Henry Boot plc
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| Private | |
| Traded as | : |
| Industry |
Construction, Land and Property |
| Founded | 1886 |
| Headquarters | Sheffield, South Yorkshire |
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Key people
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Jamie Boot, (Chairman) John Sutcliffe, (CEO) |
| Revenue | £176.2 million (2015) |
| £31.7 million (2015) | |
| £25.0 million (2015) | |
| Website | www.henryboot.co.uk |
Henry Boot PLC is a British construction and property development business, listed on the . It was floated on the in 1919, becoming the first ever quoted housebuilder. Between the wars, Henry Boot built more houses (public and private) than any other company.
Henry Boot (1851-1931) was born a farmer’s son in the small village of Heeley just outside Sheffield. Henry served a seven-year apprenticeship and worked a total of 20 years with local building firms before he began to work on his own account in 1886. The new business rapidly progressed from jobbing work to larger scale public contracts and housing projects. Henry’s eldest son Charles Boot (1874-1945) joined the business after leaving school (presumably not long after the business started) and it was he who transformed Henry Boot & Sons into one of the most successful construction and housing businesses between the wars.
Henry had retired before the outbreak of World War I leaving Charles as managing director. As with so many construction business, war expanded the range of contracts: Henry Boot & Sons built a British Army camp at Catterick in Yorkshire; RAF Manston Aerodrome near Ramsgate; the Calshot Naval Air Station at Calshot in Hampshire; Tees Naval Base; a U.S. Army Rest Camp and hospital at Southampton and Chepstow Military Hospital. The company also constructed over one thousand military buildings and over 50 miles of roads and sewers.
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