BUILDERS MERCHANTS: A-Z C BREWER • C & W BERRY • COUNTY BUILDING SUPPLIES C Brewer
C BREWER THE NUMBERS
2020 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k
THE RATIOS 2020
Stockturn 7.2 Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
C & W Berry
C & W BERRY THE NUMBERS
19/20 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k
THE RATIOS 19/20
Stockturn 11.9 Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
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
21/22
10.5 17.9 10.2 10.3 292
29,629 22.3 1552
44.3 6.7
3,170 3,236
20/21
61.1 10.0
5,386 5,426
Staff 254 232 21/22
70.1 12.5 7,111
7,195 240
C & W BERRY % CHANGE
20/21 38 49 70 68 (9)
20/21 (25) 8
23 21 51
86 54
21/22 15 25 32 33 3
% CHANGE
21/22 17 9
15 16 11
28 21
Wellfield Sawmills King Street Leyland
Lancs., PR25 2LE Tel: 01772431216
www.cwberry.com
Branches: 1 Showrooms: 2 Employees: 250
Chairman: David Berry Managing Director: David Berry Other Directors: Gary Higham, Martin Lambert, Peter Jones
Turnover for 2023: £70m
Member of: BMF NMBS Buying Group: Fortis
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, Joinery Products, Power & Hand Tools, & practically anything needed in any Construction, Building or DIY project.
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
2022
6.9 8.3 4.6 4.3 166
7,701 13.7 266
166.7 10.3
9,247 8,281
Staff 1,182 2021
195.0 18.2
10,782 9,895 1,205
2022
211.2 17.5
9,788 9,148 1,271
C BREWER
% CHANGE 2021 17
78 17 19 2
% CHANGE 2021 8
52 (0) 2
15 14
(28)
2022 8
(4) (9) (8) 5
2022 (11) (11) (16) (15) 3
(14) (8)
Albany House Ashford Road Eastbourne East Sussex BN21 3TR
www.brewers.co.uk/ Tel: 01323 576555
Branches: 192 Employees: 1259
Chairman: Mark Brewer Directors: Robert Brewer, Charles Brewer, Neal Brewer, Nicholas Brewer, Simon Brewer, Alison Lawfield.
Product mix: 100% lightside (decorating)
Clement Brewer opened the first Brewers Decorator Centre in 1904, with the ambition to supply the professional decorator with everything they need for the perfect finish.
Since 2020, the company has accelerated its growth adding at least 10 new stores every year. In 2024 so far, stores have opened in High Wycombe and Herene Bay, plus Brewers has introduced an e-bike to help move customer orders around London in a more efficient and eco-friendly way covering the postcode areas: N1, N4, N5, N7, SW1, SW2, SW4, SW8, SW9, SW11 and SW12.
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County Building Supplies
COUNTRY BUILDING SUPPLIES THE NUMBERS
2021 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k
THE RATIOS 2021
Stockturn 7.8 Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
18
27.4 3.5 3.3
232
8,096 39.1
2022 6.3
29.5 5.0 4.8 251
12,552 47.7
2023 6.3
28.7 1.4 1.1
221
3,146 11.6
(54)
36.5 10.0 1,271 1,213
2022
38.6 11.4
1,933 1,862
Staff 157 154 2023
36.3 10.4 516 395 164
COUNTY BUILDING SUPPLIES % CHANGE
21/22 6
14 52 54 (2)
21/22 (19) 8
44 45 8
55 22
22/23 (6) (9)
(73) (79) 6
% CHANGE
22/23 (0) (3)
(72) (77) (12) (75) (76)
52a St Andrews Rd Malvern Worcestershire Tel: 01684892969
www.countyonline.co.uk
Brands: County Building Supplie, County Heating & Plumbing, County Kitchens, Bathrooms & Bedrooms, County Renewables Branches: 17 Showrooms: 3
Branches Added/Closed in 2023: +2 Employees: 180 Chairman: Martyn Rees Managing Director: Martyn Rees Other Directors: David Lloyd, Keith Felton.
Turnover for 2023: £39.5m Member of: BMF NMBS, Buying Group: NBG
In 1987 Martyn Rees and David Lloyd opened the first County branch in Malvern, with one old Transit pickup and a single employee.
Across 17 branches located in Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire and Warwickshire, County employs over 180 staff, with a fleet of vehicles providing daily deliveries.
The company also inclusdes County Kitchens, Bathrooms and Bedrooms showrooms, County Heating & PLumbing branches, and a renewables business, County Renewables.
A supplement to builders merchants journal April 2024
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