Orchard Timber

What Orchard Timber does

Orchard Timber Products Ltd. is a Scottish building materials distributor and retailer headquartered in Forfar, founded in 2004 and operating as a subsidiary of the Beatsons Building Supplies Group since 2024. The company supplies timber, sheet materials, kitchens, bathrooms, flooring (engineered wood, laminate, and LVT), internal and external doors, doorsets, staircases, insulation, VELUX windows, ironmongery, decking, and garden and landscaping products to trade professionals and consumers across Scotland.

The business runs two main warehouse-branch showrooms in Forfar and Livingston with drive-through collection, an Aberdeen sales office serving the Grampian region, and an owned fleet of ten forklift-equipped vehicles delivering daily across Angus, Tayside, Perth & Kinross, Fife, Grampian, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Central Scotland and the Lothians. The product portfolio is anchored by exclusive distribution partnerships with Symphony Kitchens (UK's largest privately owned kitchen manufacturer) and Kährs (engineered wood flooring), supported by broader ranges from LPD Doors, Quick-Step, PJH, XL Joinery, VELUX, Richard Burbidge, Kingspan, and others. The company also offers a doorset pre-hung service and a Symphony-powered Virtual Kitchen Designer.

Orchard Timber generates revenue primarily through one-time sale of building materials via its branch trade counters, showrooms, and direct delivery, with online ordering redirected to the Beatsons platform following the 2024 group integration. Pricing is largely transactional with published unit prices on selected lines (Dewalt tools, Kingspan insulation) and VAT additional, while trade customers access credit accounts through the parent group's infrastructure. The company has maintained an 18-year main sponsorship of Forfar Athletic FC, the longest such tenure in Scottish football.

Name

Orchard Timber

Legal name

Orchard Timber Products Ltd.

Website

https://orchardtimberproducts.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Orchard Timber Products is a Scottish distributor and retailer of timber, sheet materials, kitchens, flooring, doors, and building supplies, serving trade professionals and homeowners from branches in Forfar and Livingston with own-vehicle delivery across Scotland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Building Materials Distribution

NAICS

Lumber, Plywood, Millwork, and Wood Panel Merchant Wholesalers (42331)

SIC

Wholesale-Lumber, Plywood, Millwork & Wood Panels (5031), Wholesale-Lumber & Other Construction Materials (5030), Retail-Lumber & Other Building Materials Dealers (5211)

akta.pro primary industry

Lumber & Timber Retail (Dimensional Lumber, Plywood, OSB) (CRAIAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hardwood Lumber Distribution & Trading (IMAMAIAB), Plywood & Panel Products Distribution (Plywood, OSB, MDF, Particleboard) (IMAMAIAC)

Keywords

• Timber supplies
• Building materials
• Kitchen distribution
• Wood flooring
• Doors and decking

Headquarters

HQ city

Forfar

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Building Materials Retail: Sale of timber, sheet materials, flooring, kitchens, bathrooms, doors, decking, insulation, and other building materials through branches and trade counter.
2. Delivery Services: Own fleet of ten vehicles delivers products daily across Scotland with forklift offloading capability included in the service.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Orchard Timber Products is a Scotland-based distributor and supplier of building materials, supplying timber, sheet materials, kitchens, bathrooms, wood and laminate flooring, doors, decking, insulation, VELUX windows, staircases, and ironmongery through two main branch showrooms in Forfar and Livingston. The company operates a trade counter model alongside consumer-facing showrooms, supported by a fleet of ten delivery vehicles with forklift offloading capability covering Angus, Tayside, Perth & Kinross, Fife, Grampian, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Central Scotland and The Lothians.

Product overview

Orchard Timber Products is a building materials supplier and distributor offering a comprehensive portfolio of timber, sheet materials, kitchens, bathrooms, flooring, doors, and garden/landscaping products across Scotland. The core offering centers on high-quality branded products from established manufacturers: Kährs engineered wood and luxury vinyl flooring (with exclusive Cathedral Collection), Symphony fitted kitchens, LPD/XL Joinery/Deanta doors, VELUX windows, Richard Burbidge stairparts and decking, and Kingspan insulation. The company operates as both a retail supplier and distributor with two main branches in Forfar and Livingston, plus an Aberdeen sales office, providing trade and consumer customers with product supply, showroom consultation, and delivery services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Timber Wide range of timber products including Redwood Dressed and Meranti Dressed for construction and joinery applications, supplied through branch trade counters and showrooms.
• Sheet Materials Comprehensive range including Chipboard, OSB, plasterboard, and diverse plywood options for construction and manufacturing needs.
• Kitchens Fitted kitchens from Symphony including Linear Avant, Linear Finesse, Linear Form, Linear Ice, Linear Icon and Linear Trend ranges with 10-year guarantee, displayed in Forfar and Livingston showrooms with CAD design support.
• Bathrooms Full range of bathroom products from PJH including ceramics, supercast baths, and wall panels with lifetime guarantee on ceramics and 30-year guarantee on supercast baths.
• Wood Flooring Kährs Engineered Wood Flooring with over 20,000m2 held in stock as the UK's largest stockist, board thickness from 7mm to 20mm, available in lacquered, natural oiled, and Ultra Matt finishes with 48-hour delivery.
• Laminate Flooring Quick-Step and Sensa Solido laminate flooring featuring innovative 3D printing technology with options including wood effect, ceramic, and slate designs.
• Kährs Luxury Tile (LVT) Luxury vinyl tile flooring available in Click and Dry-Back formats, featuring ceramic coating for scratch and water resistance, 5G Click locking technology, and phthalate-free construction.
• Cathedral Collection Exclusive range of 18 premium Kährs wood floor designs featuring diverse colours, finishes, and grades including 1-strip and 3-strip designs, brushed and handscraped textures.
• Doors Internal and external doors from LPD Doors, XL Joinery, and Deanta in oak, walnut, pine, and white primed options, plus bi-fold doors, room dividers, and sliding patio doors.
• Doorsets Pre-hung doorset service where any door is set in its frame with all fixtures and fittings, delivered ready to slot into place on-site to avoid on-site assembly complications.
• Garden & Landscaping Extensive range including composite decking, timber decking, fencing, panels, rails, cladding (Hardie Plank, HD Clad Pro, Cedar, Accoya, ThermoWood), and sawn sleepers.
• Decking Decking products from Richard Burbidge, Cheshire Mouldings and Eva-Last including 28x145 and 32x120 Redwood Treated Decking, Patrice and Colonial Newel Posts, and R4A Decking Spindles.
• Staircases Richard Burbidge stair parts including balustrade systems, baserail, caps, handrails, newels, and spindles in White Oak, Hemlock, White Primed, Pine, glass panels, and metal finishes.
• VELUX Windows Full range of VELUX skylight products including White Painted, White UPVC Moisture-Resistant, Top-Hung, Centre-Pivot, INTEGRA Electric/Solar, sun tunnels, CABRIO balcony system, and flat roof options, deliverable in as little as 2 working days.
• Insulation Wide range including Kingspan, Ballytherm, Recticel, and Ecotherm PIR insulation boards plus Superglass insulation rolls, available for collection or delivery.
• Sliding Wardrobe Doors Sliding door systems including Kensington (steel framed mirrors), Gemini (minimalist design), and Raumplus, available in a vast range of colours and finishes.
• Ironmongery Designer door furniture and hardware from Dale Hardware, featuring the 2022 product catalogue covering handles, hinges, locks and accessories.

Quantifiable outcome

• Largest UK stockist and distributor of Kährs Engineered Wood Flooring with over 20,000m2 in stock
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Beatsons Building Supplies GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrchard Timber Products is now part of the Beatsons Building Supplies Group. Customers are directed to shop online at beatsons.co.uk. Orchard Timber maintains its branch presence and brand identity while benefiting from the Beatsons infrastructure and credit account systems.
• Forfar Athletic FCcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerOfficial shirt sponsor of Forfar Athletic FC for 18 consecutive years - the longest serving main sponsor in Scottish football and one of the longest running sponsorships in British football. The club was founded in 1885 and competes in Scottish League Two.
• KährscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUK's largest stockist and distributor of Kährs Engineered Wood Flooring. Holds over 20,000m2 of Kährs flooring in stock. As national distributor for Scotland, supplies full range of floors and accessories with 48-hour delivery.
• Symphony KitchenscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUK's largest privately owned manufacturer of fitted kitchens, bedrooms and bathroom furniture with turnover of circa £350 million. Orchard Timber works exclusively with Symphony for kitchen supply. Offers Linear and Milano kitchen ranges with 10-year guarantee.
• LPD DoorsmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLPD has over 35 years of experience manufacturing, importing and distributing internal and external doors. Offers extensive door designs with 10-year guarantee. Orchard Timber supplies full LPD range.
• Quick-StepmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorWorld-renowned laminate flooring brand introduced by Belgian manufacturer UNILIN in 1990. Quick-Step laminate floors use innovative 3D printing technology with four-layer construction. Orchard Timber supplies full Quick-Step laminate range.
• PJHmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPJH is the UK's largest provider of bathrooms, sourcing and supplying bathrooms since 1972. Distributor rather than manufacturer, sourcing globally for quality, features, innovation and price. Orchard Timber stocks PJH bathroom products.
• XL JoinerymajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOperating from West Yorkshire for over 25 years, XL Joinery supplies in excess of 400,000 doors per year to the UK market. Offers wide range of internal, external, composite, sliding folding patio doors and room dividers through Orchard Timber.
• VELUXmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVELUX is the market leader for skylight products, operating in the UK since 1954. Orchard Timber stocks wide range of VELUX products and can deliver full range in as little as 2 working days.
• Richard BurbidgemajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUK's leading manufacturer of staircase parts, decking and decorative mouldings, privately owned and established in 1867 with over 150 years of experience. Orchard Timber is a premier partner supplying full range of stair parts, decking and mouldings.
• KingspanmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGlobal leader in high performance insulation solutions with over 100 manufacturing facilities and 13,000 employees across over 70 countries. Orchard Timber stocks range of Kingspan PIR insulation boards available for collection or delivery.
• Dale HardwareminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDesigner door furniture manufacturer. Orchard Timber offers Dale Hardware ironmongery products with 2022 product catalogue available.
• Cheshire MouldingsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSupplier of decking products alongside Richard Burbidge and Eva-Last. Orchard Timber stocks decking products from this supplier.
• Eva-LastminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSupplier of composite decking products. Orchard Timber stocks Eva-Last decking alongside Richard Burbidge and Cheshire Mouldings products.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• James Latham: UK's largest independent timber and panel products distributor, supplying hardwood, softwood, sheet materials and engineered wood to trade and merchant customers — directly comparable to Orchard Timber's distribution model across timber and panel categories.
• Magnet Trade: Trade supplier of kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms via a UK branch network; directly comparable in the kitchen and bathroom categories where Orchard Timber competes with Symphony and PJH ranges.
• Selco Builders Warehouse: Trade-only builders' merchant with large-format branches across the UK; comparable to Orchard Timber on trade-customer mix and timber/building-materials product breadth, though without Orchard's showroom-led consumer offering.
• Buildbase: Trade-focused builders' merchant network (a Travis Perkins subsidiary) supplying timber, bricks, landscaping and civils materials via regional branches; comparable to Orchard Timber on trade-led distribution of core building materials.
• Bradfords Building Supplies: Regional builders' merchant in the South West of England with branches, showrooms, trade counters and delivery fleets — structurally similar to Orchard Timber's mix of trade supply, retail showrooms and own-delivery logistics.
• Arnold Laver: National timber merchant (now part of Saint-Gobain) supplying sawn timber, joinery-grade timber and panels to builders, joiners and manufacturers; comparable as a multi-branch UK timber distributor serving trade customers.
• Howdens Joinery: UK depot-based supplier of kitchens, joinery products and flooring to trade customers; directly overlaps with Orchard Timber's Symphony kitchen, doors and flooring categories via a similar trade-depot model.

Broad incumbents

• Travis Perkins: UK's largest builders' merchant group with national branch, digital and tool-hire infrastructure; competes with Orchard Timber across timber, sheet materials and general building products at significantly greater scale.
• Wickes: UK home-improvement retailer with both DIY and trade channels selling kitchens, bathrooms, doors and building materials; overlaps with Orchard Timber's showroom-led consumer offering but at national scale.
• Jewson: Major UK builders' merchant with hundreds of branches supplying timber, bricks, landscaping and kitchens; directly overlaps with Orchard Timber's core building-materials offering at substantially larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Orchard Timber