Company James Latham plc

LTHM

GB00B04NP100

Forest & Wood Products

Delayed London S.E. Other stock markets 04:07:09 2024-04-26 am EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
1,141 ^GBX	-2.51%		-1.25%	-4.95%

Mar. 28	EARNINGS AND TRADING: Arbuthnot ups payout as profit more than doubles	AN
2023	Earnings Flash (LTHM.L) LATHAM(JAMES) Posts Fiscal H1 Revenue GBP190.9M	MT

Business Summary

James Latham plc is a trade distributor of timber, panels, and decorative surfaces. The Company is a trade-only supplier. It supplies products to a range of trade customers from contractors and merchants through to designers and makers. It stocks a range of products. The core range includes wood-based sheet materials and joinery hardwoods and softwoods but extends beyond that to laminates, acrylic stone surfaces, special doors, and flooring. It offers product ranges, including architectural moldings and components, panels, melamine, veneered, laminates, washroom collection, solid surface, door blanks, plastics, hardwoods, softwoods, engineered timber-WoodEx, flooring, decking, timber cladding, modified timber and panels, fire retardant panels, advanced technical panels, and treatments. It operates from about 12 branches throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland, and it works with merchants and distributors, construction professionals, designers, architects, and others.

Number of employees: 543

Sales per Business

GBP in Million	2022	Weight	2023	Weight	Delta
Timber Importing and Distribution 100.0 %	385	100.0 %	408	100.0 %	+5.97%

Sales per region

GBP in Million	2022	Weight	2023	Weight	Delta
United Kingdom 95.8 %	368	95.5 %	391	95.8 %	+6.28%
Ireland 4.2 %	17	4.4 %	17	4.2 %	+0.84%
Rest of Europe 0.0 %	0	0.1 %	0	0.0 %	-74.91%

Managers

Managers	Title	Age	Since
Andrew Wright CEO	Chief Executive Officer	59	15-03-31
David Dunmow DFI	Director of Finance/CFO	60	93-12-31
Piers Latham COO	Chief Operating Officer	53	13-12-31

Members of the board

Members of the board	Title	Age	Since
David Dunmow DFI	Director of Finance/CFO	60	93-12-31
Nicholas Latham CHM	Chairman	56	90-12-31
Philip French BRD	Director/Board Member	65	15-10-15
Piers Latham COO	Chief Operating Officer	53	13-12-31
Paula Kerrigan BRD	Director/Board Member	52	17-10-17
Andrew Wright CEO	Chief Executive Officer	59	15-03-31

Share class

	Vote	Quantity	Free-Float	Company-owned shares	Total Float
Stock A	1	20,160,000	11,083,981 ( 54.98 %)	0	54.98 %
Stock B	0	590,603	0	0

Shareholders

Name	Equities	%	Valuation
Quilter Cheviot Ltd. 11.08 %	2,233,000	11.08 %	32 M p
Peter D. L. Latham 6.033 %	1,216,289	6.033 %	17 M p
Close Asset Management Ltd. 5.035 %	1,015,112	5.035 %	14 M p
Robert James Latham 3.393 %	684,121	3.393 %	10 M p
Nicholas Latham 3.216 %	648,400	3.216 %	9 M p
Piers Latham 3.200 %	645,135	3.200 %	9 M p
Caroline Latham 2.922 %	589,000	2.922 %	8 M p
John Latham 1.974 %	398,000	1.974 %	6 M p
Philip French 1.839 %	370,798	1.839 %	5 M p
Rathbones Investment Management Ltd. 1.781 %	359,000	1.781 %	5 M p

Company contact information

James Latham Plc

Swallow Park Finway Road

HP2 7QU, Hemel Hempstead

+44 14 4284 9100

http://lathams.co.uk

Group companies

Name	Category and Sector
Lathams Ltd. Lathams Ltd. Wholesale DistributorsDistribution Services Part of James Latham Plc, Lathams Ltd. is a British company that wholesales wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment. The private company is based in Hemel Hempstead, UK. Lathams was founded in 1969.	Wholesale Distributors