Britain's Most Admired Companies 2011

Berkeley Group comes out on top.

by MT Staff

2011 was one of the toughest years for a long time for many of our winners - but it has still been a year of firsts, most notably the first time our list has been topped by a housebuilder. Here's the full list of Britain's Most Admired Companies 2011:

Company Total 
1 Berkeley Group 72.95
2 Diageo 72.35
3 Rotork 71.60
4 Aggreko 71.20
5 Derwent London 70.90
6 Paddy Power 70.29
7 Royal Dutch Shell 70.24
8 Unilever 69.29
9 Rolls-Royce 68.35
10 Shaftesbury 68.20
11 Stagecoach 68.1
12 BASF (UK) 67.8
13 John Lewis Partnership 67.8
14 Morrison (Wm) 67.3
15 SABMiller 67.2
16 BSkyB 67.2
17 BG Group 67.1
18 McDonald’s Restaurants UK 67.1
19 Great Portland Estates 66.6
20 IBM (UK) 66.4
21 Experian Group 66.2
22 Telefónica 02 (UK) 66.2
23 Victrex 66.1
24 Vodafone 66.0
25 Telecity Gp. 66.0
26 Land Securities 65.8
27 Coca-Cola Enterprises 65.8
28 Babcock International 65.6
29 Bunzl 65.2
30 Carphone Warehouse 65.2
31 Balfour Beatty 65.2
32 InterContinental Hotels 65.0
33 Marks & Spencer 64.9
34 Spirax Sarco Engineering 64.8
35 UPS (UK) 64.6
36 Alliance Boots 64.5
37 Croda International 64.5
38 Weir Group 64.4
39 Autonomy 64.4
40 InBev (UK) 64.4
41 Tesco 64.3
42 Johnson Matthey 64.2
43 Intertek 63.8
44 IG Group 63.8
45 Homeserve 63.4
46 Associated British Foods 63.4
47 Persimmon 63.3
48 Britvic 63.3
49 Wetherspoon (JD) 62.9
50 Kerry Group 62.7
51 Syngenta 62.6
52 Kuehne + Nagel (UK) 62.1
53 Centrica 62.0
54 Ultra Electronics 62.0
55 C&C Group 62.0
56 Sage Group 61.8
57 Pearson 61.7
58 Virgin Media 61.7
59 Kingfisher 61.5
60 Hammerson 61.5
61 Pennon Group 61.2
62 Admiral 61.0
63 ASDA (UK) 60.9
64 Capita Group 60.9
65 Hargreaves Lansdown 60.9
66 Sainsbury (J) 60.8
67 AMEC 60.8
68 Petrofac 60.7
69 Schroders 60.6
70 Capital & Counties 60.5
71 Aldi 60.4
72 HSBC 60.3
73 Carlsberg (UK) 60.3
74 Fidessa 60.1
75 Melrose 59.8
76 Aveva Group 59.8
77 Computacenter 59.7
78 Bellway 59.5
79 British Land Company 59.4
80 Serco Group 59.4
81 Inmarsat 59.3
82 William Hill 59.3
83 Carillion 59.2
84 Bwin.Party Digital 59.0
85 Bovis Homes 58.9
86 BT Group 58.9
87 London & Stamford Property 58.8
88 National Grid 58.7
89 Betfair 58.6
90 St James’s Place Capital 58.4
91 Senior 58.4
92 Carnival 58.3
93 Tate & Lyle 58.2
94 Aberdeen Asset Management 58.1
95 Domino’s Pizza (UK) 58.0
96 Kier Group 57.9
97 Inchcape 57.9
98 RSA Insurance 57.9
99 Glanbia 57.6
100 Standard Chartered 57.6
101 Barr (AG) 57.4
102 G4S 57.3
103 Meggitt 57.2
104 Prudential 57.2
105 Chemring Group 57.1
106 Marston’s 56.9
107 Ryanair 56.8
108 Arriva 56.7
109 Holidaybreak* 56.7
110 IMI 56.5
111 Barratt Developments 56.5
112 Tullow Oil 56.4
113 Yule Catto & Co 56.4
114 Pets at Home 56.3
115 Go-Ahead Gp 56.3
116 Ashmore Group 56.1
117 WH Smith 56.1
118 Smiths Group 56.0
119 DHL (UK) 55.9
120 eastJet 55.9
121 Wickes 55.8
122 Scottish & Southern Energy* 55.7
123 Sportingbet 55.6
124 Legal & General Group 55.6
125 BAE Systems 55.5
126 Compass Group 55.5
127 BBC 55.4
128 Ocado 55.4
129 ICAP 55.4
130 Banco Santander 55.3
131 Costain Group 55.2
132 Misys 55.2
133 Molson Coors Brewing Co. (UK) 55.2
134 Redrow 55.1
135 Debenhams 54.8
136 Nationwide Building Society 54.8
137 Cobham 54.7
138 CEVA Logistics UK 54.6
139 Greencore Group 54.5
140 Halfords 54.4
141 Logica 54.3
142 Provident Financial 54.2
143 Fenner 54.2
144 IND Direct 54.1
145 Segro 54.1
146 International Airlines Group 54.0
147 National Express 54.0
148 Dunelm 54.0
149 Greene King 53.9
150 Whitbread 53.8
151 Mothercare 53.7
152 FirstGroup 53.7
153 Edrington Group 53.6
154 GKN 53.4
155 Invensys 53.3
156 Reed Elsevier 53.2
157 Co-operative Group 53.1
158 Barclays 53.1
159 Wincanton 53.0
160 Mitchells & Butlers 52.9
161 Keller Group 52.8
162 Euromoney Institutional Inv. 52.7
163 TNT (UK) 52.6
164 EDF Energy 52.6
165 Iceland 52.5
166 Lidl 52.4
167 Talk Talk 52.4
168 Elementis 52.3
169 United Utilities 52.2
170 Taylor Wimpey 52.2
171 Gondola Group 52.2
172 United Business Media* 52.1
173 Co-operative Bank 52.0
174 Seven Trent 51.9
175 Amlin 51.9
176 Standard Life 51.8
177 Lookers 51.8
178 Tui Travel 51.5
179 Man 51.3
180 Cookson 51.2
181 E.on UK 51.1
182 Sir Robert McAlpine 50.9
183 International Power 50.9
184 Wood (J) 50.9
185 Poundland 50.9
186 Restaurant Group 50.7
187 Galliford Try 50.5
188 3i 50.2
189 Informa 50.0
190 Laing O’Rourke 50.0
191 Capital Shopping Centres 49.9
192 Royal Bank of Scotland 49.4
193 Investec 49.3
194 Game Group 49.3
195 Daily Mail & General Trust 49.0
196 Network Rail 48.9
197 BP 48.8
198 Filtrona 48.8
199 Dixons Retail 48.8
200 Premier Oil 48.7
201 Morgan Sindall 48.7
202 Rentokil Initial 48.6
203 ITV 48.5
204 Boot (Henry) 48.3
205 Ladbrokes 48.2
206 Wilkinson 47.4
207 Yorkshire Building Society 47.2
208 Lloyds Banking Group 47.2
209 Ineos 47.0
210 Avis Europe 46.7
211 Resolution 46.6
212 Aviva 46.6
213 QinetiQ Group 46.5
214 Old Mutual 46.3
215 Bakkavor 46.0
216 Colt 45.8
217 Tata Steel (UK) 45.5
218 npower 45.2
219 Cairn Energy 45.1
220 Home Retail Group 44.0
221 Rank Group* 43.4
222 888 Holdings 42.7
223 Carpetright 42.6
224 Kesa Electricals 40.7
225 City Link 40.6
226 Mecom Group 40.0
227 Essar Energy 40.0
228 Cable & Wireless Worldwide 39.9
229 Charter 38.6
230 Punch Taverns 38.4
231 tote 37.7
232 Premier Foods 37.1
233 Gala Coral 36.4
234 Royal Mail Group 35.9
235 Cable & Wireless Communications 35.7
236 Enterprise Inns 34.4
237 Millennium & Copthorne 34.3
238 Thomas Cook Group 33.8

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