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KELLAWAY BUILDING SUPPLIES • KENT BLAXILL & CO LTD • LAWSONS WHETSTONE LTD
Kellaway Building Supplies
KELLAWAY BUILDING SUPPLIES
Olympus House, Britannia Road, Patchway Bristol
KELLAWAY BUILDING SUPPLIES was established with the opening of the Horfield branch at 176- 180 Kellaway Avenue in June 1982. It has grown steadily since then and now has branches from Marlborough and Wincanton, to Nailsea, Swindon and Worcester, as well as all round its Bristol heartland. In the beginning of 2016, Kellaway Building Supplies bought Bridgwater based company Western Timber and Building Supplies Ltd, acquired the Head Office premises. and also purchased Premier Timber and Building Supplies Ltd in Worcester.
South Gloucestershire BS34 5TA
www.kellaway.co.uk Tel: 01179063060
Number of Subsidiaries: 1 Number of Branches: 15 Number of Employees: 183 2018 Recorded Turnover: £36.5m 2019 Turnover: £37.1m
Managing Director: Julian Milligan Operations and Commercial Director: Sean Morgan Purchasing Director: Bob Fleetwood, Fiance Director: Mark Turner % Heavyside / Lightside / Timber Sales: 60%/24%/15%
Members of/ Industry Partners with: BMF, NMBS, NBG
KELLAWAY BUILDING SUPPLIES 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
15/16 12.5 22.2 4.0 3.6
199
7,886 46.1
16/17 9.1
20.8 3.6 3.0
223
7,975 29.9
17/18 9.6
20.1 2.2 1.5
231
5,083 14.4 148
15/16 36.9 8.2
1,459 1,337 185
16/17 44.5 9.3
1,587 1,351 199
17/18 47.6 9.6
1,047 695 206
% CHANGE
16/17 21 13 9 1 8
16/17 (27) (6)
(10) (16) 12 1
(35)
17/18 7 3
(34) (49) 4
% CHANGE
17/18 5
(3)
(38) (52) 3
(36) (52)
L Lawsons Whetstone Ltd LAWSONS WHETSTONE LTD
Tyttenhanger Farm, Coursers Road Colney Heath Herts AL4 0PG
www.lawsons.co.uk Tel: 01727223300
Kent Blaxill & Co Ltd
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 & CO LTD 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
30
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
2018 5.0
30.5 3.4 3.3
165
5,691 10.5 -17
2016 36.1 12.5
1,534 1,508 247
2017 39.4 12.6
1,112 1,063 244
2018 39.0 11.9
1,343 1,303 236
KENT BLAXILL & CO LTD
129-139 Layer Road Colchester Essex
CO29JY
www.kentblaxill.co.uk Tel: 01206216000
Number of Branches: 17 Number of Employees: 220 Chairman: Philip George Managing Director: Simon Blaxill Fianace Director Kevin Pryke
% Heavyside / Lightside / Timber Sales: 35/54/11
Members of: BMF, NMBS, Fortis
LAWSONS WHETSTONE LTD was established in North London in 1921 and began trading under Lawson and Son Timber Merchant before changing to 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
% CHANGE
2017 9 1
-28 -30 -1
2017 -15 -7
-34 -35 10
-27 -34
2018 -1 -6 21 23 -3
% CHANGE
2018 40 -5 22 24 2
25 18
LAWSONS WHETSTONE LTD 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
15/16 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 14.6 148
15/16 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
Number of Branches: 17 Number of Employees: 445 2018 Recorded Turnover: £95.1m 2019 Turnover: £97.4m CEO / Chairman: Simon Lawson Managing Director / Directors: Paul Sexton, Jeremy Norris, Paul Rushent, Mike Hillier
% Heavyside / Lightside / Timber Sales: 46%, 45%, 9%
Members of: BMF, NMBS, Fortis
business with many of the older employees. Over the years building materials were added to the product range, making Lawsons a “one stop” timber and builders merchants.
The company has grown organically and by acquisition, the latest purchase being AVS Fencing, based in West Sussex.
% 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)
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