 22.7 11 95 100 17.1 66 15 61 135.7 12 23 486 3 32 28.7 21 44 53 231 28Micro Focus International 13.63 n/a n/a 65.2 15.5 16.4 21 n/a n/a 23.8 88 n/a n/a 180.6 n/a n/a 486 n/a n/a 28.1 n/a n/a n/a 216 n/aAutonomy 12.77 54 80 228.0 22.8 23.4 6 117 449 10.0 56 48 58 175.9 2 4 318 45 51 40.2 6 19 62 759 105Northgate Information Solutions 12.76 67 74 132.7 6.2 8.4 10 n/a >999 4.7 206 51 95 90.8 26 4 2266 20 83 5.6 39 -11 2 380 -10NSB 12.69 10 -20 129.1 26.2 37.7 10 n/a n/a 20.3 48 7 -30 71.4 17 8 678 -9 -35 18.7 20 22 97 104 -3Torex Retail 12.62 6 n/a n/m 7.5 8.8 -8 -179 n/a -4.6 167 126 n/a 73.2 -1 n/a 2285 129 n/a 5.5 -53 n/a n/a 228 -22Royalblue 10.53 42 60 109.4 14.2 21.8 10 19 37 13.0 74 24 24 126.2 2 10 588 21 12 17.9 17 40 46 270 21Anite 10.16 -14 23 >999.9 5.4 10.4 0 n/a n/a 0.3 189 -3 -6 111.4 9 12 1700 -11 -16 6.0 -3 46 18 251 9SCI Entertainment † 10.13 4 47 n/m 49.4 51.3 -19 -519 -650 -92.2 21 -34 4 85.6 -62 -70 240 73 238 42.2 -40 -62 60 342 23DICOM 9.89 24 41 97.2 5.5 7.2 10 4 37 5.7 180 15 19 164.5 -11 -18 1093 29 44 9.0 -4 -1 21 196 -6Fair Isaac ** † 9.42 -25 -25 n/m 17.2 22.0 -9 >-999 n/m -16.7 55 -6 -13 71.8 -9 -21 763 4 9 12.4 -28 -32 65 n/l n/lCODASciSys 8.80 0 n/a 118.4 12.1 14.2 7 108 65 10.2 73 7 9 86.3 8 11 843 0 -2 10.4 0 n/a n/a 128 25Empire Interactive 8.43 -13 14 >999.9 28.6 28.9 0 -24 n/a 1.6 29 -3 53 243.1 26 75 121 -23 -8 69.6 14 29 43 3 -50SurfControl 7.55 34 77 251.1 13.3 15.4 3 -58 n/a 5.3 57 12 54 110.0 0 17 518 12 34 14.6 20 31 71 132 -6GEAC ** 7.45 12 -15 52.9 9.5 10.1 14 51 102 18.0 78 -12 -22 110.1 -8 7 712 -4 -30 10.5 17 21 n/a n/l n/lDelcam 6.51 12 34 288.6 27.7 32.1 2 84 91 9.6 23 12 19 62.1 1 -9 378 10 30 17.2 2 3 n/a 19 6Cramer Systems 6.38 11 43 157.8 16.3 18.4 4 -47 >999 10.3 39 5 84 149.0 -16 41 263 25 31 24.3 -11 8 24 n/l n/lUbiquity Software 6.30 98 136 n/m 84.5 93.3 -9 n/m n/m -123.7 7 40 179 40.1 3 71 186 37 71 33.9 45 37 79 38 -42Microgen 6.16 46 137 115.2 15.1 30.9 5 56 n/a 13.1 41 -4 42 86.6 2 1 471 -6 40 13.1 54 74 7 54 -33Marlborough Stirling(now Vertex Financial Services) 5.97 30 26 n/m 6.4 16.4 -13 >-999 n/m -14.0 94 -15 8 61.3 -7 -7 1532 -8 14 3.9 42 -4 n/a n/l n/lSuperscape 5.92 71 116 n/m 147.2 152.2 -10 n/m n/m -251.2 4 -1 90 31.7 -48 9 127 90 65 46.6 -10 18 83 23 -53Macro 4 5.17 3 -3 624.4 15.6 17.3 1 -38 n/a 2.5 33 6 -12 130.8 10 11 253 -3 -21 20.4 6 21 33 51 -19MessageLabs 5.15 41 148 n/m 6.9 27.8 -3 n/m n/m -3.9 75 30 104 112.3 9 17 664 19 80 7.8 18 45 13 n/l n/lClearswift Systems 4.41 -1 54 n/m 18.2 19.3 -7 n/m n/m -30.1 24 4 90 119.2 9 42 203 -5 53 21.7 4 -16 34 n/l n/lRedac * 4.21 84 -36 n/m 6.5 7.2 -4 n/m n/m -6.4 65 -18 -22 102.8 -1 7 631 -17 -27 6.7 123 -10 n/a n/l n/lWitness Systems ** 4.07 71 -1 142.6 16.9 17.8 3 209 n/a 11.9 24 10 -34 200.4 13 46 120 -2 -57 33.9 76 120 n/a n/l n/lMeridio 3.93 80 n/a n/m 61.0 63.9 -4 -623 n/a -62.8 6 -12 n/a 72.4 -39 n/a 89 44 n/a 44.1 26 n/a n/a n/l n/lSDL 3.88 53 33 67.3 4.9 6.2 6 33 >999 7.3 78 25 44 54.2 10 6 1449 14 36 2.7 34 -9 58 139 60StatPro 3.71 34 106 222.9 34.4 36.1 2 64 n/a 15.4 11 19 40 110.1 3 27 98 15 7 37.8 16 91 25 33 74Detica 3.65 25 n/a 34.0 3.6 8.8 11 33 55 10.6 102 43 107 108.3 -11 -14 937 61 139 3.9 -22 n/a 6 326 61AIT (now Portrait Software) 3.61 -17 -44 197.2 25.3 25.5 2 -21 n/a 12.8 14 -27 -47 109.1 -12 20 131 -18 -59 27.6 1 30 28 18 38TTP 3.36 -18 -32 n/m 15.0 16.3 -1 -457 n/m -3.9 22 -11 -13 79.9 -4 1 280 -7 -13 12.0 -12 -21 30 n/l n/lTransitive 3.34 19 n/a n/m 275.6 283.1 -3 n/m n/a -285.3 1 -60 n/a 18.9 -62 n/a 64 5 n/a 52.1 13 n/a 100 n/l n/lAlphameric 2.88 -15 -28 38.3 3.9 9.5 8 n/a n/a 10.2 73 5 17 131.0 45 52 561 -28 -23 5.1 18 -7 0 83 -25Comino (now part of Civica) 2.84 -4 5 168.9 11.1 14.2 2 9 30 6.6 26 4 13 90.5 5 7 282 0 5 10.1 -4 5 0 n/l n/lnCipher 2.84 0 -12 151.8 16.3 18.0 2 166 n/a 10.7 17 22 30 141.3 8 41 123 13 -11 23.0 -11 -2 52 63 0Innovation 2.72 -30 -56 n/m 4.5 7.1 -11 n/m n/m -18.7 61 5 -11 55.2 -6 -25 1103 12 17 2.5 -37 -64 n/a 140 7Pilat Media Global 2.66 625 253 114.2 20.4 22.4 2 35 352 17.9 13 8 80 98.5 -4 24 132 12 45 20.1 548 110 70 28 22Kewill Systems 2.46 16 -29 200.7 9.2 10.7 1 57 n/a 4.6 27 20 -35 69.7 -14 -18 383 41 -19 6.4 -18 -9 65 50 -21PlusNet 2.45 156 181 57.8 7.0 18.3 4 151 192 12.1 35 27 130 201.1 -12 43 175 43 70 14.0 78 87 0 37 -54XKO 2.42 72 91 67.0 8.7 9.7 4 >999 n/a 13.0 28 -38 -36 102.0 8 3 271 -43 -38 8.9 201 208 0 33 43Searchspace 2.30 8 -10 n/m 14.4 16.6 -3 n/m n/m -20.8 16 12 50 88.7 0 23 180 13 25 12.8 -4 -29 n/a n/l n/lWorkplace Systems International 2.26 -12 -38 n/m 29.5 30.3 0 n/m n/m -0.1 8 -28 -51 68.6 -14 -1 112 -16 -52 20.2 6 25 10 7 -70Flomerics 2.21 -3 -12 243.6 19.4 22.8 1 36 83 8.0 11 12 1 84.0 -4 -4 136 16 5 16.3 -16 -16 61 21 75Alterian 2.18 -10 5 483.6 20.5 23.3 0 n/a n/a 4.2 11 36 89 123.6 12 78 86 21 -4 25.3 -25 -1 38 45 -4Tertio Telecoms (now Evolving Systems) ** 2.13 22 6 109.0 15.8 19.0 2 104 n/a 14.5 13 25 -19 140.6 44 57 96 -13 -49 22.2 39 92 n/a n/l n/lRecognition Systems (now Protagona) ** 2.08 -5 -14 n/m 178.3 179.8 -2 n/m n/m -198.0 1 -21 -80 30.7 4 -47 38 -24 -59 54.7 25 91 24 n/l n/lNewchurch 2.07 42 9 n/m 36.8 39.6 -3 n/m n/m -55.4 6 163 238 63.3 92 89 89 37 71 23.3 3 -45 0 n/l n/lBond International Software 2.01 22 57 75.5 14.4 17.6 3 47 431 19.1 14 45 62 76.1 4 21 183 40 36 11.0 -13 14 n/a 39 50Tadpole Technology 1.98 17 -35 n/m 21.7 23.7 -9 n/m n/m -100.0 9 89 -29 91.2 60 1 100 18 -22 19.8 -1 -16 33 7 -63Ant 1.96 40 59 n/m 78.1 85.0 -2 n/m n/m -86.2 3 13 64 59.7 -19 22 42 40 30 46.6 0 25 48 13 n/aPlanit 1.95 13 133 79.2 6.9 9.4 2 22 18 8.8 28 4 27 74.8 4 0 376 0 26 5.2 13 94 n/a 24 n/aClinPhone 1.94 20 n/a 187.3 5.7 11.6 1 369 n/a 3.1 34 624 n/a 68.2 532 n/a 497 15 n/a 3.9 5 n/a 74 120 n/aDRS Data & Research Services 1.72 11 117 >999.9 13.8 17.8 0 -72 -93 0.6 12 -14 -2 75.5 -15 -14 165 2 14 10.4 9 99 30 11 -27Vebnet 1.66 126 98 n/m 51.1 58.8 0 n/m n/m 0.0 3 211 93 87.7 127 -13 37 37 90 44.8 65 2 0 14 -22Insignia Solutions 1.64 -17 -42 n/m 519.0 535.2 -4 n/m n/m >-999.9 0 -24 -93 9.8 -41 -78 32 28 -60 51.1 -35 17 n/a 0 -10026 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 27