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BEGGS & PARTNERS • BOYS AND BODEN • BRADFORDS BUILDING SUPPLIES
Bradfords Building Supplies HAVING BEEN ESTABLISHED in
1770, Bradfords is celebrating its 250th anniversary in 2020. CEO David Young says: “Bradfords has stood the test of time. We are a great British business success story. “The anniversary is a time for celebration and reflection. So we have questioned our customers, suppliers and team (past and present) to consider why the business has endured. The feedback has unanimously focused on the grassroots customer service that we provide for the local communities in which we operate.” The company now has 46 builders merchant businesses, 23 YPS plumbing branches, 23 tool hire branches and nine kitchen and bathroom showrooms. In August 2018, it bought Archmartin Ltd, which trades as Solo Building Supplies. In March 2019, Bradfords
Boys and Boden BOYS & BODEN ORIGINALLY
operated as a sawmill in Darlaston, Staffordshire.
Cousins, Henry Boys Boden and Frank Albert Boys officially founded the company in 1895. Today, Boys & Boden has been honed into a specialist Builders’ Merchant, providing for both large scale trade jobs and small DIY projects. Stocking kitchens, tiles, external cladding, Crystal windows and doors. Boys & Boden have a variety of specialist sites including their Chester Showroom and DIY Superstore, while their subsiduary store Pear Stairs is a leading UK
BOYS AND BODEN THE NUMBERS
Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin %
Sales/employee £k Profit/employee £ Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
14
16/17 1.8
48.2 11.0 9.4 96
10,513 22.6
17/18 2.2
35.8 6.3 5.1
124
7,788 13.4
18/19 2.8
24.5 3.1 2.4
154
4,709 6.1
110
16/17 21.8 10.5
2,397 2,054 228
17/18 26.8 9.6
1,690 1,365 217
18/19 30.2 7.4
923 714 196
BRADFORDS BUILDING SUPPLIES
96 Hendford Hill Yeovil
Somerset BA20 2QR
www.bradfords.co.uk Tel: 01935845245
Branches: 43 Employees: 700 2018 Recorded Turnover: £128.25m 2019 Turnover: £144m Chairman: George Adam CEO: David Young
% Heavyside / Lightside / Timber Sales: 50/25/25
Members of/ Industry Partners with: BMF, NMBS, H+B
sold its Snows Timber distribution subsidiary to a managment buy-out team, following a strategic review, in order to focus more fully on the core business. The Bradfords Group first acquired Snow Timber Ltd in 1985. The focus for 2020 will
TRAILBLAZERS
BRADFORD & SONS (GROUP RESULTS) THE NUMBERS
Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin %
Sales/employee £k Profit/employee £ Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
16/17 5.9
30.3 1.5 1.1
148
2,246 4.4
17/18 5.7
28.9 nil nil
153
(1,128) nil
include branch events for customers and suppliers throughout the year culminating in Bradfords Day, on 17th September.
NB: The table above refers to the Bradford & Sons group, which also includes Blandford Forum Timber, Totem Timber and Yeovil Plumbing Supplies as well as Bradfords Building Supplies.
Beggs & Partners
manufacturer and supplier of bespoke staircases.
BOYS AND BODEN
British Sawmills Mill Lane Welshpool Powys
SY21 7BL
www.boysandboden.co.uk Tel: 01938556677
Subsidiaries: 1 Branches: 5 Employees: 244 Managing Director: Dean Hammond
Members of: BMF, NMBS,Fortis
ORIGINALLY CATERING PURELY for the plumber and tradesman, Beggs and Partners has broadened its business to supply bathrooms, plumbing and heating, and has specialised contract sanitaryware and commercial heating, pumping and pipeline divisions alongside renewables and solar panels. Founded in Belfast in 1960 by William Beggs, the family-run company now has six branches across the province with branches in Ballymena, Maghera, Newtownards and most recently, Portadown and Lisburn. There are now three family generations in the business.
% CHANGE
17/18 23 (9)
(29) (34) (5)
17/18 21
(26) (43) (46) 29
(26) (41)
18/19 13
(23) (45) (48) (10)
% CHANGE
18/19 31
(32) (52) (54) 25
(40) (55)
BEGGS & PARTNERS THE NUMBERS
Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin %
Sales/employee £k Profit/employee £ Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
16/17 5.6
28.1 7.6 8.8
245
18,579 15.5
17/18 6.2
27.9 8.8 9.5
270
23,830 16.7
18/19 7.3
26.4 6.0 6.4
270
16,308 11.9 703
16/17 26.2 7.4
1,988 2,305 107
17/18 30.2 8.4
2,669 2,869 112
18/19 35.1 9.3
2,120 2,252 130
BEGGS & PARTNERS
Beggs & Partners Great Patrick St Belfast BT1 2NX
www.beggsandpartners.com Tel: 02890725269
Subsidiaries: 1 Branches: 10 Employees: 132 2018 Recorded Turnover: £30.2m 2019 Turnover: £34.9m CEO / Chairman: Geoff Meldrum Managing Director Mr I M Beggs % Heavyside / Lightside / Timber Sales: 100% Lightside
Members of: PHG
18/19 7.8
30.3 nil nil
181
(13,779) nil
(667)
16/17 180.0 54.5
2,731 1,972 1,216
17/18 196.2 56.6
(1,444) (2,291) 1,280
18/19 174.3 52.8
(13,255) (13,775) 962
% CHANGE
17/18 9 4
(153) (216) 5
17/18 (3) (5)
n/a n/a 4
n/a n/a
18/19 (11) (7)
n/a n/a (25)
% change
18/19 37 5
n/a n/a 18
n/a n/a
% CHANGE
17/18 34 14 34 24 5
17/18 11 (1) 16 8
10 28 8
18/19 16 10
(21) (22) 16
% CHANGE
18/19 18 (5)
(31) (32) (0)
(32) (29)
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