HOWARTH TIMBER & BUILDING SUPPLIES • HPS


Howarth Timber & Building Supplies


HOWARTH TIMBER AND BUILDING SUPPLIES, is a network of 31 timber and builders merchant branches spread across the country. It is part of the Howarth Timber Group which also includes Howarth Timber (Windows and Doors) Ltd, Howarth Timber Engineered Solutions Ltd and Arbor Forest Products Ltd. Now the UK’s largest privately- owned timber company, its origins can be traced back to 1840 when it commenced trading as Hudson & Co.


HOWARTH TIMBER & BUILDING SUPPLIES


Prince Edward Works, Pontefract Lane, Cross Green, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS90RA Tel: 0330 119 2509


Branches: 35 Employees: 448 (group: 1000+) Managing Director: Nicholas Howarth


Members of: BMF, Fortis, NMBS, TTF, PEFC and FSC Qualifications


HOWARTH TIMBER & BUILDING SUPPLIES THE NUMBERS


Turnover £m 


  


THE RATIOS  


 


   BMJ INDEX


16/17 6.1


30.4 4.2 3.9


194


8,132 23.2


Newhaven, Redhill, Ringwood, Rochester, Sevenoaks, Tunbridge Wells and Wandsworth, now have dedicated bathroom showrooms HPS is now part of Plumbing


HPS THE NUMBERS Turnover £m 


  


THE RATIOS  


 


   BMJ INDEX


2016 8.6


31.5 9.2 9.2


313


28,800 63.4


2017 10.3 30.8 6.4 6.4


326


20,736 62.1


2018 8.3


30.9 5.5 5.5


310


17,041 38.1 128


2016 56.4 17.8


5,184 5,177 180


2017 59.4 18.3


3,774 3,795 182


2018 61.1 18.9


3,357 3,365 197


% CHANGE


2017 5 3


(27) (27) 1


2017 20 (2)


(31) (30) 4


(28) (2)


2018 3 3


(11) (11) 8


% CHANGE


2018 (19) 0


(13) (14) (5)


(18) (39)


17/18 5.7


30.3 2.2 2.5


196


4,392 14.1


18/19 6.0


30.1 1.2 0.5


205


2,484 3.2 74


16/17 86.8 26.4


3,643 3,413 448


17/18 93.1 28.2


2,082 2,330 474


18/19 102.5 30.9


1,242 545 500


% CHANGE


17/18 7 7


(43) (32) 6


17/18 (7) (0)


(47) (36) 1


(46) (39)


18/19 10 10


(40) (77) 5


% CHANGE


18/19 7


(1)


(46) (79) 4


(43) (77)


and Heating Investments Ltd, a subsidiary of Marlowe Holdings Limited, which already owns plumbers’ merchants G.B Willbond Limited and PlumbCity.


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