Registered in England and Wales · 14325680
Industrial and commercial supplies from a UK wholesaler
Fixings, PPE, janitorial stock, packaging and MRO essentials for trade and business buyers — one enquiry across all four, from Brookhaven Supplies Limited.
What "non-specialised wholesale" actually means for your order
Registered office: 18 Park Place, Earley, Reading, England. Company number 14325680.
A non-specialised wholesaler carries across categories rather than going deep in one. That matters when your purchasing list mixes M6 bolts, nitrile gloves, refuse sacks and anti-slip tape on the same requisition. Instead of splitting a single job across a fastener merchant, a safety supplier and a cleaning distributor, you raise one enquiry and we confirm what is in stock.
The trade-off is honest. For a highly technical single-line requirement, a category specialist may know more about that one product family than we do. For the routine replenishment that keeps a site, workshop or office running, breadth usually wins on time saved — and on the number of accounts you have to keep open.
Typical mixed requisition
Fasteners for a fit-out, gloves and eye protection for the same crew, waste handling for the handover, and packing tape for dispatch — four categories, one order reference.
The categories we cover
Our range is built around the things businesses reorder again and again. Each category is covered in more detail on the product categories page, including how to tell which one fits your requirement.
Supply lines
- Fixings and fasteners
- PPE and workwear
- Janitorial and cleaning
- Packaging and consumables
Fixings and fasteners
Screws, bolts, anchors, washers and general site fixings for fitting out and repair work.
PPE and workwear
Gloves, eye and hearing protection, hi-vis clothing and safety footwear for site teams.
Janitorial and cleaning supplies
Cloths, chemicals, dispensers and waste handling for offices, workshops and welfare areas.
Packaging and workplace consumables
Tape, stretch wrap, labels and the general MRO items that keep a dispatch area moving.
Fixings aisle · reordered weekly by most trade accounts
Who buys from a broadline supplier like us
Our customers tend to be the people who own the problem, not a procurement department working to a six-week lead time.
- Site foremen and contractors Same-day need
- Office and facilities managers Weekly replenishment
- Small engineering workshops Modest volumes
- Workshop and warehouse supervisors Consumables and MRO
A foreman in Reading who has run out of cutting discs. An office manager in Earley who needs hand soap and bin liners by Friday. A workshop that buys fixings in modest volumes and does not want a minimum order designed for a factory. If your purchasing is practical rather than strategic, you are the buyer this business is set up for.
How buyers in this market actually choose
UK trade buyers weigh five things: stock reliability, breadth of range, fulfilment speed, trade credibility and specification detail. Here is how the routes differ, and where we sit.
Speed-led and branch-based buying
Speed-led operations have shown how much contractors value rapid click-and-collect, and for a straightforward repeat item that convenience is hard to argue with. Branch-based merchants prove that counter service still matters for same-day trade needs. The growing e-commerce side of industrial distribution shows that account ordering is shifting online.
We sit in that practical middle: a broadline catalogue, a trade counter for collection, and a person to ask when a specification is unclear.
See trade counter and ordering optionsStock reliability
Whether the item is genuinely on the shelf, or a lead time is quoted honestly up front.
Breadth of range
How much of a mixed purchasing list one enquiry can cover before you split it.
Specification detail
Sizes, standards and material data you can check before the order is placed.
Getting started: what to have ready
You will get a faster, more accurate answer if your first enquiry includes four things. None of this is admin for its own sake; it is what lets us confirm stock and lead time instead of guessing.
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The product, or a close description
A photo of the old part or the label helps more than a paragraph of description.
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The quantity you actually need
Small quantities are often workable; we will say plainly if a product is only supplied in larger units.
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Size or specification, if it matters
Thread, diameter, rating or glove size — whichever detail would make the wrong item useless.
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Your required date, and any reference you already buy against
If you buy the item elsewhere today, tell us the reference so we can compare like for like.
Stock held and ordered in · collection arranged through the trade counter
How a Brookhaven order moves
One enquiry, one confirmation, one delivery or collection
- You send the list Product, quantity, date
- We confirm stock and price Quoted per enquiry
- You choose delivery or collection Lead time stated
- Repeat items stay on your account Reorder by reference
Standards and documentation
PPE, workwear and many consumables carry standards that buyers are entitled to check before purchase. If you need a declaration of conformity or a product data sheet for a specific line, ask at enquiry stage and we will tell you what is available before you commit.
Read standards and compliance guidanceWhat you can ask for
- Product data sheet Ask at enquiry
- Declaration of conformity Per line item
- Sizing and fit guidance Gloves and footwear
- Substitution options Only with your agreement
We will not quietly swap a specification. If a line is unavailable we tell you before the order is confirmed, and you decide whether the alternative is acceptable.
Ordering through the trade counter
The trade counter is for customers who want to place an order and collect, or who prefer to confirm stock in person before buying. Collection can be arranged for the items we hold, and we will state a lead time for anything we order in.
If you are new to us, start with an enquiry and we will walk you through the options rather than push you into an account you do not need yet. Opening hours are Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
Counter hours
Monday to Friday
9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Registered office
18 Park Place, Earley, Reading, England
Enquiries
Use the contact page to send a list
How we compare with specialists and hire firms
Some jobs call for a specialist. If you need a calibrated instrument, a specific branded chemical, or a technical fastener for a structural application, a category expert is the right call. Some jobs call for hire rather than purchase, because many site tools are used for a week rather than a decade, and hiring often beats buying outright.
Our role is different. We are the supplier you use for the repeat, mixed, low-to-mid volume purchasing that fills the gaps between specialist orders and equipment hire. If a requirement is better served elsewhere, we will say so rather than take the order.
View buying guidesWhere this market came from
Industrial wholesaling in the UK is not new. Companies House records show that a non-specialised wholesaler incorporated in October 1974 is still active today, which says something about how durable the broadline model is when service holds up.
Older records tell the other half of the story: a company incorporated in 1961 as an agent in industrial equipment was dissolved in 2013, a reminder that the agency model gave way to broader distribution over the decades. Upstream, materials businesses operate on a different layer of the supply chain entirely from catalogue wholesaling.
What holds up over the long term
Buyers who have done this for years tend to judge a supplier on what happens on the third and thirtieth order, not the first. Consistent stock, a specification that matches what arrives, and a phone number that reaches someone who knows the catalogue. Those are the things that keep an account open.
We would rather be the supplier you stop thinking about because the orders simply arrive correct. That is the standard we set ourselves, and it is the reason we quote per enquiry instead of publishing a price list that would not apply to most buyers.
What we do not do
We are not a manufacturer and we do not claim to be. We are not a technical consultancy for structural or safety-critical engineering decisions. We do not publish prices on this site because trade pricing depends on volume, product and account terms. What we do is source, hold and supply the everyday industrial and commercial items UK businesses get through, and tell you honestly when a requirement is better served elsewhere.
Questions buyers ask before the first order
Short answers to the four things that come up most often. Anything else, send an enquiry and we will answer it directly.
Do you publish trade prices on the website? Pricing
No. Trade pricing depends on the product, quantity and account terms, so we quote per enquiry rather than list a single price that would not apply to most buyers.
Can I collect instead of waiting for delivery? Collection
Collection can be arranged through the trade counter. Tell us what you need and your required date, and we will confirm what is available to collect.
What is your minimum order? Quantities
It depends on the product and how it is supplied. Ask when you enquire and we will tell you plainly whether a small quantity is workable.
Are you a specialist in any one category? Range
We are a non-specialised wholesaler, which means we carry across fixings, PPE, janitorial, packaging and general MRO items. For a highly technical single-line requirement, a category specialist may serve you better, and we will say so.
Next step
If you know what you need, send an enquiry with the product, quantity and date. If you are still mapping out a category, start with the product categories page and work from there. Either route reaches the same team.
Registered details
Brookhaven Supplies Limited is registered in England and Wales under company number 14325680, with its registered address at 18 Park Place, Earley, Reading, England.
Contact
18 Park Place, Earley, Reading, England
+44 1509 610726
[email protected]
Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM