c.& w.knight(sales)

What c.& w.knight(sales) does

C. & W. Knight (Sales) is a family-owned aggregates and haulage business headquartered at 5 High Street, Fenny Compton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom. Founded in 1886 by A. J. Knight as a horse-and-cart goods collection service, the company transitioned to motorized vehicles after World War I and has been continuously operated by the Knight family for over 130 years. It supplies sand, gravel, stone, chippings, and recycled aggregates (including crushed concrete 6F2 hardcore, screened topsoil, and tarmac planings) in bulk quantities starting at 4 tonnes, alongside specialized decorative aggregates and a sample library for customer selection.

The business runs an integrated fleet of 4-wheel, 6-wheel, and 8-wheel rigid tipper trucks with capacities ranging from 11.5t to 21t, used both for in-house aggregate delivery and for third-party tipper hire and spoil tipping. Operations serve four named segments — Construction Industry, Local Authorities, Agriculture, and the General Public — across South Warwickshire and North Oxfordshire. The current workforce is 15 people, and the company is privately held with no external investors, parent entity, or subsidiaries.

Revenue is generated through three streams: one-time sales of aggregates to trade and domestic customers, tipper truck hire, and tipping fees for non-recyclable excavated spoil. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market is direct, reliant on the company website (cwknight.co.uk) and inbound calls, with no formal digital marketing, app presence, or social media footprint. There is no proprietary technology stack, no AI or software components, and no disclosed funding or M&A activity.

Name

c.& w.knight(sales)

Legal name

C. & W. Knight (Sales)

Website

https://cwknight.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1886

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

C. & W. Knight (Sales) is a family-owned UK aggregates and haulage business founded in 1886, supplying sand, gravel, stone, chippings, and recycled products alongside tipper hire and tipping services to construction, local authority, agricultural, and domestic customers across South Warwickshire and North Oxfordshire.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Fenny Compton

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Aggregate Sales: Sale of sand, gravel, stone, chippings, and related aggregates to trade and domestic customers. Products include various types of gravel, sand, crushed stone, stone chippings, and recycled products. Quantities start from 4 tonnes.
2. Tipper Hire: Hiring out tipper trucks for haulage, tipping, and delivery of materials. The company operates a fleet of 4, 6, and 8 wheel tippers.
3. Tipping Facilities: Provides tipping facilities for removed spoil that cannot be recycled, as well as removing excavated materials.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

C. & W. Knight supplies sand, gravel, stone, and chippings to trade and domestic customers in quantities starting from 4 tonnes across South Warwickshire and North Oxfordshire. The company also hires out its 4, 6, and 8 wheel tipper trucks for haulage and delivery, and provides tipping facilities for excavated spoil that cannot be recycled. All delivery is performed by the company's own fleet.

Product overview

C. & W. Knight (Sales) is a traditional aggregates supplier offering a comprehensive range of construction materials including gravel, sand, crushed stone, stone chippings, and recycled products. The company operates a fleet of 4, 6, and 8 wheel tipper trucks to supply bulk aggregates in quantities starting from 4 tonnes. Services include tipper hire and tipping facilities for excavated materials. The company was founded in 1886 and serves both trade and domestic customers across South Warwickshire and North Oxfordshire.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Aggregates (Sand, Gravel, Crushed Stone, Stone Chippings) Bulk supply of construction and decorative aggregates including various decorative gravel types, building and concreting sand, silica sand, crushed Granite, Ironstone, Carboniferous and Oolitic Limestone, and specialised stone chippings/Gabion Stone. Available in multiple colours and sizes, with quantities from 4 tonnes and above, and the ability to source non-listed materials on request. Supplied to trade and domestic customers across South Warwickshire and North Oxfordshire.
• Recycled Aggregates Environmentally responsible recycled products including crushed concrete (6F2 hardcore), screened topsoil, and tarmac planings, supplied as part of the company's aggregate range.
• Tipper Truck Hire Hire of 4-wheel, 6-wheel, and 8-wheel tipper trucks for haulage, tipping, and delivery of materials. Fleet includes vehicles with capacities from 11.5t to 21t. Information on vehicle weights and dimensions is provided to address customer concerns about site access.
• Tipping Facilities Tipping facilities at the Fenny Compton site for removing and disposing of excavated materials and spoil that cannot be recycled.

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Aggregate Industries: One of the UK's largest aggregate suppliers, operating quarries and a national delivery fleet across multiple regions including the Midlands. Directly comparable to C. & W. Knight in core product range but vastly larger in scale, fleet size, and geographic reach.
• Hanson UK (Heidelberg Materials): National aggregates, cement, and concrete producer operating across the UK including the Midlands. Competes with C. & W. Knight on bulk aggregate supply to construction and infrastructure customers, but at vastly greater scale.
• Tarmac (CRH): UK's largest aggregate and construction materials supplier with extensive quarry operations and a national logistics network. Direct overlap with C. & W. Knight's aggregate product range, but operates as a broad incumbent rather than regional specialist.
• CEMEX UK: Global building materials group with significant UK aggregate and readymix operations, including the Midlands. Competes in the same sand, gravel, and crushed stone segments, particularly for larger construction projects.
• Hope Construction Materials: Independent UK supplier of aggregates, concrete, and cement with quarries and distribution across the Midlands and Northern England. Overlaps directly with C. & W. Knight's sand, gravel, and crushed stone product lines.

Direct peers

• Mick George Group: East Midlands-based aggregates, muck-away, and haulage group combining aggregate supply with own tipper fleet and tipping facilities. Highly comparable to C. & W. Knight in vertical integration model, customer mix, and regional concentration.
• Brett Aggregates: Family-founded UK aggregates and construction materials group operating quarries and own haulage fleet across southern England. Closely comparable to C. & W. Knight in operating model and product mix, though at a larger multi-site scale.
• Day Group: South East England aggregates supplier operating its own tipper fleet and haulage services. Comparable to C. & W. Knight in combining aggregate supply with own-vehicle delivery and spoil removal for trade and domestic customers.
• Grundon: UK family-owned waste management and aggregates business combining aggregate supply with haulage and tipping facilities. Highly comparable vertically integrated model to C. & W. Knight, including the spoil and tipping services.

Others

• Travis Perkins: UK's largest distributor of building materials serving trade customers through a national branch network. Not a direct competitor but adjacent — both supply aggregates to construction customers via different routes (direct haulage vs. merchant branch).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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 →

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