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 continuedGresham Computing 1.61 9 4 n/m 11.5 12.5 -1 n/m n/m -9.7 14 13 1 96.4 13 18 145 0 -13 11.1 9 14 29 52 -15IBS OPENSystems † 1.61 n/a n/a 37.7 7.7 8.2 4 8 76 20.5 21 22 66 138.9 7 23 150 14 38 10.7 n/a n/a 0 69 n/aOMG 1.61 15 12 264.7 11.3 17.6 1 261 n/a 4.3 14 30 47 149.6 -4 -1 95 36 46 16.9 -15 -24 81 22 144Clarity Commerce Solutions 1.60 60 228 240.6 9.8 10.6 1 12 157 4.1 16 22 105 85.4 14 31 191 7 63 8.4 49 117 12 11 -8Electronic Data Processing 1.60 -7 -13 >999.9 22.9 26.5 0 -78 n/a 2.2 7 -16 -22 54.9 -7 6 127 -10 -27 12.6 3 19 2 15 -25World Gaming 1.60 -37 -25 15.7 16.9 23.4 10 452 n/a 107.3 9 -8 -7 175.7 57 90 54 -41 -52 29.6 7 50 n/a 92 -32ASITE 1.56 57 3 n/m 102.2 108.8 -1 n/m n/m -86.1 2 -9 -39 17.6 -28 -44 87 26 2 18.0 24 57 0 2 -33Pro-Bel ** 1.55 363 2 156.1 9.2 10.6 1 -28 n/a 5.9 17 129 14 152.1 125 41 111 2 -18 13.9 354 31 n/a n/l n/lIndigoVision 1.45 -4 -37 n/m 40.1 41.3 -2 n/m n/m -55.6 4 60 78 80.1 67 176 45 -4 -42 32.2 1 9 n/a 36 260VI 1.45 8 14 >999.9 14.2 16.4 0 n/a 333 1.1 10 5 25 86.4 4 5 118 1 19 12.3 7 -5 39 3 0EasyScreen (now Refco Screens) 1.38 -8 -28 n/m 62.3 65.8 -3 n/m n/m -138.7 2 -17 -1 56.6 -8 23 39 -9 -22 35.3 1 -16 3 n/l n/lCorpora 1.36 68 n/a n/m 70.2 73.6 -5 n/m n/a -241.7 2 287 n/a 42.0 119 n/a 46 77 n/a 29.5 -5 n/a 12 11 120Empower Interactive 1.35 -4 33 n/m 22.9 34.5 -4 n/m n/m -72.3 6 95 339 115.7 88 288 51 4 32 26.5 -8 -2 54 n/l n/lMediasurface 1.25 10 -45 n/m 18.4 19.6 -1 n/m n/m -12.6 7 26 -2 86.0 13 41 79 11 -37 15.8 -1 -7 8 10 0Argo Interactive 1.19 16 -13 n/m 30.8 33.3 0 n/m n/m -6.2 4 164 493 133.5 100 422 29 32 -21 41.2 -12 -3 n/a n/l n/lSystem C Healthcare 1.19 -24 n/a 47.2 6.5 11.9 3 n/a n/a 13.8 18 226 n/a 103.6 37 n/a 176 138 n/a 6.8 -68 n/a 0 26 n/aAppSense 1.17 49 n/a 494.5 13.8 18.6 0 n/a n/a 2.8 9 39 n/a 92.4 -7 n/a 92 48 n/a 12.7 1 n/a 22 n/l n/lFFastFill 1.12 6 -41 n/m 25.9 52.2 -3 n/m n/m -68.6 4 63 223 46.5 12 114 93 45 56 12.0 -27 -56 16 10 -29IDOX 1.11 -6 2 151.0 7.8 10.1 1 n/a n/a 5.2 14 48 210 100.4 30 81 141 14 88 7.9 -18 -38 0 13 -32Financial Objects 1.10 -20 -23 n/m 7.9 9.9 0 n/m n/m -1.8 14 46 11 67.9 -12 -23 205 67 45 5.4 -52 -46 8 18 38Rolfe & Nolan 1.10 9 n/a 30.3 4.6 5.9 4 139 n/a 15.1 24 19 5 101.2 19 55 238 0 -40 4.6 9 n/a 46 n/l n/lZ Group 1.05 n/a n/a 102.4 21.1 25.6 1 61 n/a 20.6 5 63 n/a 165.7 -2 n/a 30 67 n/a 35.0 n/a n/a 14 21 n/aCivica 1.04 n/a n/a 21.7 1.0 1.7 5 203 n/a 4.5 106 17 n/a 179.4 -9 n/a 591 29 n/a 1.8 n/a n/a 15 143 n/aPrologic 1.03 39 n/a 149.3 10.6 11.6 1 40 n/a 7.1 10 39 n/a 142.0 25 n/a 68 11 n/a 15.1 25 n/a 0 9 29ServicePower Technologies 1.02 -28 41 n/m 12.8 13.6 -2 n/m n/m -21.0 8 93 121 86.3 61 45 92 19 49 11.1 -40 -6 78 18 -33Sopheon 1.01 13 -46 n/m 21.6 22.8 -1 -155 n/m -26.2 5 8 -50 74.0 -1 25 63 9 -62 16.0 4 36 58 26 -7Ascribe 0.99 16 n/a 131.5 18.4 19.2 1 n/a n/a 14.0 5 89 n/a 71.3 31 n/a 75 44 n/a 13.1 -19 n/a n/a 36 -5Manpower Software 0.96 -6 11 291.8 16.2 17.4 0 -8 n/a 5.6 6 15 60 83.2 -1 19 71 16 36 13.5 -20 -18 17 8 -20Business Control Solutions 0.90 62 n/a n/m 10.9 12.7 -2 -284 n/a -22.2 8 -7 n/a 154.8 -33 n/a 53 39 n/a 16.9 16 n/a 0 21 n/aFocus Solutions 0.89 -2 62 >999.9 16.4 17.6 0 n/a n/a 999Zoo Digital † 0.84 1 55 n/m 8.3 11.5 -2 n/m n/m -20.5 10 99 295 92.1 -17 72 110 139 116 7.6 -58 -31 0 5 -84DCS 0.80 -76 -73 n/m 2.3 3.1 -1 n/m n/m -2.3 35 -17 -48 60.1 -15 -20 584 -3 -34 1.4 -75 -63 5 n/l n/lIntercede 0.78 5 13 n/m 43.1 43.5 0 n/m n/m -21.4 2 13 9 60.2 5 4 30 7 0 26.0 -2 14 8 10 43Computer Software 0.75 -39 -21 76.6 5.3 6.1 1 n/a n/a 6.9 14 125 297 91.4 21 51 154 86 174 4.9 -67 -72 0 57 111Consilium 0.75 80 n/a 83.1 10.9 12.0 1 n/a 641 13.1 7 25 29 87.2 17 17 79 7 11 9.5 69 n/a 0 n/l n/lOneClickHR 0.75 55 207 n/m 15.7 18.5 -2 n/m n/m -36.2 5 -1 -2 37.2 -11 -17 128 11 12 5.8 39 211 0 6 20Total Systems 0.64 -10 -11 441.0 18.2 25.3 0 -57 -79 4.1 3 1 -16 68.4 11 -1 51 -9 -15 12.5 -1 3 0 4 -20Mirago 0.61 28 106 n/m 11.3 15.7 0 n/m n/m -5.4 5 48 311 117.3 3 127 46 44 124 13.2 -11 -7 0 n/l n/lRaft International(now part of Financial Objects) 0.59 84 13 n/m 7.3 11.0 -1 n/m n/m -17.5 8 12 2 93.4 -11 -18 87 26 24 6.8 46 -9 25 n/l n/lPatsystems 0.54 -81 -69 n/m 3.5 5.2 -1 n/m n/m -5.1 15 31 75 124.7 22 64 124 8 1 4.3 -83 -72 68 25 9Chelford 0.53 -14 -29 40.4 3.6 4.3 1 458 n/a 9.0 14 22 57 88.9 -26 -4 163 65 65 3.2 -48 -57 0 13 -19Birchfield Interactive 0.52 -5 62 361.1 23.5 27.4 0 n/a n/a 6.5 2 66 188 67.2 31 55 33 27 91 15.8 -25 2 0 n/l n/lTranseda Technology ** 0.49 -6 -23 n/m 31.6 33.4 0 -106 n/m -2.8 2 -15 -31 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/l n/lTelephonetics 0.44 2 n/a n/m 10.0 14.4 -1 -379 n/a -32.6 4 54 n/a 158.7 32 n/a 28 17 n/a 15.8 -13 n/a 0 21 n/aIntelligent Environments 0.42 -24 -54 n/m 13.5 15.5 0 n/m n/m -7.0 3 1 1 100.7 15 55 31 -11 -44 13.6 -14 -21 0 8 60Retail Decisions 0.42 10 80 5.0 0.8 2.0 8 53 n/a 15.3 55 72 94 286.2 75 123 191 -2 -14 2.2 12 103 45 141 55Pole Star Space Applications 0.41 2 10 101.7 8.8 9.8 0 69 n/a 8.6 5 51 172 782.0 n/a n/a 6 n/a n/a 68.5 n/a n/a n/a n/l n/lGB 0.40 -8 -28 n/m 3.1 4.4 -1 n/m n/m -4.4 13 14 0 108.8 21 36 118 -6 -31 3.4 -3 1 0 30 -3Boltblue 0.38 -15 n/a n/m 14.0 14.1 -1 n/m n/a -27.9 3 -18 n/a 168.0 -3 n/a 16 -16 n/a 23.4 1 n/a 0 n/l n/l36 Support services 152.61 9 -38.5 14.4 1.1 5.8 1057 44.8 44.1 7.5 14055 15.6 36 24.6 -4 -19.1 570376 20.3 63.1 0.3 -9.5 -62.2 31 9727 n/aSerco 45.30 18 n/a 46.7 2.0 3.2 97 40 80 4.3 2260 38 82 60.7 13 25 37253 23 47 1.2 -4 n/a n/a 1697 45Voca 29.25 257 77 775.3 32.8 34.8 4 n/a n/a 4.2 89 15 35 223.3 13 38 399 2 -3 73.3 251 86 0 n/l n/lDe La Rue 13.70 -18 -38 18.5 2.2 4.7 74 95 123 12.1 611 -5 -5 101.4 3 6 6022 -8 -10 2.3 -12 -31 56 892 32Urenco 10.66 -16 -15 5.1 2.1 43.6 208 21 62 41.5 502 3 13 280.9 10 16 1786 -6 -2 6.0 -11 -14 60 n/l n/lArup 5.34 -29 n/a 47.8 1.2 3.3 11 13 17 2.6 430 5 13 66.7 4 4 6449 1 8 0.8 -30 n/a 41 n/l n/lGenerics Group ** 4.41 -30 n/a n/m 28.2 34.9 -2 n/m n/m -11.7 16 25 5 79.0 40 25 198 -11 -16 22.3 -22 n/a 33 n/l n/lRicardo 3.86 -13 -21 47.4 2.4 6.4 8 n/a -28 5.1 160 9 13 98.5 17 6 1624 -7 6 2.4 -7 -26 43 142 7SGL † 3.80 118 99 35.9 3.6 5.5 11 160 209 10.1 105 184 173 101.6 31 53 1030 116 76 3.7 1 11 48 n/l n/lRentokil Initial 3.70 28 n/a 1.4 0.2 8.3 256 -18 -38 10.7 2403 3 6 26.7 4 9 90096 -1 -3