BUILDERS MERCHANTS: A-Z ALSFORD TIMBER • A W CHAMPION • A W LUMB A Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS 2018 Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
4.3
34.1 2.6 2.6
212
5,558 11.8
2019 3.9
35.3 2.0 2.0
199
3,902 7.3
2020 4.1
37.9 5.3 5.4
188
10,000 15.8
(183) Alsford Timber
ALSFORD TIMBER THE NUMBERS
2018
49.4 16.8
1,295 1,298 233
2019
48.6 17.2 952 955 244
2020
44.5 16.9
2,370 2,381 237
% CHANGE 2019 (2) 2
(26) (26) 5
% CHANGE 2019 (9) 4
(25) (25) (6)
(30) (38)
2020 (8) (2)
149 149 (3)
2020 5 7
172 172 (6)
156 116
AROUND SINCE 1882, Alsford Timber began selling timber and fencing in South West London. It is now the largest timber merchant in the South East England.
The company has 19 branches across four counties and through the IT system can offer a central platform that allows it to share information across the company, and offers customers and suppliers access to current account information and real-time stock control and availability.
TRAILBLAZERS ALSFORD TIMBER
Alsford Timber Ltd Ness Road Erith
Kent, DA8 2LD
www.alsfordtimber.com/ 01322 333088
Branches: 19
All Branches have some Displays Employees: 340
2019 Turnover £45m 2020 turnover (estimated): £45m Chairman: Mark Kingsbury Managing Director: Neil Fuller Other directors: Athol Manning, Louise Polston, Justin Hood Product split: 35% Timber / 25% Heavyside / 13% Fencing / 12% Sheets / 10% Joinery / 5% Other
Member of: BMF, Fortis
A W Champion
WITH 10 BRANCHES across the South East, independent timber specialist AW Champion has over 80 years experience of supplying the building trade.
As well as sourcing and machining its own timber, the company supplies decking, fencing, sheet materials, insulation, flooring, doors and timber buildings as well as timber related products such as power tools, ironmongery, adhesives, paint via a branch network that stretches from Bromley to Wimbledon and New Malden to Guildford and Edenbridge.
AW CHAMPION THE NUMBERS
2018 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS 2018 Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
3.7
42.6 2.8 2.8
147
4,087 8.4
2019 3.8
42.3 2.6 2.7
149
3,859 7.6
2020 3.1
46.7 6.6 6.7
152
10,059 16.7 28
30.3 12.9 842 855 206
2019
30.7 13.0 795 817 206
2020
31.1 14.5
2,062 2,071 205
A W CHAMPION
Champion House, Burlington Road, New Malden, Surrey KT3 4NB Tel: 0208 9491621
www.champion.com
Directors: Managing director: Phillip Champion Marketing director: Mike Bird Company secretary: Stephen Bowden
Directors Martin Saunders, Steven Lister
Branches: 10 Employees: 206 Members of: BMF
A W Lumb
AW LUMB WAS established in 1964 and family owned until a management buyout in 2017. It was acquired by the Lords Group in March 2022, and the existing senior magament team is remaining. AW Lumb operates in the North of England from depots in Dewsbury and Tamworth. It has a general merchanting service, with offerings in building materials, garden landscaping, timber & joinery and roofing products. The business also provides a specialist offering in drylining and insulation to housebuilders.
% CHANGE 2019 1 1
(6) (4) 0
% CHANGE 2019 2
(1) (7) (6) 1
(6) (10)
A W LUMB yr end June 30 THE NUMBERS
2020 1
12
159 153 (0)
2020 (17) 10
156 150 2
161 120
18/19 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS 18/19 Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
20.2 11.4 6.9 6.8
568
39,421 63.6
19/20
19.2 11.2 6.7 6.5
501
33,317 41.9
20/21
17.8 13.2 8.7 8.7
522
45,663 36.8 872
43.2 4.9
2,996 2,937 76
19/20
41.0 4.6
2,732 2,685 82
20/21
43.3 5.7
3,790 3,762 83
A W LUMB & CO LTD
Mill Street East DewsburyWest Yorkshire WF12 9BD
www.awlumb.co.uk 01924484500
Managing director: John Cureton, Finance director: Andy Roberts, Directors: Gavin McEntee Darren Ward, Mike Smith, Trevor Jones, Martin Keay,
Branches: 2 Employees: 75
Members of: NMBS, CBA (prior to purchase by Lords Group)
% CHANGE
19/20 (5) (7) (9) (9) 8
19/20 (5) (2) (4) (4)
(12) (15) (34)
20/21 6
24 39 40 1
% CHANGE
20/21 (7) 18 31 33 4
37 (12)
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