traded as lse psn industry housebuilding founded 1972 ; 44 years ago 1972 headquarters york england key people nicholas wrigley chairman jeff fairburn ceo revenue 2 901.7 million 2015 1 operating income 626.2 million 2015 1 net income 521.9 million 2015 1 website www.persimmonhomes.com persimmon plc is a british housebuilding company headquartered in york england . the company is named after a horse which won the 1896 derby and st. leger for the prince of wales . it is listed on the london stock exchange and is a former constituent of the ftse 100 index . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 criticism 4 references 5 external links history edit persimmon was founded by duncan davidson in 1972 . after leaving george wimpey davidson had formed ryedale homes in 1965 selling it to comben homes in 1972 for 600 000 . davidson restarted development again in the yorkshire area ; persimmon began to expand regionally with the formation of an anglian division in 1976 followed by operations in the midlands and the south west . 2 in 1984 persimmon bought tony fawcett s sketchmead company ; fawcett had been a director of ryedale and he became deputy managing director at persimmon . the enlarged company was floated on the london stock exchange in 1985 by which time the company was building around 1 000 houses a year . 3 steady regional expansion took volumes up to 2 000 by 1988 with a target of 4 000 following the housing recession . tony fawcett had died in 1990 and in 1993 john white was appointed as chief executive with davidson remaining as an executive chairman . in 1995 persimmon made the first of a series of major acquisitions . ideal homes once the largest housebuilder in the country and then part of trafalgar house was bought for 176m giving the group a much stronger presence in the south east . this was followed by the purchase of the scottish housing business of john laing plc and tilbury douglas homes . 2 in 2001 persimmon acquired beazer homes uk for 612m taking output to over 12 000 a year . 2 the deal came about after beazer and bryant announced a merger of equals to create a new house builder called domus . 4 however taylor woodrow stepped in with a 556 million bid for bryant and persimmon bought beazer a company named after its founder brian beazer and originally started in bath . the acquisition of beazer brought with it charles church a business founded by charles and susanna church in 1965 . 5 in january 2006 persimmon acquired westbury another listed uk house builder for a total consideration of 643 million . 6 operations edit driveway entrance to the offices of persimmon plc in york it builds homes under the persimmon homes charles church and westbury partnerships brands . 7 criticism edit persimmon has regularly come in for criticism due to poor build quality on a number of their homes . examples include wiring up sockets dangerously giving the potential to shock installing wobbly bannisters laying turf on builder s rubble rather than on newly laid soil and radiators not properly fixed to the wall . 8 9 10 11 12 in addition persimmon have been criticised for their sales and aftercare processes which do not always live up to the enjoyable and stress free experiences promised in the company s own pledge . 13 in 2001 persimmon was fined 125 000 following an employee being crushed to death . hse investigating inspector tony mitchell said companies need to ensure that all safety devices are fully operational . in this case properly fitted interlocks would have prevented access to the enclosure and saved a life . 14 in 2008 a boy was killed by a falling mantelpiece . persimmon which sub contracted company kd childs to fit the fireplaces had not checked the standards and had never received documents about how fireplaces were fitted . a mantelpiece had previously fallen off at another persimmon home but it was treated as a one off incident . 15 in 2013 persimmon sold a house with a garage that is too narrow for a car to fit into . 16 in 2014 a toddler burnt his hand so badly by touching a hot metal sculpture owned by persimmon homes at a marina in portishead somerset that he needed morphine and surgery . 17 in 2016 an 18 month old suffered second degree burns on an unguarded dangerously hot heater in the sales office at coity bridgend . persimmon has refused to issue a health and safety report . 18 references edit a b c annual report 2015 . persimmon plc. retrieved 26 march 2016 . a b c wellings fred dictionary of british housebuilders 2006 troubador . isbn 978 0 9552965 0 5 company prospectus bbc news business persimmon to enter beazer race . bbc.co.uk . retrieved 21 march 2015 . about charles church . charleschurch.com . retrieved 21 march 2015 . bbc news business uk housebuilders announce tie up . bbc.co.uk . retrieved 21 march 2015 . persimmon corporate profile bbc watchdog more moans about new homes itv new homes from hell bbc news uk england northamptonshire poorly fixed lintel killed child . bbc.co.uk . retrieved 21 march 2015 . 30k damage after plumbing nightmare . wiltshire times . retrieved 21 march 2015 . dream homes turn into a nightmare for neighbours on persimmon s hunters gate development in grantham . grantham journal . 23 may 2014 . retrieved 15 may 2016 . persimmon homes bbc watchdog . bbc . retrieved 15 may 2015 . dan stewart . persimmon fined 125 000 after crush death . building . retrieved 12 may 2016 . death of boy was caused by poorly fixed mantelpiece . herald scotland . retrieved 12 may 2016 . couple s fury after the garage at their new 200 000 home is too narrow for their cars and they can not open the doors when parked inside daily mail online . mail online . retrieved 21 march 2015 . toddler burnt his hand so badly by touching a hot metal sculpture at a marina that he needed morphine and surgery . daily mail . 23 june 2016 . retrieved 28 june 2016 . parents demand persimmon homes acts after toddler is badly burned . a spokesman said . 13 may 2016 . 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