Introduction to sponsorship: Targeting the UK s private companies with fastest-growing profits

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1 Introduction to sponsorship: Targeting the UK s private companies with fastest-growing profits

2 Overview: meet companies with the fastest-growing profits Opportunity for new business development and profile raising among the UK s private companies with the fastest-growing profits ranging between 5m and 50m Become a main sponsor of our 19 th annual Sunday Times Profit Track 100 league table supplement and awards programme to meet face-to-face and do business with their founders, CEOs and FDs at: - company visits - awards dinner - alumni dinners Supplement published in April 2018 and awards dinner in June 2018 Co-sponsor alongside title sponsor BDO (5 yrs) and main sponsor UBS Wealth Management (16 yrs) For further details and costs contact: Hamish Stevenson on or hamish.stevenson@fasttrack.co.uk 2

3 Introduction The Sunday Times Profit Track 100 is in its 19 th year and ranks the UK s private companies with fastest-growing profits: Profits typically between 3m and 40m Average annual profit growth rates over latest 3 years from 50% to 200% pa Sales typically between 20m and 350m 100 1,000 staff 24% are backed by private equity 53% operate internationally Fast Track helps sponsors to win new business from the owners and directors of the UK s topperforming private companies, ranging from the fastest-growing to the biggest, through our seven private company annual league table and awards event programmes with The Sunday Times. Over the past 18 years 1,300 companies have featured on Profit Track 100, including success stories: , Featured with profits of 15m. Floated in 2000, now worth 3.1bn after merger with Dixons. Worth 946m on Rich List. First featured with profits of 6m. Sold to Bavaguthu Shetty for 1bn in Worth 556m on Rich List. First featured with profits of 24m, profits of 450m on sales of 1.7bn in Worth 7.8bn on Rich List. First featured with profits of 13m. Floated in 2014 and now valued at 3.4bn. Worth 1.9bn on Rich List. Featured with profits of 6m. Floated in May 2014 and now worth 320m. Featured with profits of 18m. Sold in Nov 2016 to Ctrip in a 1.4bn deal. 3

4 Example companies and dinner guests Sales 350m+ 82% owned by founders/family or management 24% backed by private equity Recent companies 20m Alumni companies 4

5 Deliverables Supplement and tablet edition with The Sunday Times in April 2018 Sponsor branding, guest article and ad in supplement - Broadsheet: Sponsor logo on front cover of masthead, quarter-page article (725w) and quarter-page ad - Tablet edition: Sponsor logo on front cover, article and a full screen colour ad Awards dinner in June 2018 (200 guests) Sponsors co-host the awards dinner at The Savoy with the business editor of The Sunday Times - Targeted networking and seating for 10 sponsor representatives - Sponsor presentation of a special category award and prominent branding Promotional activity Some sponsor branding in pre-publication advertising in The Sunday Times and The Times and named in press releases; branding on Fast Track website and social media Tailored (extra cost) Additional sponsor deliverables for business development and profile raising Company visits (up to 25): sponsor can choose companies to visit from those shortlisted for league table or for Ones to Watch award Follow-up alumni dinners (20-30 guests): sponsor can host bespoke dinners for alumni companies chosen from, for example: region, sector, or job roles i.e. founders, CEOs, FDs or non-exec chairmen Bespoke research: including content and research reports 5

6 About Fast Track Fast Track helps sponsors to win new business from the owners and directors of the UK s top-performing private companies, ranging from the fastest-growing to the biggest We run seven private company annual league table and awards event programmes with The Sunday Times and have a proven 21-year record of delivering good ROI for our sponsors, which are given exclusivity in their sector on each league table they sponsor More than 4,750 companies have featured on our league tables over the years they represent half of the UK s c2,300 private companies with operating profits of over 3m, and almost all with profits over 20m or sales over 250m; and founders and directors of these companies continue to attend our alumni dinners as speakers and guests Fast Track is an independent company owned and run by Dr Hamish Stevenson, who founded it in 1997 with support from Sir Richard Branson; and who holds an associate fellowship at Green Templeton College, Oxford University The company is based in Oxford with 31 staff and a network of freelancers; and Luke Johnson is chairman of Fast Track s advisory board 6

7 League table programmes in 2018 Smallest sales SME with fastestgrowing exports Published since 2015 Tech (TMT) with fastest-growing sales 2001 Fastest-growing sales (exc. TMT) Fastest-growing international sales Fastest-growing profits Mid-market growth Biggest sales Biggest sales League table Sales 5m - 25m 2yr int sales 30% - 280% * Compound annual growth rate Sales 5m - 50m 3yr sales 40% - 300% Sales 5m - 100m 3yr sales 45% - 230% Sales 25m - 200m 2yr int sales 15% - 300% Sales 20m - 350m 3yr profit 50% - 180% Sales 110m - 650m Growth min 5% in latest sales/profits Sales Profits 630m - 20bn up to 2.5bn Dates Publication: 25 Feb Awards: 1 May 9 September 6 November 2 December May 2019 tbc 10 June 11 September 8 April 7 June 7 October 20 November 8 July 9, 31 Oct & 14 Nov Sponsors Alumni Recent companies Lloyds Bank Heathrow DHL Express Exporting is GREAT 3 rd yr 3 rd yr Virgin 2 Hiscox 7 th yr [+4] Barclays 8 th yr Barclays 11 th yr BDO 5 th yr [+2] BDO 5 th yr [+4] BGF 6 th yr BGF 5 th yr Virgin Media Business 3 rd yr N+1 Singer 3 rd yr N+1 Singer 3 rd yr Microsoft [8], PwC [7], ARM [3] PwC [10], Microsoft [7], HSBC [6] HSBC DHL Express all 9 yrs BDO UBS 5 th yr 16 th yr PwC [14], Lloyds Bank [13], Microsoft [3] Grant Thornton Lloyds Bank HPE Trowers & Hamlins HSBC [7], Barclays [4], KPMG [3], PwC [2] 9 th yr 3 rd yr HSBC 5 th yr Linklaters 5 th yr PwC KPMG [6], Deloitte & TPG [4], Credit Suisse [3], BDO [2] 7

8 Fast Track s sponsors 21 yrs 17 yrs 16 yrs 16 yrs 15 yrs 11 yrs Current 11 yrs 11 yrs 9 yrs 6 yrs 5 yrs 4 yrs 3 yrs 3 yrs 3 yrs 2 yrs 2 yrs 2 yrs Past incl 8 yrs 8 yrs 6 yrs 6 yrs 4 yrs 8