Hot 100 2013 – 71: Baas Construction

The basics

Company name: Baas Construction
What they do: Building contractors
Headquarters: Burnley
The Boss: Kevin O’Connell and Lindsey Leng

The financials

Latest turnover (£,000): 20,720
Four-year compound sales growth (%): 31
Latest Ebitda (£,000): 4,140

The details

Baas Construction designs, builds, refurbs and maintains buildings around the north of England. Headquartered in Burnley, the company has undertaken work for a range of private and public-sector clients including Blackpool Coast Housing, Cheshire Peaks & Plains, Wigan & Leigh Housing and Southway Homes.

This family business is run by Kevin O’Connell, who has led the company’s push into public sector contracts and upgrading social housing to meet the Decent Homes Standard.

Turnover at Baas has doubled from £9.2m to £20.7m over the last four years, and Ebitda is a healthy £4.1m.

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