Big Yellow Group

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Big Yellow Group plc
Formerly
  • Store Stuff Limited (August–September 1998)
  • Cubic Self Storage Limited (1998–1999)
  • The Big Yellow Holding Company Limited (1999–2000) [1]
Company type Public
LSE:  BYG
FTSE 250 component
ISIN GB0002869419
Industry Storage
Founded1998;26 years ago (1998)
Headquarters Bagshot, England, UK
Key people
RevenueIncrease2.svg £188.8 million (2023) [2]
Decrease2.svg £90.1 million (2023) [2]
Decrease2.svg £73.3 million (2023) [2]
Number of employees
465 (2023) [2]
Website bigyellow.co.uk

Big Yellow Group plc is a self-storage company based in Bagshot, England. [3] It is the largest self-storage company in the United Kingdom and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index and listed on the London Stock Exchange. [4] Big Yellow has the highest brand awareness in the sector. [5]

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History

Founded in 1998 by Nicholas Vetch, Philip Burks and James Gibson, the company has, as of 2021, 104 storage sites in the UK, [2] [6] [7] [8] 19 of which operate under the name Armadillo Self Storage. Philip Burks served as the property director of the company from 1998 to 2007. [9]

In 2007, the company was converted into a real estate investment trust, [10] 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. [8] [11]

Financials

Financials
YearRevenue (£m)Operating Income (£m)Net Profit (£m)
2016 [12] 101.38117.86112.00
2017 [13] 109.07109.0299.51
2018 [14] 116.66142.56133.54
2019 [15] 125.41135.56126.50
2020 [16] 129.31103.1792.58
2021 [17] 135.24270.77265.19
2022 [18] 171.32704.39697.27
2023 [2] 188.8390.1473.33

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Annual Report 2023" (PDF). Big Yellow Group. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "Revenues up". Daily Post (Liverpool, England). 19 January 2005. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "BIG YELLOW GROUP PLC ORD 10P – London Stock Exchange". londonstockexchange.com. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "The Self Storage Association UK Annual Survey" (PDF). p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. 1 2 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.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "Big Yellow Group Stores Up Profits after Increase". The Birmingham Post (England). 22 May 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2015.[ dead link ]
  11. ↑ "Group sell-off". Daily Post (Liverpool, England). 26 June 2008. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  12. ↑ "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  13. ↑ "Annual Report 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  14. ↑ "Annual Report 2018" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  15. ↑ "Annual Report 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  16. ↑ "Annual Report 2020" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  17. ↑ "Annual Report 2021" (PDF). Big Yellow Group. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  18. ↑ "Annual Report 2022" (PDF). Big Yellow Group. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
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