TRAILBLAZERS Carvers
CARVERS THE NUMBERS
2020 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k
THE RATIOS 2020
Stockturn 6.1 Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin %
Sales/employee £k Profit/employee £ Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
Covers
COVERS THE NUMBERS
2020 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k
THE RATIOS 2020
Stockturn 5.8 Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
35.7 5.6 5.5 154
8,635 8.5
2021 5.8
37.9 9.5 9.5 221
20,951 19.2
2022 5.8
31.7 5.5 5.7
234
12,912 11.2 152
63.0 22.5
3,523 3,455
2021
91.2 34.6
8,632 8,669
Staff 408 412 2022
95.6 30.3 5,281 5,402 409
COVERS
% CHANGE 2021 45 54
145 151 1
% CHANGE 2021 0 6
69 73 43
143 126
2022 5
(12) (39) (38) (1)
2022 0
(16) (42) (41) 6
(38) (41)
Quarry Lane, Chichester West Sussex, PO19 8PE Tel: 01243785141
www.coversmerchants.co.uk
Branches: 16 Showrooms: 5 Employees: 437 Chairman: Rupert Green Managing Director Henry Green Operations Director: Roger Lewis, Western Regional Director Steve Weston
Finance Director: James Bowry, Regional Director: Sean Clarke, Timber Director: Neil Woods Regional Director & Executive Director of WIngham Timber & Mouldings Chris Trickett
Member of: BMF Buying Group: Fortis, NMBS
EH Smith
E H SMITH THE NUMBERS
20/21 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k
THE RATIOS 20/21
Stockturn 8.4 Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
37.9 5.2 5.2
358
18,704 27.4
21/22 8.4
24.3 5.0 5.0 411
20,430 20.2
22/23 7.7
23.9 3.0 3.3
382
11,608 11.9 -92
145.2 55.1
7,594 7,520
21/22
175.3 42.6
8,703 8,688
Staff 406 426 22/23
168.4 40.3 5,119 5,614 441
EH SMITH % CHANGE
21/22 21
(23) 15 16 5
21/22 (0)
(36) (5) (4) 15 9
(26)
22/23 (4) (5)
(41) (35) 4
% CHANGE
22/23 (9) (1)
(39) (33) (7)
(43) (41)
Westhaven House, Arleston Way, Solihull, B90 4LH Tel: 0121 713 7100
http://ehsmith.co.uk
Branches: 11 Showrooms: 3 Employees: 450 Chairman: John Parker Managing Director: Mark Setchell Other Directors: John Cave, Mark Mallinder, Sean Furlong, Darren Moles, Jamie Airey, Ian Grainger, Andy Wilford, James Cave Turnover for 2023 £167m (12 months to June 2023)
Member of: BMF Buying Group: Fortis, NMBS
EH Smith was founded in 1922, by Mr E.H. Smith, transforming a business supplying jute sacks and bulk bagged cement from a railway sidings in Small Heath, Birmingham, into a builder’s merchants operation.
Over the ensuring 100 years it has expanded to the point where it currently has 11 branches, the latest of which, in Coventry, was acquired in 2022. An architectural design centre was opened in Clerkenwell, London, in 2020, and a kitchen and bathroom showroom opened in Henley-in- Arden in 2021.
April 2024 A supplement to builders merchants journal 19
Covers have supplied a diverse range of timber and building materials to a wide spectrum of customers for over 175 years. With 16 branch locations spread across the South of England, it is well situated to supply timber and building materials from our extensive range of over 25,000 product lines. Importing timber directly from the source, it has timber mills equipped with the fast and flexible wood working machinery to produce quality joinery and mouldings. Stress grading, house lot packages and preservative treatments are also available on request.
27.2 6.3 6.3
203
12,784 15.8
2021 5.3
27.0 9.8 9.8
262
25,648 25.9
2022 4.3
28.6 8.8 8.8 257
22,606 19.4 (42)
43.3 11.8
2,723 2,714
2021
56.6 15.3
5,540 5,557
Staff 213 216 2022
56.0 16.0
4,928 4,944 218
CARVERS
% CHANGE 2021 31
30
103 105 1
% CHANGE 2021 (14) (1) 56 57 29
101 64
2022 (1) 5
(11) (11) 1
2022 (19) 6
(10) (10) (2)
(12) (25)
Littles Lane Wolverhampton WV1 1JY Tel: 01902577000
www.carvers.co.uk
Branches: 1 Showrooms: 1 Employees: 220
Managing Director: Henry Carver Other Directors: Bryan Purslow, Neil Kendrick, Andrell Dinham, Richard Boult, Steve Moore
Turnover 2023 (est): £48m
Member of: BMF Buying Group: Fortis, NMBS
Carvers operates from two 10- acre sites. The Littles Lane site in Wolverhampton features a fully-stocked builders merchant branch, a kitchen and bathroom showroom, a cooker centre, Carvers DIY showroom, a landscaping centre and a drivethrough warehouse for building materials.
The Neachells Lane site in Wednesfield is a specialist timber facility. Carvers run a transport fleet of over 30 delivery vehicles and operate a wide range to suit most access restrictions and product requirements, including bulk site deliveries.
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