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BEATSONS • BEESLEY & FILDES • BEGGS & PARTNERS BUILDERS MERCHANTS: A-Z B Beesley & Fildes BEESLEY & FILDES
The company has 11 branches across the north west of England, with the largest in Huyton, which is also the head office and has a kitchen and bathroom showroom, a timber yard and a roofing centre. The other branches are located across Liverpool, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire, with kitchen and bathroom showrooms in Liverpool and Chester, civils supplies in Chester, Swinton, Walkden and Widnes, brick cutting in Chester and milling in Widnes. Commerial director James Beesely has joined the firm and says: “We have been a family business serving other family businesses for generations. But we’re always aware that loyalty
Beatsons Beatsons Building Supplies
was incorporated in 1966 and originally traded as Robert Beatson & Son (Builders) Limited. In the 1984 the company was purchased by the Marshall family and in 1984 the name was changed to Beatson’s Building Supplies Limited.
The company’s original location was in the foothills of the Ochil Hills at Tillicoultry. Today this location is occupied by the Sterling Mills Shopping Centre. In 1990 the company moved a few miles to a larger facility in
BEATSONS THE NUMBERS
17/18 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS 17/18 Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
n/a
32.9 5.0 4.8 n/a n/a n/a
2019
10.7 33.1 0.6 0.2
209
1,286 1.4
2020 8.1
36.7 8.9 8.7
215
19,196 45.5 454
35.6 11.7
1,776 1,718 129
2019
27.9 9.2
171 54
133 2020
29.6 10.9
2,649 2,565 138
Wilson Road, Huyton, Liverpool L36 6AF Tel: 0151 480 8304
www.beesleyandfildes,
co.uk
Subsidiaries: Whitakers Garden Centre
Branches: 11 Showrooms 3 Employees: Over 290
2020 Recorded Turnover: £42m 2021 turnover (est): £52m
CEO / Chairman: John F Beesley Commercial director: James Beesely Members of: NMBS, BMF, CBA
Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
BEESLEY & FILDES THE NUMBERS
18/19 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS 18/19 5.0
21.5 13.0 12.5 157
20,445 30.4
19/20 5.5
18.0 1.4 0.8
160
2,264 2.2
20/21 5.2
20.6 6.3 5.9
166
10,528 16.6 343
like that is not automatic; you have to earn it. And, as the challenges and commercial conditions associated with different trades
BEATSONS
Beatsons Building Supplies Ltd Registered office Beatsons Direct The Whins Alloa
FK10 3TA
www.beatsons.co.uk 01259 210920
Managing Director: John Marshall Sales Director: Ross Marshall Finance Director: Diane Crow
Branches: 6 Employees: 122 Members of: BMF H&B
Alloa. Today Alloa is both a large general builders merchant branch and the Head Office base for the company.
% CHANGE 2019 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
% CHANGE 2019 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
evolve over time, we have to be prepared to meet evolving expectations of service, pricing, lead times and knowledge, so we’re laying the groundwork for continuing change as we continue to grow.”
Beggs & Partners
Originally catering purely for the plumber and tradesman, and founded in Belfast in 1960 by William Beggs, the family-run company now has seven branches across the province in Ballymena, Belfast, Derry/Londonderry, Maghera, Newtownards Portadown and Lisburn. in addition, there are four branches on the GB mainland, in Basildon, Cambridge, Hockley and Grays. All 11 branches feature plumbing and heating as well as retail bathroom showrooms. There are now three family generations in the business.
BEGGS & PARTNERS THE NUMBERS
2020 6
18
1449 4650 4
2020 (24) 11
1358 4370 2
1393 3065
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
7.3
26.4 6.0 6.4
270
16,308 11.9
19/20 5.5
23.1 1.2 1.3
261
3,084 2.2
20/21 4.9
25.4 8.1 9.5
299
24,261 18.0
1463
35.1 9.3
2,120 2,252 130
19/20
31.0 7.2
367 412 119
20/21
42.5 10.8
3,445 4,045 142
BEGGS & PARTNERS
Great Patrick St Belfast BT1 2NX
www.beggsandpartners.com Tel: 02890725269
Subsidiaries: 11 Branches: 11 Employees: 119 2019 Recorded Turnover: £38m 2020 estimated Turnover:£30m
CEO / Chairman: Mr G Meldrum Managing Director / Directors: Neil Bleakly
% Heavyside / Lightside / Timber 100% Lightside
Members of: NMBS, PHG
32.9 7.1
4,273 4,113 209
19/20
38.2 6.9
541 299 239
20/21
42.2 8.7
2,674 2,508 254
% CHANGE
19/20 16 (3)
(87) (93) 14
% CHANGE
19/20 8
(16) (89) (94) 2
(89) (93)
20/21 (6) 15
347 659 4
365 647
20/21 10 27
394 739 6
% CHANGE
19/20 21
(23) (83) (82) (8)
19/20 (25) (13) (80) (79) (3)
(81) (82)
20/21 37 51
839 882 19
% CHANGE
20/21 (11) 10
585 617 15
687 722
April 2022 A supplement to builders merchants journal
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