What is Barratt Developments?
{{Infobox company | name = Barratt Developments plc | logo = | type = [[Public limited company]] | traded_as = {{lse|BDEV}}<br>[[FTSE 100 Index|FTSE 100 Component]] | foundation = {{start date and age|1958}} | location = [[Coalville]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom|UK]] | key_people =Caroline Silver ([[Chairwoman]])<br/> [[David Thomas (British businessman)|David Thomas]] ([[CEO]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/barratt-developments-david-thomas-pay-ceo-help-to-buy-profits-091652637.html|title=Housebuilder CEO gets £890,000 pay rise as Help to Buy boom continues|date=17 September 2019|newspaper=Yahoo|access-date=2 August 2021}}</ref> | industry = [[Home construction|Housebuilding]] | products = | revenue = {{increase}} [[Pound sterling|£]]5,267.9 million (2022)<ref name=results>{{cite web|url=https://www.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/~/media/Files/B/Barratt-Developments/reports-presentation/2022/barratt-ar2022.pdf|title=Annual Report 2022|publisher=Barratt Developments|access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref> | operating_income = {{decrease}} [[Pound sterling|£]]646.6 million (2022)<ref name=results/> | net_income = {{decrease}} [[Pound sterling|£]]515.2 million (2022)<ref name=results/> | assets = | num_employees = 6,564 (2022)<ref name=results/> | parent = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|https://www.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/}} | footnotes = }} '''Barratt Developments''' is one of the largest [[house building]] [[Company|companies]] in the United Kingdom. It started in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] in 1958. It is now based in [[Coalville]], Leicestershire. It has been listed on the [[London Stock Exchange]] since 1968, and is in the [[FTSE 100 Index]]. In February 2024 it agreed a deal for £2.5 billion to buy rival [[Redrow]]. The combined group would be renamed Barratt Redrow and would build roughly 22,000 homes a year. It would be the biggest house building company in the country.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Barratt to buy rival Redrow for £2.5bn|url=https://www.ft.com/content/e1ac99b3-2d18-406b-a