BUILDERS MERCHANTS: A-Z C & W BERRY • CARVERS • CHANDLERS C C & W Berry
C W BERRY THE NUMBERS
14/15 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS 14/15 Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
13.1 30.7 9.1
15.2 184
16,759 30.1
15/16
12.3 30.8 8.7 8.9
183
15,846 17.9
16/17
11.8 29.1 7.9 8.1
202
16,021 17.4 1168
40.4 12.4
3,687 6,149 220
15/16
42.8 13.2
3,708 3,806 234
16/17
48.1 14.0
3,813 3,886 238
% CHANGE
15/16 6 6 1
(38) 6
15/16 (6) 0
(5)
(41) (1) (5)
(41)
16/17 13 6 3 2 2
% CHANGE
16/17 (4) (6) (9) (9) 11 1
(3)
FOUNDED IN 1954 by Brothers Walter & Colin Berry as a joinery manufacturers in King Street, Leyland, the company is still family owned, with 3 generations of the family still actively working for the company. We take great pride that a number of staff have been with us for their entire working career, as well as some staff also being the 3rd generation of their family to work for the company. After purchasing the current premises on Golden Hill Lane in 1961, the company began to specialise in importing & machining bulk timber, selling mainly to the building trade. This was soon expanded to a
Carvers (Wolverhampton) Ltd CARVERS
CARVERS BUILDERS VILLAGE features a fully-stocked builders merchant branch, a kitchen and bathroom showroom, a cooker centre, Carvers DIY showroom, a landscaping centre and a drive- through warehouse for building materials.
There is also a number of franchise operations alongside the Carvers main business, including Dixons Decorating, Rayton Electrical and Tile Choice; showcasing a wide variety of ceramic and porcelain
floor and wall tiles, including natural stone,
CARVERS THE NUMBERS
2015 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS 2015 Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin %
Sales/employee £k Profit/employee £ Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
4.1
25.2 10.7 10.7 191
20,443 19.6
2016 4.6
24.2 3.5 3.6
209
7,340 6.6
2017 4.0
23.5 2.8 2.9
212
6,019 5.3 44
30.2 7.6
3,230 3,249 158
2016
32.6 7.9
1,145 1,163 156
2017
33.9 8.0
963 972 160
Littles Lane Wolverhampton West Midlands WV1 1JY
www.carvers.co.uk
Managing Director: Henry Carver
Branches: 1 Employees: 200
% Heavyside, Lightside, Timber sales: 41/7/52
Members of: BMF, NMBS, Fortis
mosaics, limestones and granites. market. The Builders Village was built following the huge fire in February 2012.
% CHANGE 2016 8 4
(65) (64) (1)
% CHANGE 2016 14 (4)
(67) (67) 9
(64) (66)
Chandlers
CHANDLERS BUILDING SUPPLIES is a privately-owned, independent builders’ merchant with branches across the South East of England. It offers over 20,000 individual product lines to customers working on all construction and refurbishment projects.
Chandlers has a substantial fleet of delivery vehicles ranging from crane-off load brick lorries to small vans and pick-ups.
Chandlers has 4 specialist roofing supplies branches in Halesowen, Coventry, Rainham and Scrubs Lane, London. It also has dedicated kitchen showrooms at Petworth and Chertsey and a bathroom showroom in Lewes.
CHANDLERS THE NUMBERS
2017 4 1
(16) (16) 3
2017 (13) (3)
(19) (19) 1
(18) (20)
2015 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS 2015 Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
7.8
29.3 5.5 5.4
255
14,110 36.3
2016 8.2
30.3 4.6 4.9
245
11,328 27.5
2017 6.9
30.4 4.8 4.7
247
11,952 26.4 652
37.0 10.8
2,046 1,999 145
2016
43.4 13.2
2,005 2,146 177
2017
51.8 15.8
2,510 2,458 210
% CHANGE 2016 17 21 (2) 7
22
% CHANGE 2016 5 3
(17) (9) (4)
(20) (24)
C W BERRY
262 Golden Hill Lane Leyland PR25 2YH
www.cwberry.co.uk
Managing Director: David Berry
Branches: 1 Employees: 240 Members of: Fortis, BMF, NMBS
wide range of building materials, available to both the trade & DIY customers. The 60’s & 70’s saw the site expand greatly, & Berry’s soon became recognised as the region’s leading supplier of Building Materials.
CHANDLERS
The Broyle, Ringmer, East Sussex, BN8 5NP Tel: 01273 812721
www.chandlersbs.co.uk
Managing Director: Andrew Cope
Branches: 14 Employees: 230
% Heavyside, Lightside, Timber sales: 96/ 4/ 0
Members of: BMF, NMBS, Fortis
TRAILBLAZERS
2017 19 20 25 15 19
2017 (16) 0 5
(4) 1 6
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