Three generations. Same initials.
JBJ Supplies is new. The name, the know-how and the relationships behind it go back to 1931.
East Ham, 1931 to 2023
Jack Berry Jessop opened J. B. Jessop as a builders' merchant on High Street South, East Ham, in 1931. Over the decades it grew to include a shop, a yard, kitchen and bathroom showrooms, and its own delivery fleet with a crane lorry for heavy loads.
Jack's son Alan took the business on. Then Allan, Jack's grandson, became the third generation to run it, until the East Ham shop closed in 2023.
JBJ Supplies, 2024 onwards
In 2024 Allan started JBJ Supplies. The initials are his grandfather's, and his own: Allan Berry Jessop.
This time there's no shop counter. Allan works directly with the suppliers the family has dealt with for generations, and your materials go straight from the supplier to your home or site. The price you're quoted includes delivery.
Customers range from schools and ExCeL London to local builders and people doing up their own homes. Allan is happy to help anyone, with any size of job.
What ninety years in the trade gets you
- Trade accounts and supplier relationships built over generations
- Someone who knows materials, so a rough list is enough to start
- One delivered price, sourced direct from trusted suppliers
- The same person on the phone from quote to delivery
About JBJ Supplies: common questions
What is JBJ Supplies?
JBJ Supplies is a family-run building materials supplier run by Allan Jessop. Allan sources timber, building and roofing materials, drylining, insulation, flooring, doors and ironmongery through long-standing trade accounts, and delivers direct to homes and sites across London, Essex, Kent, Suffolk and Surrey.
Is JBJ Supplies connected to J. B. Jessop in East Ham?
Yes. J. B. Jessop was a builders’ merchant on High Street South, East Ham, founded by Jack Berry Jessop in 1931. It was run by his son Alan and then his grandson Allan until the shop closed in 2023. Allan started JBJ Supplies in 2024 and carries the same initials.
Do you have a shop or yard I can visit?
No. JBJ Supplies doesn’t run a shop or yard. Allan works through his trade accounts and supplier relationships, and materials go straight from the supplier to you. You deal with Allan directly, from quote to delivery.
Who do you supply?
Anyone who needs building materials: builders and contractors, schools and colleges, businesses and venues, including ExCeL London, and homeowners doing their own projects. There’s no minimum job size.