Mailing Lists by Business Size

The definitions of company size that are commonly used in the industry are based upon the requirements of the Companies Acts, which may change from time to time. These were once simple and memorable criteria, are the now less memorable. As per the Companies Act 2006, which came fully into effect on 1 October 2009 and the associated 208 Reporting Regulations, the Small Companies criteria are:

• £6.5m or less of annual turnover, originally £5m,
• Not more than 50 employees, originally 50,
• Not more than £3.26m gross assets or liabilities, originally £2.5m.

At least two of the above must be satisfied for companies to be classified as Small Companies. The thresholds are important as all companies must file accounts at Companies House. Small and Medium sized companies may however choose to disclose less information than Large Companies. For this reason our company size criteria broadly track the legal filing requirements, but occasionally for convenience are based upon the older round number limits.

In general terms Small Companies can file an abbreviated Balance Sheet and do not have to file a Directors’ Report or a Profit and Loss Account. Medium sized companies have fewer exemptions and their thresholds, of which they must satisfy at least two, are:

• £25.9m or less of annual turnover, originally £25m,
• Not more than 250 employees, originally 250,
• Not more than £12.9m Balance Sheet total, originally £10m.

We have created four principle size groupings, these are:

Micro Companies, contact information is not marketed, as too many of the records are effectively personal private data
Small Medium Enterprises (SME) with at least 25 employees or £0.5m of Turnover and a maximum of 250 employees or £25m of Turnover
Large Companies with at least 250 employees or £25m of Turnover
Premier Companies, these are the 5,000 largest companies in the UK based upon turnover and employee numbers