BUILDERS MERCHANTS: A-Z JAMES BURRELL • KELLAWAY GROUP • LBS James Burrell
JAMES BURRELL THE NUMBERS
20/21 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS 20/21 Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
Kellaway Group
KELLAWAY GROUP THE NUMBERS
20/21 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS 20/21 Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
7.4
22.9 6.3 5.1
254
15,995 30.5
21/22 7.6
22.7 5.6 5.5
245
13,809 27.8
22/23 7.4
22.9 3.6 2.7
235
8,372 12.4 (107)
51.8 11.9
3,263 2,631 204
21/22
52.7 12.0
2,969 2,891 215
22/23
50.6 11.6
1,800 1,384 215
KELLAWAY GROUP % CHANGE
21/22 2 1
(9) 10 5
% CHANGE
21/22 3
(1)
(11) 8
(3)
(14) (9)
22/23 (3) 1
(37) (50) (4)
(39) (55)
22/23 (4) (3)
(39) (52) 0
Olympus House, Britannia Road Bristol BS34 5TA Tel: 01179063060
www.kellaway.co.uk www.mphmerchant.co.uk www.avonside.co.uk www.griggstimber.co.uk www.bristoltile.co.uk
Branches: Kellaway 14 MPH Merchant 10, 3 showrooms
Employees: 215 Managing Director: Julian Milligan Other Directors: Bob Fleetwood, Sean Morgan, Mark Turner, Ernest Milligan
Approx turover for 2024: £49m Buying Group NBG, NMBS BMF Member
Yr end: 31/08/23 LBS
LBS 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
26 5.2
35.7 9.7 9.7
200
19,430 33.6
2022 4.8
35.1 5.1 5.1
190
9,622 15.3
2023 5.1
33.3 2.1 2.3
187
3,839 6.5 (18)
88.8 31.7
8,627 8,640 444
2022
88.1 30.9
4,474 4,520 465
2023
87.1 29.0
1,789 2,015 466
LBS % CHANGE
21/22 (1) (2)
(48) (48) 5
% CHANGE
21/22 (7) (2)
(48) (47) (5)
(50) (54)
22/23 7
(5)
(60) (55) (1)
(60) (57)
22/23 (1) (6)
(60) (55) 0
LBS Business Resource Centre Parc Amanwy Ammanford Carmarthenshire SA18 3FE Tel: 01558824044
www.lbsbm.co.uk
Branches: 36 Showrooms: 13
Branches Added/Closed in 2024: 3 Employees: 475
Chairman: Mark Davies Managing Director: Ben Davies & Rachel Davies Other Directors: Dai Thomas, Philip Evans, Steve Symonds
Approximate turnover for 2024: £92m Buying Group: Fortis NMBS BMF Member:
Founded in 1931, LBS has grown to become a strong independent builders’ merchants with 36 outlets in South West Wales, supplying a comprehensive range of building materials to the DIY, Self Build, Developer, Building, Roofing and Civil Engineering industries.
With a head office in Llandeilo, LBS has grown to include Merchant Branches, a Home Centre and specialist Civils and Roofing businesses with branches from Maesteg in the East to Cardigan in the West.
Family-owned independent Kellaway Group includes the builders merchant business Kellaway Building Supplies, Avonside Insulation Supplies an independent insulation distributor with branches in Bristol, Stoke on Trent and Swansea, MPH Merchant’s, a plumbing & heating merchant with 9 branches stretching from Swansea and Bridgwater to Torquay, Telford and Cannock in the Midlands, plus bathroom showrooms in Swansea, Moordown and Cannock. There is also Griggs Timber, a specialist timber distributor and manufacturer in Gloucester.
11.3 19.9 3.5 3.3
351
12,349 37.6
21/22
12.2 19.0 3.3 3.1
394
13,031 34.8
22/23
13.2 19.1 1.4 0.8
347
4,760 8.9
(86)
91.6 18.2
3,223 3,042 261
21/22
113.5 21.6
3,753 3,492 288
22/23
108.2 20.6
1,485 880 312
% CHANGE
21/22 24 18 16 15 10
21/22 7
(4) (6) (7) 12 6
(7)
22/23 (5) (5)
(60) (75) 8
% CHANGE
22/23 9 0
(58) (74) (12) (63) (74)
JAMES BURRELL Deptford Road
East Gateshead Industrial Estate, Gateshead Tyne & Wear NE8 2BR Tel: (0191) 477 2249
www.jamesburrell.com
Branches: 10
Branches Added/Closed in 2024: 1 Employees: 263
Managing Director: Simon Mark Richardson and Stephen John Richardson Other Directors: Robert Richardson
Approximate turnover for 2024: £96m Buying Group: 2024 CBA, 2025 Fortis & CBA, NMBS BMF Member
Yr end: 31/10/23
North-east family-run and family- owned builders merchant James Burrell Builders Merchant has been trading for over 145 years. Its 10 branches cover a large area from Northumberland down to South Yorkshire.
The current fleet of 44 vehicles includes crane off-loading vehicles, sprinter vans and flatbed vehicles, capable of delivering 500 tonnes of material first load every day, with most vehicles averaging three loads per day. The company is a Silver level holder of the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS), and all vehicles are Euro 6 compliant
TRAILBLAZERS
A supplement to builders merchants journal April 2025
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