98. Elite Group

Key points

Revenue: £40.2m (+22%)

Net profit: 5.2%

Staff: 146

This unified comms reseller recently rebranded from Elitetele.com to Elite Group to hammer home its recent diversification into IT services. The Chorley-based firm has made 16 acquisitions since it was founded in 2000 and now employs 180 staff across seven offices. Recent deals, including one for £16m-revenue Nexus last May, have pushed Elite's revenue run rate to £57m, although the figure stood at £40.2m in its year to 31 July 2017.