TRAILBLAZERS B 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: “This past year has been a year of action at Beesley & Fildes. We opened a new Distribution Centre and invested £1.2m in automated equipment at our timber milling facility in Widnes. Additionally, our website was dramatically improved by adding features such as Tallied Timber Stock, National Deliveries, Click
BEESLEY & FILDES THE NUMBERS
19/20 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS 19/20 Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin %
Sales/employee £k Profit/employee £ Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
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
21/22 4.3
22.3 8.5 8.2 191
16,181 23.8 909
38.2 6.9 541 299 239
20/21
42.2 8.7
2,674 2,508 254
21/22
52.6 11.7
4,466 4,313 276
BEESLEY & FILDES
Wilson Road Huyton Liverpool L36 6AF Tel: 01514808304
www.beesleyandfildes.co.uk
Subsidiaries: Whitakers Garden Centre Branches: 10
Distribution Centre: 1 Employees: Over 290 2021 Turnover: £51.3 m 2022 Turnover: £54m
CEO/ Chairman: John F Beesley Commercial Director: James Beesley
Members of: BMF, NMBS, CBA
and Collect, and an AI Search Engine. In 2023, our subsidiary Whitakers Garden Centre is making a move to a new site on Manchester Road in Prescot, opening in the early spring. Our goal is to continue providing the best service possible for our customers.”
% CHANGE
20/21 10 27
394 739 6
20/21 (6) 15
347 659 4
365 647
21/22 25 35 67 72 9
% CHANGE
21/22 (16) 8
34 38 15
54 43
THE RATIOS 19/20 Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin %
Sales/employee £k Profit/employee £ Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
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
21/22 4.6
29.7 8.9 7.7
291
25,850 13.5 29
% CHANGE
20/21 (11) 10
585 617 15
687 722
21/22 (5) 17 10
(19) (3) 7
(25)
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
19/20 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
31.0 7.2
367 412 119
20/21
42.5 10.8
3,445 4,045 142
21/22
42.8 12.7
3,800 3,300 147
BEGGS & PARTNERS
Great Patrick St Belfast BT1 2NX
www.beggsandpartners.com Tel: 02890725269
Branches: 12 Showrooms: 11
Branches Added/Closed in 2022: 2 Employees: 150
Chairman G Meldrum Managing Director: Ian Beggs Other Directors: Richard Robinson, Neil Bleakley, Alastair Scott, Neil Beggs, Nicola Flynn, Tony Livingston
BEESLEY & FILDES • BEGGS & PARTNERS BUILDERS MERCHANTS: A-Z Beggs & Partners
% CHANGE
20/21 38 51
839 882 19
21/22 1
18 10
(18) 4
April 2023 A supplement to builders merchants journal
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