Self-made — the youngest companies making the most profit

Under twelve years old and already highly profitable — the lean breakout businesses · 243 qualifying · snapshot 2026-07-01

# Company Industry ProfitAgeStaff
01 XTX MARKETS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED Technology arm of algorithmic trading group Technology £2.28B 7 yrs 127
02 CHEVRON INTERNATIONAL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION COMPANY LIMITED Industrials £693M 7 yrs 94
03 QUADRATURE CAPITAL LIMITED Quantitative hedge fund manager Financials £554M 11 yrs 173
04 CITADEL MANAGEMENT (EUROPE) II LIMITED Hedge fund management subsidiary Consumer Discretionary £526M 6 yrs 188
05 MSC CRUISE MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED UK management for MSC Cruises Industrials £522M 12 yrs 276
06 THE OFFICE GROUP LIMITED Consumer Discretionary £306M 4 yrs 129
07 CHIVAS BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Scotch whisky producer Industrials £282M 7 yrs 288
08 EASYJET HOLIDAYS LIMITED Package holiday tour operator Consumer Discretionary £250M 7 yrs 408
09 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS LIMITED UK film and television distributor Consumer Discretionary £201M 12 yrs 116
10 S&P GLOBAL RATINGS UK LIMITED Technology £179M 8 yrs 373
11 PINE WALK CAPITAL LIMITED Financials £156M 9 yrs 94
12 ELEVA CAPITAL PARTNERS (UK) LIMITED Financials £153M 9 yrs 61
13 WINTERMUTE TRADING LTD Technology £148M 9 yrs 82
14 BATOVI LLP Unclassified £147M 7 yrs 400
15 SONA ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED Industrials £136M 10 yrs 81
16 WILLIAM GRANT & SONS BRANDS LIMITED Consumer Discretionary £136M 12 yrs 238
17 MWAM NORTH AMERICA LLP Unclassified £135M 6 yrs 194
18 INIGO LIMITED Financials £135M 6 yrs 213
19 ARAMCO TRADING LIMITED Financials £134M 7 yrs 78
20 BGF GROUP PLC Financials £131M 9 yrs 210
21 RONTEC ROADSIDE RETAIL LIMITED Industrials £112M 12 yrs 134
22 RECORDATI UK LTD Pharmaceutical wholesale and research subsidiary Consumer Discretionary £112M 12 yrs 74
23 WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES (LONDON) LLP Unclassified £110M 11 yrs 354
24 STARR INTERNATIONAL (EUROPE) LIMITED European non-life insurance subsidiary Financials £108M 11 yrs 359
25 EXODUSPOINT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT UK, LLP Unclassified £106M 8 yrs 125

All figures from each company's latest filed Companies House accounts; detailed filers only, with implausible outliers and scale artifacts excluded. Filed accounts lag the present by roughly 12–24 months, and group-vs-parent scope changes can move a figure between filings. Banks and insurers that don't report a turnover line are under-represented on the turnover-based boards.