BUILDERS MERCHANTS: A-Z K Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin %
Sales/employee £k Profit/employee £ Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
16/17 9.1
20.8 3.6 3.0
223
7,975 29.9
17/18 9.6
20.1 2.2 1.5
248
5,453 14.4
18/19 9.1
21.1 2.9 2.2
232
6,839 20.0 80
KENT BLAXILL KENT BLAXILL
Family-run Kent Blaxill has been based in the Colchester area since 1838, when it was founded as an oil and glass business on the town’s High Street. Since then, the firm has expanded across thirteen sites across East Anglia, offering paint, timber, glass, ironmongery, tools, landscaping, building supplies and kitchen and bathroom products. It has also been known as a kitchen and bathroom specialist since 1963, when the company first moved
129-139 Layer Road Colchester Essex
CO2 9JY
www.kentblaxill.co.uk Tel: 01206216000
Branches: 17 Employees: 220
CEO / Chairman: Phillip George Managing Director: Simon Blaxill
Members of: Fortis, BMF, NMBS
from Colchester High Street and opened a purpose-built site at Layer Road.
L WHETSTONE LTD LAWSONS LAWSONS WHETSTONE LTD
Tyttenhanger Farm Coursers Road Colney Heath Herts
AL4 0PG
www.lawsons.co.uk Tel: 01727223300
Branches: 27 Employees: 565
2019 Recorded Turnover: £97.5m 2020 Turnover: £106.3m
Chairman: Simon Lawson Directors: Jeremy Norris, Paul Rushent, Mike Hillier, Paul Benton Members of: Fortis, BMF, NMBS
Lawson and Son Timber Merchant was established in 1921 in North London, becoming Lawsons Whetstone Ltd in 1931. In February 2020 Lawsons Holdings Limited acquired AVS Fencing Supplies Limited, forming a platform for future expansion in the fencing and landscaping market for Lawsons.
In February 2021, it acquired Hertfordshire Timber and Building Supplies Ltd and Southill Sawmills Ltd, bringing a further 45 employees and a turnover of £10m.
LAWSONS WHETSTONE LTD YR END 30/06 THE NUMBERS
Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin %
Sales/employee £k Profit/employee £ Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
34
17/18 6.6
37.2 7.9 7.7
206
16,262 14.6
18/19 6.3
36.0 7.0 6.9
219
15,292 12.1 109
19/20 6.0
37.9 8.2 7.9
239
19,488 13.5 442
17/18 95.1 35.4
7,497 7,356 461
18/19 97.5 35.1
6,805 6,715 445
19/20 106.3 40.3
8,672 8,359 445
% CHANGE
18/19 2
(1) (9) (9) (3)
% change
18/19 (4) (3)
(11) (11) 6
(6) (17)
19/20 (5) 5
17 14 9
27 12
19/20 9
15 27 24 0
(3)
(38) (52) 11
(32) (52)
KELLAWAY
KELLAWAY YR END 31/08 THE NUMBERS
16/17 44.5 9.3
1,587 1,351 199
17/18 47.6 9.6
1,047 695 192
18/19 49.0 10.3
1,443 1,097 211
% CHANGE
17/18 7 3
(34) (49) (4)
% change
17/18 5
18/19 (6) 5
34 53 (6) 25 39
18/19 3 8
38 58 10
• KELLAWAY • LAWSONS • KENT BLAXILL
TRAILBLAZERS
KELLAWAY BUILDING SUPPLIES
Olympus House Britannia Road Patchway Bristol
South Gloucestershire BS34 5TA
www.kellaway.co.uk Tel: 01179 063060
Subsidiaries: 1 Branches: 15 Employees: 183
2018 Recorded Turnover: £47.6m 2019 Turnover: £49m
CEO / Chairman: Julian Milligan Managing Director / Directors: Sean Morgan, Bob Fleetwood, Mark Turner
Members of: BMF,NMBS, NBG
Kellaway Building Supplies Ltd was established in 1982 with the opening of a single store located on Kellaway Avenue. It has grown steadily since then and now has 16 branches from Marlborough and Wincanton, to Nailsea, Swndon and Worcester, as well as all round its Bristol heartland. It is now the largest, family run, independent builders’ merchant in its home city of Bristol. In 2016, it expanded with the purchase of Bridgwater based company Western Timber and Building Supplies Ltd, acquired the Head Office premises. and also purchased Premier Timber and Building Supplies Ltd in Worcester.
KENT BLAXILL YR END 31/12 THE NUMBERS
Turnover £m Gross profit £m
Operating profit £k Net profit £k Staff
THE RATIOS Stockturn Gross margin %
Operating margin % Net margin %
Sales/employee £k Profit/employee £ Return on capital % BMJ INDEX
2017 3.6
32.1 2.8 2.7
161
4,557 8.8
2018 5.0
30.5 3.4 3.3
165
5,691 10.5
2019 4.4
31.0 0.5 0.4
145 725 1.0
(41)
2017 39.4 12.6
1,112 1,063 244
2018 39.0 11.9
1,343 1,303 236
2019 31.7 9.8
158 118 218
% CHANGE
2018 (1) (6) 21 23 (3)
2018 40 (5) 22 24 2
25 18
2019 (19) (17) (88) (91) (8)
% change
2019 (12) 2
(86) (89) (12) (87) (91)
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