Big Yellow Group

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Big Yellow Group plc
TypePublic
Traded as
LSE: BYG
ISINGB0002869419
IndustryStorage
Founded1998; 23 years ago (1998)
HeadquartersBagshot, England, UK
Number of locations
100 (2020) [1]
Key people
  • Nicholas Vetch
    (Chairman)
  • James Gibson
    (Chief executive officer)
RevenueIncrease£129.3 million (2020)[1]
Decrease £103.2 million (2020)[1]
Net income
Decrease £92.6 million (2020)[1]
Number of employees
361 (2020) [1]
Websitewww.bigyellow.co.uk

The Big Yellow Group is a self-storage company based in Bagshot, England.[2] The company is ranked the largest self-storage company in United Kingdom and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index and listed on the London Stock Exchange.[3] Big Yellow has the highest brand awareness in the sector.[4]

History[]

Founded in 1998 by Nicholas Vetch, Philip Burks and James Gibson, the company has, as of 2021, 104 storage sites in UK,[1][5][6][7] 19 of which operate under the name Armadillo Self Storage. Philip Burks served as the property director of the company from 1998 to 2007.[8]

In 2007, the company was converted into a real estate investment trust[9] and later that year entered into a partnership with funds managed by Pramerica Real Estates Investors to develop another 25 stores in the Midlands, the North of England and Scotland.[7][10]

Big Yellow support the charitable sector[11] and have a related charitable foundation, the Big Yellow Foundation.[12]

In 2003 Graham Coutts sexually assaulted and murdered Jane Longhurst. Initially he kept the body in his flat in Hove, but then moved it in to a storage unit at Big Yellow in Brighton.[13] He visited the storage unit 11 times while the body was there.[13] Although he then removed the body from the unit, it was Big Yellow staff who noticed the smell and alerted police.[14] Big Yellow have permanently sealed unit C50, as a mark of respect to Jane Longhurst.[14]

Corporate affairs[]

Board of directors[]

  • Nicholas Vetch (Executive Chairman)[15]
  • James Gibson (Chief Executive Officer)[15]
  • John Trotman (Chief Financial Officer)[15]
  • Adrian Lee (Operations Director)[15]
  • Tim Clark (Non-executive Director)[15]
  • Richard Cotton (Non-executive Director)[15]
  • Georgina Harvey (Non-executive Director)[15]
  • Anna Kaey (Non-executive Director)[15]
  • Steve Johnson (Non-executive Director)[15]
  • Vince Niblett (Non-executive Director)[15]

Financials[]

Companies Finances
Year Revenue (£m) Operating Income (£m) Net Profit in (£m)
2016[16] 101.38 117.86 112.00
2017[17] 109.07 109.02 99.51
2018[18] 116.66 142.56 133.54
2019[19] 125.41 135.56 126.50
2020[20] 129.31 103.17 92.58

Significant shareholders[]

Shareholders holding the largest amount of shares in the company as of the last company Annual Report:

  • Blackrock, Inc (8.4%)[20]
  • Standard Life Aberdeen (4.9%)[20]
  • Merian Global Investors Ltd (5.4%)[20]
  • The Vanguard Group (4.3%)[20]
  • FMR LLC (4.3%)[20]
  • American Financial Group (3.4%)[20]
  • MFS Investment Management (3.6%)[20]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Annual Report 2020" (PDF). Big Yellow Group. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Revenues up". Daily Post (Liverpool, England). 19 January 2005. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015 – via HighBeam.
  3. ^ "BIG YELLOW GROUP PLC ORD 10P – London Stock Exchange". londonstockexchange.com. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  4. ^ "The Self Storage Association UK Annual Survey" (PDF). p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Big Yellow Group PLC Fundamental Company Report Including Financial, SWOT, Competitors and Industry Analysis". Real Estate Weekly News. 8 March 2013. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015 – via HighBeam.
  6. ^ "Big Yellow is to get even bigger". The Mirror (London, England). 19 May 2009. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015 – via HighBeam.
  7. ^ a b Big Yellow Group PLC (26 November 2007). "£150 million Partnership to develop up to 25 stores in the Midlands, the North of England and Scotland". Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  8. ^ Martin Flanagan (17 December 2010). "Blizzards hit profits as Goals Soccer Centres miss target". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015 – via HighBeam.
  9. ^ "Big Yellow Group Stores Up Profits after Increase". The Birmingham Post (England). 22 May 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2015.[dead link]
  10. ^ "Group sell-off". Daily Post (Liverpool, England). 26 June 2008. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  11. ^ "Big Yellow: Charities". Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Charity Commission: Big Yellow Foundation". Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  13. ^ a b "The Argus: Jane Longhurst – the Verdict". Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  14. ^ a b "The Argus: Meet the man who caught Jane's killer". Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Goverance Report" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  17. ^ "Annual Report 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  18. ^ "Annual Report 2018" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  19. ^ "Annual Report 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h "Annual Report 2020" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2021.

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