BUILDERS MERCHANTS: A-Z GRAFTON • HALDANE SHIELLS • HOWARTH TIMBER SUPPLIES G Grafton
GRAFTON 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/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
7.2
26.2 1.9 2.7
220
7,438 19.1
2016 7.4
25.5 1.3 0.4
224
5,029 2.6
2017 7.6
25.8 1.6 2.2
249
6,989 14.0 18
1,102.7 288.7
37,304 29,638 5,015
2016
1,121.7 286.5
25,237 4,065 5,018
2017
1,138.6 293.9
31,967 24,976 4,574
% CHANGE 2016 2
(1)
(32) (86) 0
% CHANGE 2016 3
(2)
(32) (87) 2
(32) (86)
2017 2 3
27
514 (9)
2017 1 1
27
505 11 39
432 H Haldane Shiells
HALDANE SHIELLS IS an independent supplier to the construction industry in the UK and Ireland, serving both trade customers and the general public. Haldane Fisher is part of the Haldane Shiells Group, made up of Haldane Fisher NI, Haldane Fisher Isle of Man, Haldane Fisher UK and GE Robinson in North West England bringing the total number of branches within the Group to twenty. The business has grown organically and through acquisition since it was founded by Bob Haldane in 1946.
HALDANE SHIELLS 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/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
6.2
28.3 3.6 3.5
171
6,155 10.6
2016 6.2
29.3 4.4 4.3
185
8,212 12.6
2017 6.2
27.4 4.0 4.0
207
8,322 12.9 489
89.1 25.2
3,213 3,115 522
2016
93.4 27.4
4,139 4,034 504
2017
111.7 30.7
4,502 4,437 541
HALDANE SHIELLS
Shepherds Way Carnbane Industrial Estate Newry, GB BT35 6QQ
www.haldane-fisher.com
Subsiduaries: 3
CEO: Ian Haldane Directors: David Haldane, David Belcher, Andrew Gerrard
Branches: 20 Employees: 541
Members of: BMF, NMBS, Fortis
GRAFTON MERCHANTING GB IS PART OF Grafton Group plc., a publicly quoted distributor of building materials operating in the merchanting markets in the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands and Belgium, in the DIY retailing market in Ireland and in the mortar manufacturing market in Britain.
TRAILBLAZERS GRAFTON
Gemini One, 5520 Oxford Business Park South, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2L Tel: 0845 168 5827
www.graftonplc.com
Brands: Buildbase, Civils & Lintels, Corgi Direct, Hendricks Lovell, Hirebase, Jacksons Building Centres, L&G Forest Products, PDM, Plumbase, Nationwide Drylining & Insulation, Secon, Electricbase and Sparesbase, Selco
Chief executive: Gavin Slark Buildbase CEO: Kate Tinsley Buildbase md: Paul Roche Builldbase Commercial Director: Lyndon Johnson Plumbase md: Mark Bradley Electricbase md: Andy Williams Hirebase md: Adrian Watts Plumbase Industrial ,TG Lynes md: Martin Hastings Selco md: Howard Luft Buildbase Civils & Lintels md: Allan Wright Buildbase, Hirebase, Electricbase procurement director Ian McConville Buildbase regional md, southern: John Drennan Buildbase regional md, northern: Justin Scarborough Branches: 617 Employees: c.5320 Members of: BMF, CPA
Howarth Timber Supplies
WITH OVER 175 YEARS’ trading experience, the Howarth Timber Group is the UK’s largest privately- owned timber company. Over the years it has expanded from a one man company to an employer of more than 1,000 people. Today, the Howarth Timber Group has a network of 30 timber and builders’ merchant branches spread across the country.
% CHANGE 2016 5 9
29 30 (3)
HOWARTH TIMBER SUPPLIES THE NUMBERS
2017 20 12 9
10 7
% CHANGE 2016 0 3
23 23 9
33 19
2017 0
(6) (9) (8) 11 1 3
15/16 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS 15/16 Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin %
Sales/employee £k Profit/employee £ Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
6.1
30.8 3.8 3.8
186
7,045 25.1
16/17 6.1
30.4 4.2 3.9
194
8,132 23.2
17/18 5.8
28.1 2.2 2.5
196
4,392 14.1 94
78.4 24.2
2,966 2,999 421
16/17
86.8 26.4
3,643 3,413 448
17/18
93.1 26.2
2,082 2,330 474
HOWARTH TIMBER SUPPLIES
Prince Edward Works Pontefract Lane, Cross Green Leeds, West Yorkshire LS90RA Tel: 0330 119 2509
Branches: 31 Employees: 448 (group: 1000+) Managing Director: Nicholas Howarth
Members of: BMF, Fortis, NMBS, TTF, PEFC and FSC Qualifications
% CHANGE
16/17 11 9
23 14 6
% CHANGE
16/17 (0) (1) 11 3 4
15 (8)
17/18 (4) (7)
(47) (36) 1
(46) (39)
17/18 7
(1)
(43) (32) 6
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A supplement to builders merchants journal April 2019
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