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LBS Builders Merchants
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 BUILDERS MERCHANTS
Station Rd Llandeilo
Carmarthenshire SA19 6NL
www.lbsbm.co.uk
Number of Subsidiaries: 5 Number of Branches: 26 Number of Employees: 350
CEO/Chairman: Mark Davies Directors: Rachel Davies; Ben Davies, Dai Thomas, Philip Evans,
% Heavyside/ % Lightside/ %Timber Sales: 45/ 31/ 24
Members of: BMF, NMBS, Fortis M Markovitz MARKOVITZ
Town End Yard, Richard Lane Tideswell SK17 8PZ
www.markovitz.co.uk Tel: 01298871223
Number of Branches: 13 Number of Employees: 230 2019 Turnover: £45m Managing Directors David Hopkins, Robert Hopkins Commercial Directors: Robert Turner
ON MARCH 1ST 1935 Maurice Markovitz bought the present Commercial Road premises, from Tideswell and Millers Dale Coal and General Merchants Company Ltd and branched out into supplying building materials.
Markovitz’s great-nephews, David and Robert, have taken over the business, and further
MARKOVITZ 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
2016 6.3
25.0 3.5 3.4
190
6,590 18.6
2017 6.2
23.2 2.8 2.7
200
5,550 15.0
2018 6.4
23.5 2.8 2.6
209
5,828 14.7 202
2016 31.5 7.9
1,094 1,058 166
2017 36.1 8.4
999 961 180
2018 40.1 9.4
1,119 1,062 192
Members of/ Industry Partners with: BMF, NMBS H & B Group
developed it to now include a kitchen and bathroom showroom in Chesterfield and seven more depots offering a range of builders’ and plumbers’ merchants and civils’ services. There is also a restaurant in Tideswell, called The Merchants yard
% CHANGE
2017 15 7
(9) (9) 8
2017 (2) (7)
(20) (21) 6
(16) (19)
2018 11 13 12 11 7
% CHANGE
2018 4 1 1
(1) 4 5
(2)
LORDS IS A family business established for over 30 years, comprising builders’ merchants, an architectural ironmongery company and retail shops.
It’s first branch was at Edmonton in North London in 19832, followed by Westbourbne Grive in 1987, Park Royal in 200 and Hayes in 2012. A further branch in Beasonsfield was added in January 2017, but prior to that, the company acquired the George Lines architectural ironmongery business in Slough. In October 2017, it bought Hevey Building Supplies in Northampton, followed by fellow h&b buying group member Kings Langley Building Supplies Limited (KLBS Ltd). KLBS Ltd operates from three sites in the home counties – Kings Langley, Aylesbury and Watford. The group’s most recent investment, in December 2019, was to acquire the majority shareholding in APP Wholesale Ltd, a leading plumbing distribution
LORDS GROUP 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
April 2020 A supplement to Builders Merchants Journal
2016 10.1 34.9 4.9 4.3
251
12,212 18.3
2017 8.9
30.8 4.2 3.6
254
10,780 13.3
2018 9.9
27.6 1.5 0.9
241
3,632 4.2
535 31
2016 46.1 16.1
2,247 1,995 184
2017 57.7 17.8
2,447 2,089 227
2018 78.5 21.6
1,184 689 326
company consisting of four divisions, plumbing & heating, retail & stores, distribution, brands & import
LORDS GROUP
Unit 6, Chandos Park Estate Chandos Road, London NW10 6NF
www.lordsbm.com Tel: 0203 892 3891
Number of Subsidiaries: 3 - Lords Builders Merchants, Hevey Building Supplies and George Lines
Number of Branches: 12 Number of Employees: 257 2018 Recorded Turnover: £78m 2019 Turnover: £84.7m CEO / Chairman: Shanker Patel Managing Director Lords BM & George Lines: Richard Perkins Managing Director: Hevey Building Supplies Mark Mulvey Directors: Steve Bath, Tim Holton, Chris Day, Nilesh Patel, Rajen Patel
Heavyside / Lightside / Timber Sales: 90% Heavy 10% Lightside
Members of/ Industry Partners with: BMF, NMBS, H+B
% CHANGE
2017 25 10 9 5
23
2017 (12) (12) (13) (16) 1
(12) (27)
2018 36 22
(52) (67) 44
% CHANGE
2018 10
(10) (64) (76) (5)
(66) (69)
LBS BUILDERS MERCHANTS • LORDS GROUP • MARKOVITZ BUILDERS MERCHANTS: A-Z
LBS BUILDERS MERCHANT 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
2016 6.2
32.9 4.4 4.4
173
7,670 25.1
2017 5.9
34.5 5.2 5.1
166
8,572 26.4
2018 6.3
34.2 5.7 5.8
175
9,991 26.1 443
Lords Group
2016 46.7 15.4
2,071 2,066 270
2017 53.2 18.4
2,743 2,732 320
2018 59.7 20.4
3,417 3,448 342
% CHANGE
2017 14 20 32 32 19
2017 (5) 5
16 16 (4) 12 5
2018 12 11 25 26 7
% CHANGE
2018 8
(1) 11 12 5
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