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Jewson Builders Merchants, Timber Merchants & Tool HireThe UK's leading chain of builders merchants. Supplier of building materials & equipment, supplies, tools & timber with over 400 branches branches across the UK.

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Business details

Category
DIY tools, hardware and building materials
Years in business
44 years
Founded
1836
Owned by
Stark Group
Places to visit
126 storesLondon (3), Bristol (2), Woking (2), Chester-le-Street, Spennymoor and more
Sells
Physical goods
Sells to
Businesses
Kind of seller
Sells its own goods or services
Licensed trade
No licence normally needed
Domain age
30 years
Email address
hirethelot@jewson.co.uk
Phone number
+44 24 7660 8235
Social media

Do the sources agree?

Address
Merchant House, Binley Business Park, Harry Weston Road, Coventry, CV3 2TT, England Its website agrees Companies House agrees OpenStreetMap not found Web Data Commons not found
Company name
STARK BUILDING MATERIALS UK LIMITED Companies House agrees Its website differs

Sources give different names ยท Its website has Jewson Store

Customer reviews, accreditations and complaints

No reviews foundWe looked on Trustindex

Customer satisfactionInsufficient evidenceยท No reviews found
App experienceInsufficient evidenceยท No app ratings found

Summary

Is jewson.co.uk legit and trustworthy? Truth score 71 out of 100, high truth signals: 7 public checks clear, 3 for information. Legitimacy confidence: high. App experience: insufficient evidence. Customer satisfaction: insufficient evidence.

jewson.co.uk is run by Stark Building Materials UK Limited, part of Stark Group, an active UK company registered at Companies House 44 years ago, and was founded in 1836. Its website address was registered 30 years ago. The postcode on its website matches its registered office. No malware or phishing warnings found for its website. We could not find a customer rating.

Positives

  1. An active UK company registered at Companies House, set up 44 years ago.
  2. Its website address was registered 30 years ago.
  3. The postcode on its website matches its registered office at Companies House.
  4. No malware or phishing warnings found for its website.

Not found

  1. Reviews information was not found from our checks.

Our technical team has been informed.

Important context: Truth Signal weighs public evidence about this business. A high score means strong evidence that the business is established and legitimate, not a promise that it is safe to buy from or that every purchase will go well. A low score means the evidence is thin or raises concerns, not that the business is unsafe or a scam.

What they offer

EdinburghGlasgowBelfastManchesterBirminghamLondon2342422665454543752232324
The UK's leading chain of builders merchants. Supplier of building materials & equipment, supplies, tools & timber with over 400 branches branches across the UK.
โ€” Jewson Builders Merchants, Timber Merchants & Tool Hire, in their own words
Where to find them
Places
126 stores ยท busiest 12 of 52 towns below ยท 70 with no town given
  • London3
  • Bristol2
  • Woking2
  • Chester-le-Street1
  • Spennymoor1
  • Lytham St Annes1
  • Luton1
  • Prestwick1
  • Aberdeen1
  • Wigan1
  • Louth1
  • Ryde1
About them
Best for
โ€œOur most popular account designed for trade customers, self-builders and individuals who do not need credit services.โ€

How to check if jewson.co.uk is legit

To check if jewson.co.uk is legit yourself, look at the same public records we did: the company register, who owns the web address and since when, customer reviews (where buyers leave praise and complaints), visitor numbers, how long the site has existed, social profiles, malware lists, data breaches and email security. Each row below shows what that record says about jewson.co.uk; open a row to see the facts and the source to check them yourself. Step by step: how to know if a shopping site is legit.

Who they are

Company detailsAn active UK company registered at Companies House, set up 44 years ago
  • Its registered office at Companies House is Merchant House, Binley Business Park, Harry Weston Road, Coventry, CV3 2TT, England
  • Its latest accounts at Companies House run to 31 July 2025
  • It has filed at Companies House regularly for the last five years, with no gap longer than 15 months
  • Registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to handle personal data
Country
Where the company is based
UK
Why we believe that
it is registered at Companies House, which is a registration for UK businesses, its VAT number starts GB, its phone number starts +44
Which countries the company serves
UK
Why we believe that
its address ends .uk, its delivery page says it ships to the UK
Registration
Companies House registration
Registered as STARK BUILDING MATERIALS UK LIMITED
Data protection registration (ICO)
Registered, number Z659919X
VAT number
GB394121263
Companies House register
Company found in official company register
Yes
Registered company name
STARK BUILDING MATERIALS UK LIMITED
Company status
active
Company age
44 years
Registered address
Merchant House, Binley Business Park, Harry Weston Road, Coventry, CV3 2TT, England
Accounts overdue
No
Confirmation statement overdue
No
Insolvency history
No
Registered office in dispute
No
Filing history consistent
Yes
ICO data-protection fee payer
Yes
Registered to do
46730 Wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment
Previous names
SAINT-GOBAIN BUILDING DISTRIBUTION LIMITED (1 Dec 2000 to 1 Mar 2023)
MEYER INTERNATIONAL PLC (29 Jun 1982 to 1 Dec 2000)
Company type
Private limited company
Size and borrowing
Accounts filed
Full accountsThe most detailed kind a company files.
Secured loans (charges)
0No secured loans outstanding at Companies House.
From Wikipedia
Industry
construction industry
Parent company
Stark Group
Founded
1836
Domain registrationIts website address was registered 30 years ago
Domain age
30 years
Website detailsWe read 5 of its pages: contact, about, returns, delivery and terms
  • Company contact email is available
HTTPS enabled
Yes
Contact phone number found
+44 24 7660 8235
Contact page found
Yes
Sources agreeing on postcode
2
Hosting company
Incapsula Inc
What its pages say
In their own words
โ€œWith over 400 branches from the Scottish Isles to Penzance, you're never far from expert advice, reliable service, and the highest quality building materials from Jewson. Our experienced team offers a suite of services and support at each stage of the build process. The team are on hand from product specification and procurement, to assisting with a smooth building control sign off process.โ€
How long you have to return
โ€œYou will need to notify us of your cancellation within 14 days of receiving the Goods and return the Goods to us within a further 14 days (28 days in total).โ€
Do returns cost anything
โ€œAll return shipping costs are at your expense and are non-refundable.โ€
Faulty or damaged items
โ€œIf the Goods are damaged (or have been modified) by you or are damaged in transit in a way that you could have foreseen (such as not being sent back in the same or similar packaging as sent to you) we withhold the right to refuse any returns (or partial returns) that do not meet a good and sellable condition as described in this clause.โ€
Delivery cost
โ€œDelivery is available for all orders over ยฃ100 (ex VAT) โ€“ d elivery charges depend on the order value and whether you hold a Jewson cash or credit account or not.โ€
Search engines and AILets in every search engine and AI tool

Which search engines and AI tools its robots.txt file lets read the website. Search engines list it in results; AI training tools learn from it; AI answer tools read it to answer someoneโ€™s question.

Search engines

All allowed

Google Search
Allowed by defaultGooglebot
Bing
Allowed by defaultBingbot
AI training

All allowed

OpenAI
Allowed by defaultGPTBot
Anthropic
Allowed by defaultClaudeBot
Google AI
Allowed by defaultGoogle-Extended
Apple AI
Allowed by defaultApplebot-Extended
Common Crawl
Allowed by defaultCCBot
Meta
Allowed by defaultmeta-externalagent
ByteDance (TikTok)
Allowed by defaultBytespider
AI answers

All allowed

ChatGPT search
Allowed by defaultOAI-SearchBot
ChatGPT
Allowed by defaultChatGPT-User
Claude search
Allowed by defaultClaude-SearchBot
Claude
Allowed by defaultClaude-User
Perplexity
Allowed by defaultPerplexityBot
Sourcesrobots.txt

Reputation and track record

Customer reviews, accreditations and complaintsWe found no page for it on any review website, such as Trustpilot
PlatformRatingReviews
TrustpilotNot checked
SmartCustomerNot checked
G2Not checked
CapterraNot checked
Reviews.ioNot checked
FeefoNot checked
ComplaintsBoardNot checked
ConsumerAffairsNot checked
Visitor trafficReal people visited its website in 24 of the last 24 months
  • Real people have visited its website since February 2021 or earlier
Monthly visitor data
Popularity among Chrome users
top 100,000 sites
First known user traffic
Feb 2021 or earlier
Months with real traffic, of the last 24
24
Traffic pattern
sustained
Rank jump in the last 12 months
none
Rank drop in the last 12 months
none
Where its visitors are

Share of people looking up jewson.co.uk, by country, over the last 2 days.

Argentina 5.6%Austria 11.1%United Kingdom 55.6%India 11.1%Jamaica 5.6%Poland 5.6%United States 5.6%
  • Over 50%
  • 5 to 50%
  • 1 to 5%
  • 0.2 to 1%
  • Under 0.2%
  • None seen
  1. 1United Kingdom55.6%
  2. 2Austria11.1%
  3. 3India11.1%
  4. 4Argentina5.6%
  5. 5Jamaica5.6%
  6. 6Poland5.6%
  7. 7United States5.6%
Web history and authorityThe Internet Archive first saved a copy of its website 29 years ago
Website archive history
29 years
Social presenceIts website links to its profiles on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X.com; their follower counts are unknown because the profile search could not run
FoundPlatformAudience
FacebookUnknown
InstagramUnknown
X.comUnknown
LinkedIn
YouTube
TikTok9,254 followers

What data this site collects about you

Its privacy policy is on another websitestarkbuild.co.uk

Its homepage links its privacy policy on another website, so we did not read it.

Safety

Malware and phishingNo malware or phishing warnings found for its websiteThis check is not perfect: it can miss a harmful site, and it can wrongly warn about a safe one.
Malware or phishing threat status
None found
Data breach historyNo known data breach involving the company
Known data breaches found
0
Domain and email securityIts email is protected: mail forged in its name is blocked
Email
MX records
Yes
SPF record
Yes
DKIM key
Yes
DMARC record
Yes
DMARC policy
reject
Certificate
Security certificate browsers warn about
No
Certificate issuer
Sectigo Limited
Certificate type
DV
Certificate expires
20 Nov 2026
Hosting
Nameservers
ns-a.eurodns.com
ns-b.eurodns.org
ns-c.eurodns.eu
ns-d.eurodns.biz
Address
45.223.101.181
45.223.116.181

Proof of ownership

What the business has done to prove it runs this website. Each proof adds points to its truth score, up to 5. A proof it has not added is never counted against it.

DNS recordNot added yet+3 possible
What we check
A record the business adds in its domain's settings. Only someone who runs the website can add one.
When we check
On every check. The points stay only while the record is there.
Points
0 of 3 added
Sourcejewson.co.uk's DNS records
Run jewson.co.uk? Add the record and 3 points are added to its truth score.Prove you run this website
Email at its own domainNot added yet+1 possible
What we check
That someone at the business has confirmed an email address at its own website's domain.
When we check
When the address is confirmed. It counts from then on.
Points
0 of 1 added
SourceTruth Signal's own records
Run jewson.co.uk? Confirm an email address at the domain and 1 point is added to its truth score.Prove you run this website
Lets our checker read itNot added yet+1 possible
What we check
That its robots.txt file names our checker, TruthSignal, and lets it read the whole website.
When we check
On every check. The point stays only while the file allows it.
Points
0 of 1 added
Sourcejewson.co.uk/robots.txt
Run jewson.co.uk? Let our checker read the whole website and 1 point is added to its truth score.Prove you run this website
Points added to its truth score0 of 5
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