TRAILBLAZERS K Kent Blaxill
KENT BLAXILL 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
3.8
34.3 4.1 4.0
143
5,938 13.5
2016 4.2
34.7 4.2 4.2
146
6,211 13.3
2017 3.6
32.1 2.8 2.7
161
4,557 8.8 92
34.6 11.9
1,437 1,387 242
2016
36.1 12.5
1,534 1,508 247
2017
39.4 12.6
1,112 1,063 244
% CHANGE 2016 4 5 7 9 2
% CHANGE 2016 11 1 2 4 2 5
-2
2017 9 1
-28 -30 -1
2017 -15 -7
-34 -35 10
-27 -34
FAMILY-RUN KENT Blaxill has been based in the Colchester area since 1838, when it was founded as an oil and glass business on the town’s High Street. Since then, the firm has expanded across thirteen sites across East Anglia, offering paint, timber, glass, ironmongery, tools, landscaping, building supplies and kitchen and bathroom products. It has also been known as a kitchen and bathroom specialist since 1963, when the company first moved from Colchester High Street and opened a purpose-built site at Layer Road.
KENT BLAXILL
129-139 Layer Road Colchester Essex
CO29JY
www.kentblaxill.co.uk Tel: 01206216000
Branches: 16 Employees: 220
CEO: Philip George Directors: Simon Blaxill (MD) / Kevin Pryke (FD)
%Heavyside/ % Lightside/ % Timber Sales: 35/54/11
Members of: BMF, NMBS, Fortis
KENT BLAXILL • LAWSONS • LBS BUILDERS MERCHANTS: A-Z
L Lawsons
LAWSON AND SON Timber Merchant was established in 1921 in North London, becoming Lawsons Whetstone Ltd in 1931. In the early 1950s John Lawson, son and grandson of the founders, returned from national service to develop the fencing contracting business with many of the older employees. Timber was on licence and markets restricted. Lawsons moved on into shed and fencing panel manufacture and continually improved the range of products.
LAWSONS THE NUMBERS
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/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
7.7
38.3 8.7 8.6
207
18,128 18.6
16/17 7.3
37.3 7.9 7.7
203
15,971 15.8
17/18 6.6
37.2 7.9 7.7
206
16,262 14.6 203
84.4 32.4
7,378 7,249 407
16/17
91.5 34.1
7,203 7,033 451
17/18
95.1 35.4
7,497 7,356 461
LAWSONS
Tyttenhanger Farm Coursers Road Colney Heath Herts
AL4 0PG
www.lawsons.co.uk
Chairman: Simon Lawson Managing Director: Paul Sexton Directors: John Lawson, Paul Benton, Jeremy Norris, Anthony Elliott, Michael Hillier, Paul Rushent
Branches: 16 Employees: 422
% Heavyside/ %Lightside/ %Timber Sales: 46/ 11/ 43
Members of: BMF, NMBS, Fortis
Over the years building materials were added to the product range, making Lawsons a “one stop” timber and builders’ merchant.
% CHANGE
16/17 8 5
(2) (3) 11
16/17 (4) (3)
(10) (11) (2)
(12) (15)
17/18 4 4 4 5 2
% CHANGE
17/18 (10) (0) 0 1 2 2
(7))
LBS
FOUNDED IN 1931, LBS has grown to become a strong independent builders’ merchants with 16 outlets in South West Wales, supplying a comprehensive range of building materials to the DIY, Self Build, Developer, Building, Roofing and Civil Engineering industries. With a head office in Llandeilo, LBS has grown to include 12 Merchant Branches, a Home Centre and specialist Civils and Roofing businesses with branches from Maesteg in the East to Cardigan in the West.
LBS
LBS Builders Merchant Station Rd Llandeilo
Carmarthenshire SA19 6NL
www.lbsbm.co.uk
CEO: Mark Davies Directors: Rachel Davies; Ben Davies, Dai Thomas, Philip Evans, Andrew Prosser
Subsidiaries: 5 Branches: 26 Employees: 350
% Heavyside/ % Lightside/ %Timber Sales: 45/ 31/ 24
Members of: BMF, NMBS, Fortis
LBS 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
7.5
31.9 2.9 2.8
166
4,767 17.9
2016 6.2
32.9 4.4 4.4
173
7,670 25.1
2017 6.2
33.2 5.0 4.9
173
8,572 26.4 578
41.9 13.4
1,206 1,190 253
2016
46.7 15.4
2,071 2,066 270
2017
55.4 18.4
2,743 2,732 320
% CHANGE 2016 11 15 72 74 7
% CHANGE 2016 (17) 3
54 56 4
61 40
2017 19 20 32 32 19
2017 1 1
12 11 0
12 5
April 2019 A supplement to builders merchants journal
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