BUILDERS MERCHANTS: A-Z JOHN A STEPHENS • JT ATKINSON • JT DOVE John A Stephens
JOHN A. STEPHENS THE NUMBERS
2021 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS 2021 Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
J T Atkinson
J T ATKINSON THE NUMBERS
2021 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS 2021 Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin %
Sales/employee £k Profit/employee £ Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
JT Dove
JT DOVE THE NUMBERS
2021 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS 2021 Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
6.1
30.6 6.8 6.7
268
18,202 28.6
2022 5.9
29.4 6.9 6.8
276
19,058 25.7
2023 5.5
30.0 4.3 4.0
260
11,063 13.9 (8)
90.0 27.5
6,116 6,003 336
2022
94.8 27.9
6,556 6,424 344
2023
94.5 28.3
4,027 3,814 364
JT DOVE % CHANGE
21/22 5 1 7 7 2
21/22 (5) (4) 2 2 3 5
(10)
22/23 (0) 2
(39) (41) 6
% CHANGE
22/23 (6) 2
(38) (40) (6)
(42) (46)
Riversdale Way Newburn
Newcastle Upon Tyne NE15 8SF Tel: 01912295020
www.jtdove.co.uk
Branches: 21 Showrooms: 12
Employees: 350+ Chairman: Andrew Dividson
Managing Director: Michael Young Finance Director: Jonathan Archer Operations Director: Jeremy Edwards Commercial Director: Malcolm Halton
Approximate turnover for 2024: £98m
Buying Group: Fortis, NMBS BMF Member
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Established in 1869, in Newcastle and one of the city’s very earliest merchants to supply the building industry, today the company is a major stockist of timber, plumbing & building materials serving every sector of the construction industry.
In 1954, Herbert Dove put the company into Trust to preserve the purpose and identity of the business and today, like the John Lewis Partnership, profits continue to be distributed to the members of staff.
4.9
31.3 10.3 10.3 264
27,253 87.0
2022 4.0
29.7 5.9 5.3
245
14,556 73.7
2023 4.9
28.4 3.4 2.3
250
8,443 43.1
124.4 38.9
12,836 12,801 471
2022
129.1 38.4
7,671 6,810 527
2023
134.1 38.0
4,534 3,033 537
J T ATKINSON % CHANGE
21/22 4
(1)
(40) (47) 12
% CHANGE
21/22 (17) (5)
(42) (49) (7)
(47) (15)
22/23 22 (5)
(43) (57) 2
(42) (42)
22/23 4
(1)
(41) (55) 2
Thornton House, Cargo Fleet Lane Tel: 01642222444
www.jtatkinson.co.uk
Branches: 38 Showrooms: 9
Employees: 520
Chairman: Edwin Atkinson Managing Director: Jamie Atkinson Other Directors: Chris Gilbertson
Approximate turnover for 2024: £136m
Buying Group: Fortis, NMBS BMF Member
JT Atkinson is a family owned independent Builders’ merchant with over 160 years’ experience in the supply of building materials. In 1860, James Atkinson left the family watermill at Little Salkeld, near Penrith, to establish a roofing business in Darlington. The business developed into a slate merchant and then into a builders merchant in the early 1900’s. With a support centre and 39 branches located in Tyne and Wear, Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Cumbria, the company is able to supply materials to customers across the North of England.
8.5
32.0 6.5 6.6
256
16,765 11.9
2022 6.5
30.5 0.4 0.7
255 991 1.2
2023 6.1
30.3 (2.1) (1.0) 232
(4,752) (1.6) (156)
29.5 9.4
1,928 1,952 115
2022
27.8 8.5
108 203 109
2023
24.3 7.4
(499) (254) 105
JOHN A STEPHENS % CHANGE
21/22 (6)
(10) (94) (90) (5)
21/22 (23) (5)
(94) (89) (0)
(94) (90)
22/23 (13) (13) n/a n/a (4)
% CHANGE
22/23 (6) (1)
n/a n/a (9)
n/a n/a
Castle Meadow Road Nottingham NG2 1AG Tel: 01159412861
www.johnastephens.co.uk
Branches: 2 Employees: 93
Chairman: Peter Stephens Managing Director: Peter Stephens Other Directors: Jon Taylor. Stephen Long. Dean Monks. Philip Long
Approximate turnover for 2024: £24m Buying Group: Fortis, NMBS BMF Member
John A Stephens was set up in 1967, and occupies a huge seven-acre site in the heart of Nottingham. There is also a second branch, located just south of the River Trent, in West Bridgford.
TRAILBLAZERS
A supplement to builders merchants journal April 2025
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