TRAILBLAZERS C C & W Berry
C & W BERRY THE NUMBERS
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
13.2 17.6 8.5 8.6 214
18,119 18.5
19/20
11.9 15.1 7.2 7.3 174
12,480 11.9
20/21 9.0
16.4 8.8 8.9
264
23,216 18.4 3012
55.6 9.8
4,711
4,807 260
19/20
44.3 6.7
3,170 3,236 254
20/21
61.1 10.0
5,386 5,426 232
C W BERRY % CHANGE
19/20 (20) (32) (33) (33) (2)
19/20 (10) (14) (15) (15) (19) (31) (35)
20/21 38 49 70 68 (9)
% CHANGE
20/21 (25) 8
23 21 51
86 54
Founded in 1954 by Brothers Walter & Colin Berry as a joinery manufacturers in King Street, Leyland, the company is still family owned; three generations of the family are still working for the company. Today, the main sales sites covers over 24 acres, stocking over 30,000 products from Building Materials, Electrical Supplies, Plumbing & Heating,
C Brewer C BREWER
Albany House Ashford Road Eastbourne East Sussex BN21 3TR
www.brewers.co.uk/ Tel: 01323 576555
Clement Brewer’s dream when he opened his first shop in Eastbourne on the Sussex coast, in 1904 was to sell everything the decorator needed. When five of his sons joined the company after World War One, the company was able to expand beyond Eastbourne to Redhill, Tunbridge Wells, Guildford, Horsham and Bexhill. Still family- owned and run, the company
C BREWER 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/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
7.6 8.0 4.6 4.0 162
7,371 16.9
2020
7.2 6.2 5.5 5.0 141
7,823 20.8
2021
7.7 9.4 5.5 5.1
162
8,948 14.9 726
207.9 16.6
9,465 8,362 1,284
2020
166.7 10.3
9,247 8,281 1,182
2021
195.0 18.2
10,782 9,895 1,205
Branches: 183 Employees: 1182
Chairman: Mark Brewer Directors: Robert Brewerm Charles Brewer, Neal Brewer, Nicholas Brewer, Simon Brewer, Alison Lawfield.
Product mix: 100% lightside (decorating)
Crossling now has 183 stores in the UK. % CHANGE
2020 (20) (38) (2) (1)
(8) % CHANGE
2020 (5)
(23) 22 23
(13) 6
23
2021 8
52 (0) 2
15 14
(28)7
2021 17
78 17 19 2
Crossling has been trading for over 150 years and stocks over 35,000 products from the industry’s leading suppliers. Trading divisions include Stokplas at Doncaster and Northern Tools & Accessories at Newcastle upon Tyne. The 15 branches are at Ashington, Brighouse, Carlisle, Darlington, Derby, Doncaster, Dumfries, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield, Stockton, Sunderland, Team Valley and Wakefield. However, the company is looking to open new branches in the North East, from Teesside to Tyneside and Northumberland.
CROSSLING 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/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
5.1
24.6 4.0 4.1
196
7,811 7.6
2020 3.7
25.9 5.7 5.9 178
10,174 8.3
(400) 2021
4.4 27.1 8.3 8.3
250
20,665 12.9 818
47.8 11.8
1,906 1,985 244
2020
38.9 10.1
2,218 2,289 218
2021
47.7 12.9
3,947 3,962 191
262 Golden Hill Lane Leyland PR25 2YH
www.cwberry.com Tel: 01772 431216
Branches: 1 Showrooms: 1 Employees: 232 Managing Director: David Berry
Members of: BMF, NMBS. Fortis
C & W BERRY • C BREWER • CROSSLING BUILDERS MERCHANTS: A-Z
Joinery Products, Power & Hand Tools, & practically anything needed in any Construction, Building or DIY project.
CROSSLING
Industry Road Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 5TP
www.crossling.co.uk Tel: 01912654166
Branches: 15 Showrooms: 5 Employees: 200+
Managing Director / Directors: Charles Errington, Richard Errington
Product mix: 100% Lightside
Members of: BMF, NMBS, CBA
Customers include builders, plumbers, heating engineers, housebuilders, local authorities housing associations, hospitals, care homes, plus shipbuilding and the offshore industy.
% CHANGE
2020 (19) (14) 16 15
(11) % CHANGE
2020 (27) 5
43 42 (9) 30 9
2021 16 5
45 41
40
103 56
2021 23 28 78 73
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April 2023 A supplement to builders merchants journal
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