BUILDERS MERCHANTS: A-Z NATIONAL TIMBER GROUP • ROBERT POCHIN • ROBERT PRICE N
National Timber Group NATIONAL TIMER GROUP
National Timber Group was created through the acquisitions of brands Thornbridge, Nirth Yorkshire Timber, Rembrand Timber and Arnold Laver to create the largest timber operation in the UK.
The Group has turnover of over £300m, over 1,300 employees and 55 processing and distribution sites from the North of Scotland to London and the South West. Other brands include: National Timber Systems, Intelligent Door Solutions, Alco Timber, Hymor Timber, Orchard Timber Products and Timberworld, the online store.
Bramall Lane Sheffield Yorkshire S2 4RJ
www.nationaltimbergroup.com Tel: 0114 223 0300
Subsidiaries: 11 Branches: 68 Employees: 1,450 Turnover (est) 2021: £311.6
Chairman: Jim Faulds CEO: Rob Barclay CFO: Richard Myatt
100% Timber Members of: NBG
NATIONAL TIMBER GROUP THE NUMBERS
2017 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
17/18 n/a
32.1 2.1 2.6 n/a n/a n/a
2019 5.2
27.4 nil nil
202
(2771) (10)
2020 3.6
31.0 14.3 14.1 197
28128 55
2415
NB. The significant jump in turnover and the BMJ Index is partly down to the merging of Thornbridge Sawmills into National Timber Group (Scotland) in February 2020.
Robert Price P Robert Pochin
Although it is now a bathroom & kitchen specialist and plumbers merchant, Robert Pochin was founded as an ironmongers on Granby Street, Leicester in 1860 and has spent the last 160 years expanding both organically and via acquisition.
In the last three years, it has acquired Mike Lodge Plumbing and Heating Merchant, opened branches in Newark , Arnold, Cannock, Derby and Lincoln and acquired NS Plumbing and Heating Supplies and Martin & Partner of Northampton.
ROBERT POCHIN
2 Murrayfield Road Leicester Leicestershire LE3 1UW
https://pochin.com Tel: 1162327660
Branches: 23 Showrooms: 7 Employees: 144
Turnover 2020: £34.454 Turnover (est) 2021: £45.417
Chairman: David Pochin
Managing director David Pochin Directors: Simon Froggatt, Peter Trickett, Glynn Barrington
100% lightside Members of: NMBS, PHG
ROBERT POCHIN 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
6.6
18.8 6.7 6.5
240
16,008 29.7
2019 5.9
18.5 5.4 6.0
252
13,726 43.5
2020 6.4
16.0 5.5 5.4
259
14,173 38.2 347
28.8 5.4
1,921 1,868 120
2019
31.3 5.8
1,702 1,871 124
2020
34.4 5.5
1,885 1,874 133
ROBERT PRICE IS the largest independent builders’ merchants in South East Wales, with 27 branches across the region, plus a selection of specialist branches for roofing, timber, insulation, and agricultural supplies.
In February 2022, the company bought Hereford merchant, Tudors Building Supplies, which added two specialist branches (Roofing and Kitchens, Bathrooms & Landscaping), Although Tudors are integrating into the Robert Price Group, the newly acquired building suppliers will continue to trade under the Tudors name. Customers will also experience some additional benefits, which include access to other branches in the Robert Price network, their additional specialisms, and increased range of stock availability.
% CHANGE
18/19 9 7
(11) 0 3
18/19 (10) (1)
(18) (8) 5
(14) 47
19/20 10 (5) 11 0 7
% CHANGE
19/20 8
(14) 1
(9) 2 3
(12) ROBERT PRICE
Park Road Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 5PF
www.robert-price.co.uk Tel: 01873858585
Subsidiaries: 1
Branches: 22 Employees: 249
Managing Director / Directors: Will Godfrey (MD), Malcolm Jones (Sales), Chris Coggins (Building Product Manager), Julian Williams (Plumbing and Heating Manager) % Heavyside / Lightside / Timber Sales:
Members of: NMBS, CBA
2019 n/a (15) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
2020 (31) 13
n/a n/a (2)
(1115) (656)
49.9 16.0
1,035 1,278 205
2018
37.9 10.4 (521) (637) 188
2019
55.6 17.2
7,932 7,865 282
TRAILBLAZERS
% CHANGE 2018 n/a n/a n/a n/a (8)
2019 47 66
n/a n/a 50
ROBERT PRICE yr end September 30 2020 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
6.4
38.7 7.2 7.0
222
16,019 47.7
2019 5.6
40.5 7.1 6.9
220
15,652 33.8
2020 5.3
37.3 7.0 7.1
229
16,117 30.4 265
58.1 22.5
4,181 4,086 261
2019
56.4 22.9
4,007 3,914 256
2020
60.4 22.5
4,255 4,271 264
% CHANGE 2019 (3) 2
(4) (4) (2)
% CHANGE 2019 (12) 5
(1) (1) (1) (2)
(29)
2020 7
(2) 6 9 3
2020 (6) (8) (1) 2 4 3
(10)
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