TRAILBLAZERS Lawsons
LAWSONS THE NUMBERS
22/23 Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS 22/23 Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin % Sales/head £k Profit/head £
Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
4.6
37.9 4.0 3.7 217
8,588 7.3
23/24 4.7
38.5 0.9 0.7 214
1,845 1.4
24/25 5.1
38.2 0.9 0.4
222
1,969 0.7 4
174.6 66.2
6,913 6,446 805
23/24
163.3 62.8
1,406 1,205 762
24/25
164.6 62.8
1,459 645 741
% CHANGE
23/24 (7) (5)
(80) (81) (5)
% CHANGE
23/24 2 2
(78) (80) (1)
(79) (81)
24/25 8
(1) 3
(47) 4 7
(46)
24/25 1
0 4
(46) (3)
LBS
LBS 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
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
2024 4.6
32.9 0.8 0.9 190
1,544 2.7 4
Founded in 1931, LBS are the largest and leading independent builders’ merchants in South Wales carrying over £15m of
stock.They employ 460 local and knowledgeable expert staff throughout their 20+ branches across South Wales and have a fleet of over 85 vehicles able to provide you with next day and often same day delivery. With a head office in Llandeilo, LBS has grown to include merchant branches, a Home Centre and specialist Civils and Roofing businesses.
LAWSONS
Tyttenhanger Farm, Coursers Road, Colney Heath, St Albans, AL4 0PG Tel: 07709848153
www.lawsons.co.uk
Branches: 35 Showrooms: 35 Employees: 741
The fourth-generation family- owned and run Lawsons Group is based just north of London, and incorporates Lawsons branches in London and the South East, ranging from Acton to Romford, and also includes branches in Sussex, Hertfordshire, Surrey, Berkshire and Bedfordshire. The company specialises in supplying building materials, timber, fencing, garden buildings as well as specialist loft conversion materials.
Lawsons Holdings also includes AVS Fencing and Landscaping Supplies, which has 12 branches stretching from Peterborough to Havant on the south coast and Ashford in Kent. Other acquisitions in the past five years
Chairman: Simon Lawson Managing Director: Allun Pittingale CFO: Chris Harrison Sales Director: Dave Peterson Marketing Director: Ciaran Morton Procurement Director: Mike Hillier
Approximate turnover for 2025: £80m
Buying Group: Fortis BMF Member: Yes
Financial year end: June 30 2025
are The Landscape Centre, Oxford Fencing, Witham Timber and Briants of Risborough. l As Trailblazers went to press, it was announced that the family shareholders have transferred 51% of Lawsons Holdings Limited into an independent ethical trust - as a gift, with no cash consideration, a move which is permanent and irreversible.
April 2026 A supplement to builders merchants journal 25
With branches from Maesteg in the East to Cardigan in the West the company offers a genuine same day/next day delivery service across the whole of South West Wales.
During 2025 the Group acquired DG Heath (Timber Products) Limited based in Pontarddulais, Swansea and Denman & Sons Builders Merchants Limited in Pengam,
LBS
LBS Business Centre Parc Amanwy Ammanford SA18 3FE Tel: 0155824044
www.lbsbm.co.uk
Branches: 29 Showrooms: 15
Branches Added/Closed in 2025: 1 Employees: 460
Chairman: Mark Davies Managing Directors: Ben Davies & Rachel Davies Directors: Dai Thomas, Gavin Bessent, Steve Symonds
Approximate turnover for 2025: £92m
Buying Group: Fortis BMF Member: Yes
Financial year end: December 31 2024
increasing the number of trading sites to 29. It also relocated the Total Plumbing Swansea branch and the LBS Maesteg branch Investments were also made into the Group’s IT security and the relaunch of its eCommerce platforms.
88.1 30.9
4,474 4,520 465
2023
87.1 29.0 1,789 2,015 466
2024
88.9 29.3 724 833 469
% CHANGE
2023 (1)
(6)
(60) (55) 0
% CHANGE
2023 7
(5)
(60) (55) (1)
(60) (57)
2024 (10) (1)
(60) (60) 1
(60) (59)
2024 2 1
(60) (59) 1
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