Questions, answered

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.

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.

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.

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.

Send your materials list through the quote form, email sales@jbjessop.co.uk or call Allan on 07971 245572. A rough list is fine. Allan will check sizes and quantities with you, then come back with one price that includes delivery.

No. Allan holds the trade accounts. You get the benefit of his trade pricing whether you’re a contractor or a homeowner.

Allan has trade accounts and relationships with suppliers built up over decades in the family business, and materials are delivered direct from the supplier to you.

Timber and sheet materials, building and roofing materials, drylining and insulation, flooring, doors, joinery and windows, and security and ironmongery. If something isn’t listed, ask. Allan can usually source it.

Yes. Allan supplies everything from a few lengths of timber for a garden project to full material lists for large sites.

JBJ Supplies delivers across London, Essex, Kent, Suffolk and Surrey. If your site is just outside those areas, ask anyway.

It depends on the materials and the supplier. Allan will give you a delivery date with your quote. For planned works, sending your list a few weeks ahead gives the most choice.

Yes. Allan regularly supplies schools with timber, sheet materials, tapes and site supplies, both for holiday maintenance works and for DT departments through the year.

List the jobs planned for the break, work out the materials each one needs, and order before the holiday starts so everything is on site for the first day. The free holiday works planner on this site builds the checklist and gives you a date to send your list by.