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| PROSPECT SWETENHAMS BUSINESS RATIO : STATIONERY DISTRIBUTORS - UK - AUGUST 2004 |
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This Business Ratio report brings you detailed financial profiles, analysis and comparison of the leading 130 limited companies actively trading in this industry sector in Great Britain.
You can use this information in a wide number of ways, including:
- Benchmarking your own company's performance against the industry average or competitors
- Tracking industry or individual company performance trends
- Identifying investment or acquisition targets
- Evaluating the performance of suppliers to your business
- Spotting the "stars" of the industry, and those companies which are struggling to keep up
- Get Companies House information to help formulate a direct maketing plan
- Hone your marketing strategy by understanding the financial performance of competitors
- And much more
COMPANIES INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT
This Business Ratio report analyses, compares and contrasts the most recent financial details covering three or four years for the leading 130 companies in the industry. For comparison purposes, the base year is the most recent year for which the vast majority of companies have filed details. However, if firms have published more recent details, these are also included as a fourth year of accounts.
For each company, a full 3-year financial profile is provided, including details of its performance on 25 key ratios. The volume also ranks companies against each other on these performance factors, and league table rankings are provided for each. With these you can quickly and easily see how companies compare on performance in the base year.
The figures for all companies in the report are aggregated and analysed to bring you industry average profiles. These show clearly just how the upper part of the sector is performing, and indicate towards trends that may influence all players in the industry.
In addition, an industry overview reviews the findings of the report, highlighting major changes and drawing your attention to the best and worst performers.
The following companies are profiled by the report:
| STATIONERY DISTRIBUTORS | STATIONERY DISTRIBUTORS |
| Accord Office Supplies Ltd | Martin Luck Ltd |
| Ace Office Supplies Ltd | Mayday Office Equipment Services Ltd |
| Acorn Stationery & Print Ltd | Mayne Trade Supplies Ltd |
| Adare Carwin Ltd | Mbm Omega Ltd |
| Aluset Northern Ireland Ltd | Medea International Ltd |
| Anglo Office Group Ltd | Mekvale Ltd |
| Aston & James Office Supplies Ltd. | Metropolis Worldwide Ltd |
| Aztec Supplies Ltd | Mitsubishi Pencil Co. U.K. Ltd. |
| Bantex Ltd | Moroak |
| Bic U.K. Ltd | Neat Ideas Ltd |
| Bong UK Ltd | Northern Publishing Office Holdings Ltd |
| British Bookshops & Stationers PLC | Office Depot International (UK) Ltd |
| Business Evolution Group PLC | Office Zone Business Solutions Ltd |
| Business Forms Express Ltd | Olivetti Tecnost UK Ltd |
| Castelli (Diaries) Ltd | One Stop Supplies Ltd |
| C B F Group PLC | Osborne Office Stationers Ltd |
| Cca Holdings Ltd | Oyezstraker Group Ltd |
| Chapman Envelopes Ltd | Panoply Group Ltd |
| Clarity Computer Supplies Ltd | Paperchase Products Ltd |
| Collisons Ltd | Paperflow PLC |
| Colour Five Ltd | Partners The Stationers Ltd |
| Computer Fast Forms Ltd | Pentel (Stationery) Ltd |
| Continuous Dataprint (U.K.) Ltd | Philograph Publications Ltd |
| Corporate Express Ltd | Pierre Farber International Ltd |
| The C.O.S. Group Ltd | Pilot Pen Co. (U.K.) Ltd (The) |
| A. T. Cross Ltd | Premier Rolls Ltd |
| Curtis Ei Ltd | Premier Stationery Ltd |
| Dataform (South West) Ltd | Quickfold Business Solutions Ltd |
| David Winter & Son Ltd | Rahmqvist UK Ltd. |
| Debden Importing (U.K.) Ltd | Remdex UK Ltd |
| Direct Envelopes (U.K.) Ltd | R.J.W. 100 Ltd |
| Durable (UK) Ltd | R. & S. Greeting Cards Ltd |
| Eagle Office Supplies Ltd | Ryman Ltd |
| Enveco Ltd | Scf Total Print Solutions Ltd |
| Envelope Sales PLC | Scr Envelope Solutions Ltd |
| Equations Business Supplies Ltd | S.E.T. (Office Supplies) Ltd. |
| Esselte UK Ltd | S.E.T. (Swansea) Ltd. |
| Europa Office Ltd | Shared Earth Ltd |
| Eurostat U.K. (Office Supplies) Ltd | Snows Office Supplies Ltd |
| Everflow Pen Co. Ltd | Software Stationery Specialists Ltd |
| The Ex Mill Envelope & Paper Co. Ltd | Solcrown Stationery Ltd |
| Exy Group Ltd | Solution Centre (Maidenhead) Ltd |
| Filofax Ltd | South Bucks Business Products Ltd |
| Frank Smythson Ltd | Sovereign Office Equipment Co. Ltd |
| Frasers Office Supplies Ltd | Spicers Ltd |
| Galaxy Wholesalers Ltd | Staples Mail Order UK Ltd |
| Gilt Edged Promotions Ltd | Staples UK Ltd |
| Globus Office World Ltd | Statex Ltd |
| Graphic Holdings Ltd | Stationery Box Ltd |
| R.J. Gray Ltd | Swan Stabilo Ltd |
| Guilbert UK Ltd | Tesa UK Ltd |
| Herald Business Forms Ltd | Tompla UK Ltd |
| Herma UK Ltd | Trendex Ltd |
| Hunters Contracts Ltd | Trickey Of Ewell Ltd |
| Ian Smith (Stationers) Ltd | Tudor Business Forms Ltd |
| Inglis Allen (UK) Ltd | UKos PLC |
| Innova Editions Ltd | Universal Document Management Ltd |
| The Jade Group Ltd | Viking Office Supplies Ltd |
| F.B. Jesper & Son Ltd | Webb Group Ltd |
| K2 Supplies Ltd | Whitegrove Supplies Ltd |
| Kandies Ltd | Wh Smith Retail Ltd |
| Kaye Office Supplies Ltd | Williams Lea UK Ltd. |
| La Couronne Ltd | Williams Of Swansea (2004) Ltd |
| Lion - Fpg Ltd | Winstonmead PLC |
| J H Lorimer Ltd | Wordflow Ltd |
- Company Selection
- 1.1 Industry Definition
- 1.2 Company Selection
- 1.3 Changes of Name
- 1.4 New additions to the report
- 1.5 Treatment of Holding Companies & Subsidiaries
- 1.6 Large Changes in Accounts
- 1.7 Exceptionally Large Companies
- Industry Overview
- An expert review of the conclusions that can be drawn from the report, putting business developments into the context of recent industry developments and focusing on the performance of the industry as a whole and the leading players in it.
- Company Profiles
- Company data is presented alphabetically, with each company having a detailed profile over two pages showing address, activities, directors, subsidiaries and other company details plus Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, Ratio Analysis and comparative performance.
- Performance League Tables
- These list companies in order of their performance compared to each other on key performance factors:
- SIZE
- Sales
- Pre-tax profit
- Total Assets
- Number of Employees
- PROFITABILITY
- Return on Capital
- Return on Net Assets
- Pre-tax Profit Margin
- Return on Investment
- Profit per £ of Pay
- EFFICIENCY
- Asset Utilisation
- Sales / Fixed Assets
- Stocks / Sales
- Debtor Days Outstanding
- LIQUIDITY
- Current Ratio
- Quick Ratio (Acid Test)
- GEARING
- Total Debt / Net Worth
- Equity Gearing
- Income Gearing (Interest Cover)
- EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE
- Pay per Employee
- Sales per Employee
- Capital Employed per Employee
- Pay / Sales
- OTHER
- Exports / Sales
- GROWTH
- Sales growth
- Pre-tax Profit Growth
- Total Assets Growth
- Number of Employees Growth
- Exports Growth
- Industrial Profile
- This provides a Balance Sheet and a quick Profit and Loss account for the industry as a whole. Where the industry has been subdivided into 'subsectors', a profile for each of these is given, as well as a profile for the industry as a whole.
- Analysis Notes
- Definitions
- Company Index
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Business Ratio report focuses on the leading 130 companies operating as stationery distributors. This summary brings you a sample of key details from this invaluable report. The report itself includes many further analyses of the performance of individual companies and the industry as a whole. The report analyses company and industry performance over the three years up to 7th October 2003. During this period, the average company has seen sales increase by 7.6 percent, from £11.9 million in 2000/01 to £12.8 million in 2002/03. Profits increased by 127.3 percent over the review period, from £176,000 in the first year of analysis to £400,000 in the final year
Profitability
Employee Performance
Top Ten Companies by Turnover
| Profit Margin | Asset Utilisation | Total Debt/Net Worth | Sales | ||||||||
| Company Name and | (%) | (%) | Growth | ||||||||
| Third Year Sales £ million | 02/03 | 01/02 | 00/01 | 02/03 | 01/02 | 00/01 | 02/03 | 01/02 | 00/01 | % | |
| Report Averages | 3.2 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 2.13 | 2.1 | 2.12 | 113 | 150.4 | 177.4 | 4 | |
| Office Depot Intl. (UK) | 391.6 | 0.8 | 6.1 | 11.2 | 1.6 | 1.94 | 1.7 | 179.2 | 144.3 | 143.6 | 10 |
| Spicers | 347.5 | 2.1 | -0.3 | 3.1 | 1.84 | 2.05 | 1.88 | 97.7 | 58.5 | 63.1 | -3 |
| Guilbert UK | 326.8 | 2.2 | -1.1 | -5.2 | 1.38 | 1.58 | 1.46 | 777.5 | 5852.8 | 1442.2 | 4 |
| Staples UK | 270.1 | 2 | 1 | -11.8 | 2.77 | 2.54 | 0.64 | 33.3 | 40.2 | 76.3 | 90 |
| Kaye Office Supplies | 210.6 | -1.4 | -3.3 | -1 | 2.79 | 2.48 | 2.27 | 1367.3 | 654.1 | 761.5 | 1 |
| Corporate Express | 137.2 | -13.8 | -24.9 | - | 1.42 | 1.25 | - | 19.6 | 23 | - | - |
| Oyezstraker Gp | 132.4 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 2.59 | 2.29 | 1.97 | ^ | ^ | ^ | 7 |
| Globus Office World | 110.1 | 3.7 | 0.9 | -1 | 2.73 | 3.02 | 2.83 | ^ | ^ | ^ | -1 |
| Europa Office | 46.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.99 | 814.2 | 1262.5 | 1671.5 | 10 |
| Ryman | 44.7 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 2.45 | 2.68 | 2.67 | 14.4 | 17.1 | 20.6 | 2 |
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