BUILDERS MERCHANTS: A-Z NICHOLLS & CLARKE • PARKERS • RGB N Nicholls & Clarke
NICHOLLS & CLARKE 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
3.6
39.1 4.6 4.6
125
5,765 8.2
2016 3.5
38.9 3.1 3.2
123
3,846 5.4
2017 3.3
38.6 1.0 1.0
119
1,224 1.7 -5
70.7 27.6
3,269 3,272 567
2016
68.9 26.8
2,150 2,196 559
2017
67.8 26.2 695 696 568
% CHANGE 2016 (3) (3)
(34) (33) (1)
% CHANGE 2016 (3) (1)
(33) (31) (1)
(33) (34)
2017 (2) (2)
(68) (68) 2
2017 (6) (1)
(67) (68) (3)
(68) (69)
ESTABLISHED IN 1875, Nicholls & Clarke began life solely as builders merchants serving the building trades in London.
The company expanded its portfolio to include a comprehensive range of over 60,000 building products from building materials, sanitaryware, doors and joinery to ironmongery, landscaping materials, bricks and blocks, timber, ceramic tiles and an extensive independent living solutions offering. The N&C group now covers N&C Glass, N&C Moderna, N&C Nicobond, N&C Phlexicare and N&C Tiles & Bathrooms as well as N&C Building Materials.
P Parkers
PARKER BUILDING SUPPLIES is a leading independent builders’ merchant based in the South East of England. Founded in 1984, the business primarily serves trade customers with its core offering of heavyside building materials plus an array of ancillary product lines including, plumbing, joinery and architectural ironmongery. In 2018 the company employed just under 300 staff, and generated revenues of £70m from 15 core branches across Sussex and Kent.
PARKERS
Chaucer Business Park, Franklin House, Unit J1-J4 Dittons Road
Polegate, East Sussex Tel: 0844 257 7000
www.helpmebuildit.com
Branches: 26 Employees: 280
Executive Chairman: John Declerck Managing Director: Chris Maityard Chief Operating Officer: Iain Bell Finance Director: Daren Permaul Sales director: Graham Pitts
% Heavyside, Lightside sales: 90/10 Members of: BMF, NMBS, NBG
NICHOLLS & CLARKE
Dagenham Essex
RM8 1SP Tel: 020 8586 4600
www.nichollsandclarke.com
Chairman: Kenneth S A Forbes CEO: David Forbes Directors:
Stephen Forbes Richard Hill Gary Gingell David Cooper
Branches: 21 Employees: 567
% Heavyside/Lightside/ Timber sales: 5/ 95/ 0
Members of: BMF
TRAILBLAZERS
R Rawle Gammon & Baker
ESTABLISHED IN 1850 as a timber importing business, RGB originally operated as Rawle & Gammon with a site at Rolle Quay in Barnstaple. They are now one of the leading independent family owned merchants in the South West, employing over 300 staff. Whilst the business has changed and grown over the years, the core values of providing quality materials, developing a loyal customer base and having staff with the knowledge and necessary technical assistance to help all customers have remained constant.
PARKERS 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
10.3 29.8 2.2 1.6
214
4,676 19.3
2016
11.7 29.0 1.8 1.3
217
3,886 12.8
2017
12.0 27.1 0.8 nil
235
1,958 nil 99
54.1 16.1
1,183 884 253
2016
60.6 17.6
1,088 801 280
2017
66.6 18.1 554
(102) 283
% CHANGE 2016 12 9
(8) (9) 11
% CHANGE 2016 13 (2)
(18) (19) 1
(17) (33)
RAWLE GAMMON & BAKER THE NUMBERS
2017 10 3
(49) n/a 1
2017 3
(7)
(54) n/a 9
(50) (113) 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
8.1
32.2 6.4 5.6
190
12,112 25.9
16/17 8.0
31.2 5.6 7.2
200
11,146 37.0
17/18 7.7
31.9 5.5 5.0
205
11,258 22.1 468
54.3 17.5
3,464 3,061 286
16/17
61.6 19.2
3,433 4,451 308
17/18
68.4 21.8
3,749 3,386 333
RAWLE GAMMON & BAKER
Gammon House Riverside Road
Pottington Business Park Barnstaple, Devon EX31 1QN Tel: 01271 313000
www.rgbltd.co.uk
Branches: 19 Employees: 362 + 5 contract workers
Chairman: Colin Worth Chief Executive: Kevin Fenlon Operations Director: Andy Gamble
% Heavyside, Lightside, Timber sales: 46/37/17
Members of: BMF, NMBS, Fortis
% CHANGE
16/17 13 10 (1) 45 8
16/17 (1) (3)
(13) 28 5
(8) 43
17/18 11 13 9
(24) 8
% CHANGE
17/18 (4) 2
(2)
(31) 3 1
(40)
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