BUILDERS MERCHANTS: A-Z BRADFORD & SONS • BROWNS • BUILDER DEPOT Bradford & Sons
BRADFORD & SONS THE NUMBERS
2020 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k
THE RATIOS 2020
Stockturn 6.4 Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
Browns
BROWNS THE NUMBERS
2020 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k
THE RATIOS 2020
Stockturn 18.0 Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
403
4,038 7.4
14.3 1.0
0.8 2021
15.7 14.6 1.3 1.2
573
7,506 13.0
2022
16.5 14.3 1.8 1.4
660
11,762 20.1 659
31.9 4.6 319 269
Staff 79 2021
45.3 6.6
593 525 79
2022
55.4 7.9
988 774 84
BROWNS
% CHANGE 2021 42 45 86 95 0
% CHANGE 2021 (13) 2
31 37 42 86 76
2022 22 20 67 47 6
2022 5
(2) 36 20 15 57 55
123a Old Nottingham Road Derby
DE1 3QQT
Tel: 01332292911
www.brownsbm.co.uk
Branches: 2 Showrooms: 1 Employees: 82
Managing Director: Jeremy Wheeler Other Directors: James Parlato
Turnover for 2023: £46m
Member of: BMF, NMBS, Buying Group: NBG
In its current form, Browns Builders Merchants has been supplying building materials to the Trade and public since 1990. It is a family run, independent company, with come of the staff members having worked at the company since it formed in 1990. The company is a partner of NBG, playing a full role in the Category Management Teams; Edd Parlato, son of director Jim Parlato, is chair of the BMF’s Young Merchants Group.
32.2 2.6 2.3
204
5,316 13.5
2021 6.5
32.0 4.6 4.4
236
10,760 24.8
2022 6.6
30.6 4.2 4.0 251
10,517 23.4 272
156.0 50.3
4,072 3,576
Staff 766 2021
203.9 65.3
9,286 8,930 863
2022
224.0 68.5
9,392 8,903 893
BRADFORD & SONS
% CHANGE 2021 31
30
128 150 13
% CHANGE 2021 2
(1) 75 91 16
102 84
2022 10 5 1
(0) 3
2022 1
(4) (8) (9) 6
(2) (6)
98 Hendford Hill Yeovil
Somerset, BA20 2QR
www.bradfords.co.uk Tel: 01935 842245
Branches: 45 Showrooms: 15 Employees: 870
2023 Turnover: £222.2m
CEO: David Young Group Finance Director: Lee Harwood
Member of: BMF, NMBS, Buying Group: H&B, PHG
Bradfords has been a part of the South West community for 250 years, and has seen the industrial revolution, two world wars, pre-dates the American War of Independence, and is on its ninth British monarch. Founded in 1770 by William Bradford, Bradfords is still a 100% family owned business.
It has 45 branches across the region, including one stand-alone Yeovil Plumbing Supplies.
TRAILBLAZERS
Builder Depot
BUILDER DEPOT THE NUMBERS
2020 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k
THE RATIOS 2020
Stockturn 11.1 Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capitw% BMJ INDEX
16 279
5,587 12.3
30.3 2.0 2.2
2021 9.4
32.4 2.3 2.5
372
8,660 15.0
2022
10.6 29.9 2.5 3.1
391
9,873 17.1
232 A supplement to builders merchants journal April 2024
96.6 29.2
1,933 2,146
2021
116.2 37.6
2,702 2,947
Staff 346 312 2022
126.3 37.8
3,189 3,945 323
BUILDER DEPOT
% CHANGE 2021 20 29 40 37
(10)
% CHANGE 2021 (16) 7
16 14
33 55 22
2022 9 0
18
34 4
2022 13
(8) 9
23 5
14 14
Citroen Wells, Devonshire House, 1 Devonshire Street London W1W 5DR
Tel: 02089200800
www.buildersdepot.co.uk
Branches: 4
Employees: 363 Managing Director/Directors: Michael Arnold Aaronson, Hilda Aaronson, Chee Choong Cheah (Secretary)
Member of: BMF, NMBS
Builder Depot Ltd was founded in 2001 on industry experience of over 100 years as a specialist in timber & plywood. It has four warehouse based London branches, strategically located along the North Circular between North to West London. There are kitchen and bathroom
showrooms at the Staples Corner, West Hampstead and New Southgate branches, the latter being the largest merchant site in London.
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