Ambition Nation Listed 50

Ambition Nation Listed 50

Our small- to mid-cap PLCs are at the heart of corporate Britain's growth. Here at finnCap, we see our listed SMEs as the lifeblood of our economy. We wanted to celebrate that, in a way that was totally objective.

Presenting the finnCap Ambition Nation Listed 50. The Ambition Nation Listed 50 acknowledges the best of the best in small and medium sized companies. It is driven by key metric fundamentals, identifying the 50 companies that offer the best blend of growth and quality as ranked by finnCap’s equity analysis tool, The Slide Rule.  As well as identifying the UK's best companies, Ambition Nation Listed 50 also celebrates the achievements and innovation of these business leaders.

Selection criteria

We will identify these companies using the Slide Rule, an in-house developed quantitative equity analysis tool. First, companies are ranked on a blend of sales growth, EBIT growth and free cash flow return on capital employed. Next, companies are 'stress-tested' for cash flow qualit, dividende affordability (if applicable) and levels of financial leverage, with those failing any of these tests being eliminated. Finally, there is an eligibility test: companies must have their headquarters in the UK; the market capitialisation must be in the range £30m - £1bn; the company must have been listed for at least 12 months. Of those companies remaining, the top 50 are nominated to the Ambition Nation Listed 50.

Award categories

Overall Top Ranked Company

Awarded to the top ranked Ambition Nation Listed 50 company across all sectors.

Overall Best Performing Company

Awarded to the Ambition Nation Listed 50 company across all sectors that has delivered the best share price total return over the last twelve months.

Top ranked and best performing companies in the following sectors:

  • Technology
  • Consumer
  • Financials
  • Life Sciences
  • Industrials & Services

finnCap Group Managing Director Stuart Andrews and Head of Research Raymond Greaves discuss the 2020/2021 cohort of the Ambition Nation Listed 50 with host Oli Barrett MBE, below.

Driving Ambition | Film Series

Interviews with the leaders of the Listed 50

As part of the Ambition Nation Listed 50, we want to put business leaders in the driving seat, to dig a little deeper into what makes these innovative companies tick. 

Presenting our interview film series, Driving Ambition.

Weekly, presenter Oli Barrett MBE interviews a diverse selection of CEOs and leaders from the finnCap Ambition Nation Listed 50 to find out more about their growth journey, the key decisions these leaders made to get their companies where they are today, the importance of being listed, the challenges of recent macroeconomic events, and how they are working towards a sustainable future. 

 

Watch our archive of Driving Ambition episodes below

Meet the 2021/2022 winners here

 

2021/2022 cohort

Company name

Sector

Accrol Group Holdings

Industrials & Services

Advanced Medical Sol Grp

Life Sciences

Alpha Financial Markets

Financials

Bango

Technology

Beeks Financial Cloud Grp

Technology

Begbies Traynor Group

Financials

Belvoir Group

Industrials & Services

Brickability Group

Industrials & Services

Brooks MacDonald Group

Financials

Cake Box Holdings

Consumer

Cerillion

Technology

Character Group

Consumer

City of London Investment

Financials

Craneware Plc

Technology

dotDigital Group

Technology

Ergomed

Life Sciences

Focusrite

Consumer

Forterra Plc

Industrials & Services

Frenkel Topping Group

Financials

Ideagen

Technology

Instem

Life Sciences

Intercede Group

Technology

Joules Group

Consumer

K3 Capital Group

Financials

Keystone Law Group

Industrials & Services

Marlowe

Technology

Mattioli Woods

Financials

Medica Group

Life Sciences

Midwich Group

Industrials & Services

Morses Club

Financials

Mortgage Advice Bureau

Financials

Mpac Group

Industrials & Services

Netcall

Technology

Nichols

Consumer

Oxford Metrics

Technology

Polar Capital

Financials

Record

Financials

Renew

Industrials & Services

River & Mercantile Group

Financials

Robert Walters

Industrials & Services

Sanderson Design Group

Consumer

SigmaRoc

Industrials & Services

SThree

Industrials & Services

Strix Group

Industrials & Services

Sureserve Group

Industrials & Services

Tatton Asset Management

Financials

Tracsis

Technology

Up Global Sourcing Holdings

Consumer

Volex

Industrials & Services

XLMedia

Industrials & Services

 

finnCap Group extends our huge congratulations to the 2020 winners of Ambition Nation Listed 50 Awards, celebrating the UK’s leading small and medium UK-listed companies that offer the best blend of growth and quality. 

Meet the 2020/2021 winners here

 

2020/2021 cohort

Company name

Sector

Alpha Financial Markets

Financials

Alpha FX Group

Financials

Beeks Financial Cloud Grp

Technology

Belvoir Group

Industrials & Services

Bioventix

Life Sciences

Brewin Dolphin

Financials

Brooks MacDonald Group

Financials

Cake Box Holdings

Consumer

Cerillion

Technology

Chemring Group

Industrials & Services

City of London Investment

Financials

Codemasters Group Holdings

Consumer

Concurrent Technologies

Technology

Craneware Plc

Technology

dotDigital Group

Technology

Eagle Eye Solutions

Technology

Eckoh

Technology

EMIS Group

Life Sciences

Ergomed

Life Sciences

Euromoney Instl Investor

Industrials & Services

Focusrite

Consumer

Franchise Brands

Industrials & Services

FW Thorpe

Industrials & Services

Ideagen

Technology

Idox

Technology

IMImobile Plc

Technology

Impax Asset Management Gp

Financials

Instem

Life Sciences

Integrated Diagnostics

Life Sciences

Judges Scientific

Industrials & Services

K3 Capital Group

Financials

Keystone Law Group

Industrials & Services

Learning Technologies Grp

Technology

Liontrust Asset Mgmt

Financials

Morses Club

Financials

Mortgage Advice Bureau

Financials

Netcall

Technology

Oxford Metrics

Technology

Polar Capital

Financials

Premier Miton Group

Financials

Property Franchise Group

Industrials & Services

Sanne Group

Financials

Strix Group

Industrials & Services

Sumo Group Plc

Consumer

Tatton Asset Management

Financials

Team17 Group

Consumer

Treatt

Industrials & Services

Tristel

Life Sciences

Volex

Industrial & Services

YouGov

Industrials & Services

Winners 2019/2020

Award

Winner

Top ranked company: Overall

Checkit

Top ranked company: Technology

Checkit

Top ranked company: Consumer

Focusrite

Top ranked company: Financials

Tatton Asset Management

Top ranked company: Best of the rest

AB Dynamics

Best performing company: Overall

Avon Rubber

Best performing company: Technology

Kainos

Best performing company: Consumer

Focusrite

Best performing company: Financials

Impax Asset Management

Best performing company: Best of the rest

Avon Rubber

 

2019/2020 cohort

Company name

Sector

AB Dynamics

Best of the Rest

Alfa Financial Software

Technology

Alpha Financial Markets

Best of the Rest

Alpha FX Group

Financials

Anglo Pacific Group

Best of the Rest

Augean

Best of the Rest

Avon Rubber

Best of the Rest

Beeks Financial Cloud Grp

Technology

Belvoir Group

Best of the Rest

Bioventix

Best of the Rest

Brewin Dolphin

Financials

Cerillion

Technology

Character Group

Consumer

Clipper Logistics

Best of the Rest

Craneware Plc

Technology

D4t4 Solutions

Technology

dotDigital Group

Technology

Eckoh

Technology

Elecosoft

Technology

Elektron Technology

Technology

Equals Group

Financials

Focusrite

Consumer

Harwood Wealth Management

Financials

Hotel Chocolat Group

Consumer

Ideagen

Technology

IG Design Group

Consumer

IMImobile Plc

Technology

Impax Asset Management Gp

Financials

Inspired Energy

Best of the Rest

Instem

Technology

Integrated Diagnostics

Best of the Rest

Joules Group

Consumer

Kainos Group

Technology

Keystone Law Group

Best of the Rest

Liontrust Asset Mgmt

Financials

Medica Group

Best of the Rest

Midwich Group

Best of the Rest

Morses Club

Financials

Mortgage Advice Bureau

Financials

Oxford Metrics

Technology

Scientific Digital

Best of the Rest

Springfield Properties

Best of the Rest

Strix Group

Best of the Rest

Tatton Asset Management

Financials

Ten Entertainment Group

Consumer

Tracsis

Technology

Tribal Group

Technology

Tristel

Best of the Rest

Watkin Jones

Best of the Rest

YouGov

Best of the Rest