BUILDERS MERCHANTS: A-Z HIGHBOURNE • HOWARTH TIMBER SUPPLIES • JAMES HARGREAVES Highbourne
HIGHBOURNE THE NUMBERS
2020 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k
THE RATIOS 2020
Stockturn 4.6 Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
21.3 nil nil
284
(3,376) nil
2021 4.3
23.3 3.7 3.7
374
13,774 25.0
2022 3.9
26.9 3.8 3.6
366
13,744 22.9 83
Howarth Timber Supplies
HOWARTH TIMBER SUPPLIES THE NUMBERS
20/21 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k
THE RATIOS 20/21
Stockturn 5.0 Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin %
Sales/employee £k Profit/employee £ Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
31.6 3.4 3.2
220
7,383 20.0
21/22
3.8 31.1 5.0 4.9
254
12,637 30.1
22/23 3.9
30.4 3.5 3.4
245
8,529 19.1 30
113.8 36.0 3,817 3,657
21/22
140.4 43.7
6,988 6,882
Staff 517 553 22/23
143.6 43.7
4,998 4,894 586
HOWARTH TIMBER % CHANGE
21/22 23 22 83 88 7
21/22 (23) (1) 48 52 15 71 51
22/23 2
(0)
(28) (29) 6
% CHANGE
22/23 3
(2)
(30) (30) (4)
(33) (37)
Prince Edward Works Pontefract Lane Leeds, LS9 0RA Yel: 01135327030
https://www.howarth-timber.co.uk
Branches: 37 Showrooms: 15
Branches Added/Closed in 2023: +3 Employees: 585
Chairman: Nicholas Howarth Managing Director: Nicholas Howarth Other Directors: Andrew Howarth, Allister Turner
Turnover for 2023: £140m
Member of: BMF, NMBS Buying Group: Fortis
The UK’s largest privately owned timber company, Howarth Timber Group encompasses a network of 37 timber and builders’ merchant branches geographically spread across the country, with dedicated manufacturing divisions supplying windows and doors and highly specialist timber engineering products and services.
It is part of the Howarth Timber Group which also includes: Howarth Timber (Windows and Doors) Ltd, Howarth Timber Engineered Solutions Ltd and Arbor Forest Products Ltd.
James Hargreaves (Plumbers Merchants) Ltd
JAMES HARGREAVES THE NUMBERS
2020 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k
THE RATIOS 2020
Stockturn 5.0 Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin %
Sales/employee £k Profit/employee £ Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
22
25.5 6.5 6.5 261
16,927 15.1
2021 5.0
28.8 9.0 9.0
327
29,360 21.8
2022 4.7
30.3 10.5 10.5 341
35,624 32.5 438
89.4 22.8
5,789 5,770
2021
112.3 32.3
10,100 10,054
Staff 342 344 2022
12,789 12,819 359
JAMES HARGREAVES
% CHANGE 2021
42 74 74 1
2022
122.4 26 9 37.0
15 27 28 4
% CHANGE 2021 (1) 13
39 39 25 73 45
2022 (6) 5
16 17 4
21 49
Todmorden Road, Burnley, BB11 3JT Tel: 01282722000
https://www.jameshargreaves.com
Branches: 72 Showrooms: 49
Branches Added/Closed in 2023: Portishead Employees: 385
Chairman: Gordon Rothwell Managing Director: Carl Bridge Other Directors: Jack Rothwell, Gary Beaumont, Martin Healy, Chander Sharma, Simon Jackson, Bill Davies, David Eddison,
Turnover for 2023: £132.8m
Member of: BMF, NMBS Buying Group: PHG
Founded in 1923 in Blackburn, James Hargreaves (Plumbers Merchants) operates a network of 72 plumbing branches, with 49 showrooms.
With three generations of the Rothwell family involved, its focus is firmly forward. The company has tripled in size since 2010, and continues to invest in its multi- channel business, updating the IT infrastructure and developing e-commerce platforms. There are also programmes for expanding the warehousing, refurbishing showrooms, and opening new branches.
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1,118.6 238.0
(13,300) (7,600)
Staff 3,940 2021
1,252.8 291.4
46,100 46,100 3,347
2022
1,324.2 356.8
49,700 48,100 3,616
HIGHBOURNE
% CHANGE 2021 12
22
n/a n/a (15)
% CHANGE 2021 (6) 9
n/a n/a 32
n/a n/a
2022 6
22 8 4 8
2022 (10) 16 2
(1) (2) (0) (9)
Highbourne House, 1 Eldon Way, Crick, Northampton, NN6 7SL Tel: 03306780267
http://highbournegroup.co.uk
Brands: City Plumbing Supplies, The Bathroom Superstore, The Underfloor Heating Storre, DHS, National Shower Spares, Plumbworld, Plumbnation
Branches: 370 Showrooms: 290 Employees: 3250
Chairman: Tony Buffin CEO: Dave Evans CFO: Robbie Bell,
Turnover for 2023: £1.4bn Member of: BMF
Highbourne Group operates in the UK plumbing, heating and renewable energy market. Its brand portfolio includes some of the sector’s most known and respected names: City Plumbing Supplies, The Bathroom Superstore, The Underfloor Heating Storre, DHS, National Shower Spares, Plumbworld, Plumbnation.
The group has over 370 branches and 3250 employees, serving the trade, contractor and consumer markets.
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