BUILDERS MERCHANTS: A-Z J T ATKINSON & SONS • JT DOVE • KELLAWAY J T Atkinson & Sons
J T ATKINSON & SONS THE NUMBERS
2022 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS 2022 Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin %
Sales/employee £k Profit/employee £ Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
JT Dove
JT DOVE THE NUMBERS
2022 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS 2022 Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
Kellaway
KELLAWAY THE NUMBERS
21/22 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS 21/22 Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
24 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
23/24 6.4
21.3 0.4
-0.4 227 927 -1.9 (4)
52.7 12.0
2,969 2,891 215
22/23
50.6 11.6
1,800 1,384 215
23/24
49.7 10.6 203
(208) 219
KELLAWAY % CHANGE
22/23 (4) (3)
(39) (52) 0
% CHANGE
22/23 (3) 1
(37) (50) (4)
(39) (55)
23/24 (13) (7)
(89) (115) (3)
(89) (115)
23/24 (2) (9)
(89) (115) 2
Olympus House Britannia Road Bristol BS34 5TA Tel: 01179063060
www.kellaway.co.uk www.mphmerchant.co.uk www.avonside.co.uk
Branches: 29 Showrooms: 4 Employees: 273
Managing Director: Julian Milligan Other Directors: Chris Edwards, Bob Fleetwood, Sean Morgan, Tim Tams
Buying Group: NBG BMF Member: Yes
Financial year end: August 31 2024
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, and MPH Merchant, 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.
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
2024 5.6
26.9 2.9 2.8 271
7,854 9.4 37
94.8 27.9
6,556 6,424 344
2023
94.5 28.3
4,027 3,814 364
2024
96.6 26.0
2,804 2,708 357
JT DOVE % CHANGE
2023 (0) 2
(39) (41) 6
% CHANGE
2023 (6) 2
(38) (40) (6)
(42) (46)
2024 3
(10) (32) (31) 4
(29) (33)
2024 2
(8)
(30) (29) (2)
Riversdale Way Newcastle Upon Tyne NE15 8SF Tel: 07936935815
www.jtdove.co.uk
Branches 22 Showrooms 8
Branches Added/Closed in 2025 1 Employees 350+
Chairman Andrew Davidson Managing Director: Michael Young Operations Director: Jeremy Edwards Financial Director: Neil Rowley Commercial Director: Malcolm Halton
Approximate turnover for 2025: £98m Buying Group: Fortis BMF Member: Yes
Financial year end: December 31 2024
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.
4.0
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
2024 5.2
29.1 4.5 3.4 257
11,611 98.2 35
129.1 38.4 7,671 6,810 527
2023
134.1 38.0
4,534 3,033 537
2024
136.1 39.6 6,142 4,631 529
J T ATKINSON & SONS % CHANGE
2023 4
(1)
(41) (55) 2
% CHANGE
2023 22 (5)
(43) (57) 2
(42) (42)
2024 6 3
33 50 3
38 128
2024 1
4
35 53 (1)
Thornton House, Cargo Fleet Lane, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, TS3 8DE Tel: 01642204414
www.jtatkinson.co.uk
Branche:37 Showrooms:14 Employees: 515
Chairman: Edwin Atkinson Managing Director: Jamie Atkinson Other Directors: Mark Atkinson, Jeremy Boyd, Christopher Gilbertson, Adrian Gordon, Michael Stalley,
Approximate turnover for 2025: £137.8m
BMF Member: Yes Financial year end: December 31 2024
JT Atkinson is a family owned independant builders merchant with over 160 years’ experience in the supply of building materials. With 37 branches, the company supplies building materials to customers across the North of England.
In 2025, the company
announced that it would leave the builders merchant buying group Fortis.
Its plans for 2026 include continued expandsion, further investment in timber engineering, and the opening of new branches in Carlisle, Skipton, Ponteland and Pocklington
TRAILBLAZERS
A supplement to builders merchants journal April 2026
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