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NATIONAL TIMBER GROUP • NICHOLLS & CLARKE N National Timber 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 more than £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. The Group serves a diverse customer base including joiners, regional housebuilders, commercial companies, and infrastructure projects. In 2022, it bought NORclad Limited. Headquartered in North Somerset, NORclad is a specialist manufacturer and supplier of bespoke fire-rated timber cladding, facades and other timber products. The group also acquired SV
Timber Limited, a specialist, independent timber merchant supplying an extensive range of timber materials to a broad
NATIONAL TIMBER GROUP 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
28.9 1.5 nil
182
2,656 n/a
2020 3.7
30.3 nil nil
164
(1,060) n/a
2021 3.8
31.0 5.7 3.8 221
12,514 636.6 1062
range of trade and commercial customers, including joiners and manufacturers, from three branches across the Midlands. SV Timber employs 50 people and, in 2021, achieved revenues of £17m. SV Timber’s shareholders, Edward Holder and Richard Rowley, will remain with the business and continue to play leading roles in the integration and growth of the group going forward, including the relocation of SV Timber’s flagship site from Ilkeston to new, larger premises in Nottingham.
254.1 73.6
3,703
(1,495) 1,394
2020
207.7 62.8
(1,340) (6,492) 1,264
2021
310.6 96.2
17,557 11,840 1,403
NATIONAL TIMBER GROUP % CHANGE
2020 (18) (15) n/a n/a (9)
% CHANGE
2020 (29) 5
n/a n/a (10) n/a n/a
2021 4 2
n/a n/a 35
n/a n/a
2021 50 53
n/a n/a 11
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 Managing Director for England: Patrick Guest Managing Director for Scotland: Nick Ratcliffe Product mix: 100% Timber
Members of: BMF
BUILDERS MERCHANTS: A-Z
Nicholls & Clarke
N&C Building Materials are a long established builder’s merchant servicing the South East of England. It offers a comprehensive range of over 60,000 building products to offer trade professionals including building materials, sanitaryware, doors and joinery, ironmongery, landscaping materials, bricks and blocks, timber, ceramic tiles, porcelain tiles, natural stone, adhesives, tiling systems, decorating products, electric and hand tools and an extensive independent living solutions portfolio.
NICHOLLS & CLARKE 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
3.4
38.2 nil nil 118
(3,026) nil
2020 3.2
39.4 nil nil
108
(5,419) nil
2021 3.0
41.8 2.1 1.9
125
2,641 2.1 66
64.3 24.6
(1,643) (1,660) 543
2020
52.1 20.5
(2,612) (2,714) 482
2021
57.6 24.1
1,215 1,071 460
NICHOLLS & CLARKE
41-51 Freshwater Road, Romford, Essex
RM8 1SP
www.nichollsandclarke.com/ Tel: 020 8586 4600
Branches: 8 (Tiles & Bathrooms), 1 (Building Materials) 1 (N&C Nicobond) Employees: 460 Turnover 2021: £58m
CEO: Davis Forbes Directors: Gary Gingell, Richard Hill, Michael Jobling
Members of: BMF
% CHANGE
2020 (19) (16) n/a n/a (11)
% CHANGE
2020 (6) 3
n/a n/a (9)
n/a n/a
2021 (5) 6
n/a n/a 16
n/a n/a
2021 10 17
n/a n/a (5)
April 2023 A supplement to builders merchants journal
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