BMJ TRAILBLAZERS Rembrand Timber
HPS I COMPANY NAME
TURNOVER: £30-50m REMBRAND TIMBER l ROBERT PRICE l WALTER TIPPER
REMBRAND TIMBER THE NUMBERS
Turnover £m Gross profit £m
12/13 28.1 6.1
Operating profit £k 779 Net profit £k
809 THE RATIOS 12/13
Stockturn 4.0 Gross margin %
21.8 REMBRAND TIMBER
Shiellhill Wood, Tealing, DD4 0PW Tel: 01382 323200 Fax: 01382 380520
www.rembrandtimber.com
Subsidiaries: Scotia Roofing, Kingdom Timber, GLOW Insulation & Site Supplies and GEL Plastics.
Directors: George Low, Steve Mason, Jeff Low, George Brown, John Allison, Gerard Stevens, George D.A. Low
Branches: 15 Employees: 169
Robert Price
Robert Price was set up in Abergavenny in 1847, origi- nally as a stone masons, later specialising in monumental at Lion Works, Abergavenny the town today
As well as the Robert Price brand, the group includes three CRS Roof- ing Merchants branches, , a specialist Robert Price In- sulation branch and Robert Price Timber. Based at Taffs Well, this provides bespoke timber services including
ROBERT PRICE THE NUMBERS
Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k
THE RATIOS 12/13
Stockturn 3.6 Gross margin %
30.9
Operating margin % 0.2 Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
1.9
117 227
Return on capital % 2.8 BMJ INDEX
32
13/14 4.6
29.7 3.0 3.7
135
4,008 7.0
14/15 4.8
28.9 5.0 5.8
147
7,352 11.3
266
12/13 25.7 8.0 50
488
13/14 34.6 10.3
1,026 1,278
Staff 220 256
Operating margin % 2.8 Net margin %
2.9
Sales/employee £k Profit/employee £
156 4,328
Return on capital % 6.8 BMJ INDEX
Rembrand timber is a 20 strong chain of builders mer- chants.
Founded by George Low as a small timber merchants in the east end of Dundee, it has expanded across Scot- land and now includes three subsidiary companies: Scotia
ROBERT PRICE HPS
Park Road, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5PF Tel: 01873 858585
www.robert-price.co.uk
Subsidiaries: Robert Price (Distribution), CRS Roofing Merchants
Branches: 17 Employees: 249
Managing director: Will Godfrey Sales director: Malcolm Jones
Building product manager: Chris Coggins product manager: Julian Williams
Members of: CBA BMF NMBS
grading, gauging, treating, priming, cutting and ma- chining to order.
% change
14/15 13/14 14/15 38.5 11.1
34 29
1,919 2,246 261
1952 162 16
13/14 27 (4)
1426 95 16
1663 148
11 8
87 76 2
% change
14/15 4
(3) 68 58 9
83 60
Engineering, GLOW Insula- tion & Site Supplies and GEL Plastics.
Low is still at the helm and the staff of over 200 includes members of his family in the management team.
Both tradesmen and their customers are invited to
Walter Tipper Tippers is a family-run
builders merchant with - ley, Tamworth, Kiddermin- ster, Uttoxeter, Birmingham and Wolverhampton. The two most recently opened branches are in Rugeley and Nuneaton, the latter being a former branch of WT Burden.
Established since 1888, Tippers prides itself on being a complete One- Stop-Shop with extensive kitchen, bathroom and out- door showrooms.
WALTER TIPPER THE NUMBERS
Turnover £m Gross profit £m
2013 26.2 7.4
Operating profit £k 984 Net profit £k
913 THE RATIOS 2013
Stockturn 4.7 Gross margin %
28.4
Operating margin % 3.8 Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
3.5 174 6,517
Return on capital % 8.7 BMJ INDEX
2014 5.8
26.6 4.5 4.4
218
9,777 13.2
2015 6.2
25.4 5.0 4.9
214
10,818 15.3
529 A supplement to BMJ April 2017
2014 34.3 9.1
1,535 1,513
Staff 151 157
2015 40.1 10.2
2,023 1,963 187
13/14 4.0
20.7 2.9 2.6
167
4,805 6.5
14/15 4.5
20.3 2.9 2.9
179
5,185 7.5
121
the shops and showrooms, where the company has invested in displays of doors, - - dently make decisions when choosing materials“. Customers also include larger contractors.
HPS WALTER TIPPER
Tippers Building Materials Europa Way, Lichfield, WS14 9TZ. Tel: 01543 440000
www.tippersbm.co.uk
Managing director: Andrew Tipper
Executive director: Peter Sampson Executive director: Tony Tunstall Executive director: Bill Tipper Executive director: Joseph Tipper Executive director: Amy Tipper
Branches: 9 (3 with toolhire) Employees: 200
% of sales heavyside/lightside/ timber
65%/25%/10% Members of: BMF, CBA, PHG
% change
2014 31 23 56 66 4
2014 23 (6) 19 27 26 50 52
2015 17 12 32 30 19
% change
2015 8
(5) 13 11 (2) 11 16
13/14 31.0 6.4
889 809
Staff 180 185
% change
14/15 13/14 14/15 33.8 6.9
10 4
980 994 189
14 0 3
13/14 (2) (5) 4
(9) 7
11 (5)
9 7
10 23 2
% change
14/15 14 (2) 1
13 7 8
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