BUILDERS MERCHANTS: A-Z ALSFORD TIMBER • A W CHAMPION • BEATSONS A Alsford Timber
ALSFORD TIMBER THE NUMBERS
2019 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS 2019 Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin %
Sales/employee £k Profit/employee £ Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
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
2021 3.4
40.9 9.6 9.6
240
23,122 31.4 910
48.6 17.2 952 955 244
2020
44.5 16.9
2,370 2,381 237
2021
56.9 23.3
5,480 5,483 237
% CHANGE
2020 (8) (2)
149 149 (3)
% CHANGE
2020 5 7
172 172 (6)
156 116
2021 (18) 8
81
80 28 131 98
2021 28 38 131 130 0
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.
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.
A W CHAMPION
AW Champion Ltd hampion House, Burlington Road, New Malden, Surrey KT3 4NB Tel: 0208 9491621
www.champion.com
Branches: 10 Showrooms: 10 Employees: 212
Chairman: Steve Lister Managing Director Philip Champion Sales Director Terry McDermott, Finance Director Rebecca Byrne, Operations Director Glen Murphy , Director: Martin Saunders
2022 Turnover (est): £38m Member of: NMBS
B Beatsons
Beatsons Building Supplies was incorporated in 1966 and originally traded as Robert Beatson & Son (Builders) Limited. In 1984, the company was purchased by the Marshall family and the name was changed to Beatson’s Building Supplies Limited.
The company’s original location was in the foothills of the Ochil Hills at
ALSFORD TIMBER
Alsford Timber Ltd Ness Road Erith
Kent, DA8 2LD
www.alsfordtimber.com 01322 333088
Branches: 19
All branches have some displays Employees: 260 2022 Turnover (est) £58m
Chairman: Mark Kingsbury Managing Director: Neil Fuller Finance Director: Athol Manning Commercial Director: Louise Polston Operations Director: Justin Hood
Product split: 37% Timber / 27% Heavyside / 18% Sheets / 10% Joinery / 8% Other Member of: BMF, Fortis, NMBS
TRAILBLAZERS
BEATSONS
Beatsons Building Supplies Ltd Beatsons Direct The Whins Alloa
FK10 3TA
www.beatsons.co.uk 01259 210920
Chairman: Ross Marshall Managing Director: John Marshall Other Directors: Scott Gibson (group director)
2022 Turnover (est) £40m Member of: H&B, BMF
Tillicoultry. This location is now occupied by the Sterling Mills Shopping Centre. In 1990 the company moved a few miles to a larger facility in Alloa. Today, Alloa is both a large general builders merchant branch and the Head Office base for the company.
AW CHAMPION THE NUMBERS
2019 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS 2019 Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin %
Sales/employee £k Profit/employee £ Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
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
2021 3.0
46.5 11.4 11.4 187
21,286 28.6 1036
30.7 13.0 795 817 206
2020
31.1 14.5
2,062 2,071 205
2021
40.5 18.8
4,619 4,618 217
% CHANGE
2020 1
12
159 153 (0)
% CHANGE
2020 (17) 10
156 150 2
161 120
2021 (4) (0) 72 71
23 112 72
2021 30 30
124 123 6
BEATSONS THE NUMBERS
2019 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS 2019 Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin %
Sales/employee £k Profit/employee £ Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
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
2021 11.1
34.8 11.7 12.1 278
32,669 54.6 4361
27.9 9.2 171 54
133 2020
29.6 10.9
2,649 2,565 138
2021
39.5 13.8
4,639 4,778 142
% CHANGE
2020 6
18
1449 4650 4
% CHANGE
2020 (24) 11
1358 4370 2
1393 3065
2021 37 (5) 31
40 30 70 20
2021 33 27 75 86 3
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