TRAILBLAZERS BMJ INDEX: RECORD SCORE FOR HUWS GRAY 1. Huws Gray


2. Strukta Group 3. C&W Berry 4. MKM


5. Robert Price & Sons 6. James Burrell 7. Lawsons


8. Grant & Stone


9. UK Plumbing Supplies 10. Markovitz 11. Browns


12. MGM Timber 13. Lords


14. Myers Building Supplies 15. Robert Pochin


16. James Hargreaves 17. Turnbull


18. PGR Timber 19. Joseph Parr


20. Bradford & Sons 21. Brewer


22. Travis Perkins 23. Builder Depot 24. J T Dove


25. Elliott Bros


26. National Timber Group 27. Covers


28.Wolseley UK 29. Crossling 30. Frank Key 31. JT Atkinson 32. Kellaway


33. Highbourne 34. John Nicholls 35.MP Moran


36. Howarth Timber Supplies 37. Williams


38. Haldane Shiells 39. Boys & Boden 40. Alsford Timber 41. Beesley & Fildes 42. Nicholls & Clarke 43. Beggs & Partners 44. John A Stephens 45. LBS


46. Grafton/Selco 47. Carver


48. County Building Supplies 49.Walter Tipper


50. Champion Timber 51. Paintwell 52. EH Smith 53. Stark


54. Sydenhams


55. Parker Building Supplies 56. Beatsons 57. RGB 58. IBMG


5,137 2,292 1,552 1,400 1,046 966 812 769 724 685 659 601 588 531 515 438 413 337 294 272 266 252 232 218 210 167 152 144 141 135 91 87 83 70 68 30 23 18 17 10 5 4


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-14 -18 -19 -42 -54 -70 -73 -86 -92


-108 -255 -412 -449 n/a n/a


April 2024 A supplement to builders merchants journal BMJ Index


The BMJ Index is intended to give a snapshot of a company’s overall competitiveness in its market, and is calculated by multiplying what we regard as three key ratios: sales growth, stockturn, and operating margin.


So a year-on-year sales decline, or a year of operating loss, automatically creates a negative score. Huws Gray tops this year’s chart with a record- breaking Index score of 5,137, thanks to the peculiar combination of a 215% increase in sales, coupled with a rise in stock valuation of only 5%.


No other merchanting business comes close. But several of the companies immediately below Huws Gray have achieved spectacular Index scores without the benefit of acquisitions: Berry, Robert Price, Markovitz and so on. And look at the middle ground, excluding the top 10 and bottom 10 in the table, and the range of Index scores shows a very healthy average score of nearly 200. Merchanting is still a good business to be in.


Source: BMJ analysis of filed company accounts


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