At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
W J Linney has won £3.6m across 18 public-sector buyers, with 9 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Post Office Limited at 50% · 69% in Business services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.
ESG & policies vault · 0/5
Key governance & sustainability policies. Published documents link out; missing ones are greyed.
Capabilities
What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.
- BNF Storage and Distribution
- 2858/LM - Print services University of Sheffield & Sheffield Hallam University - Framework Agreement
- 4403.PS.LWM.24 Print Services Framework Agreement for High Quality Litho Sheet Fed & Digital Printing (non Wide Format)
- Invitation to Tender for the Printing, Supply and Delivery of Univeristy Prospectuses
- Printing of the 2019 Prospectus
- Printing of the 2018 Prospectus
Extracted automatically from linney.com on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Case studies · 3
Delivery stories from the supplier’s website. Clients are not yet cross-checked against award records.
Extracted automatically from linney.com on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Buyer references
Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.
No buyer references yet
Public-sector buyers can confirm they'll act as a reference for this supplier. Confirmed references — with the contract they relate to — show here.
Accreditations & memberships · 4
Credentials listed on the supplier’s website. Not yet checked against issuer registers.
Extracted automatically from linney.com on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
KPI performance
Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.
No verified KPI scores yet
Once buyers report contract KPIs — delivery on time, on budget, satisfaction, adoption and accessibility — a weighted grade and breakdown appear here.
Contracts · 9 live · 21 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Worcester | 79800000 | 01 May 2026 | £67k | 4 yrs | Live | |
| UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD | 22100000 | 01 Nov 2025 | £114k | 2 yrs | Live | |
| DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS | 73110000 | 13 Jan 2025 | £75k | 6 mo | Closed | |
| FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPENSATION SCHEME LIMITED | 79340000 | 24 Sept 2023 | £95k | 11 mo | Closed | |
| National Institute for Health and Care Excellence | 64113000 | 01 Apr 2023 | £442k | 3 yrs | Closed | |
| Post Office Limited | 92112000 | 01 Feb 2023 | £1.8m | 4 yrs | Live | |
| University of Plymouth | 22000000 | 18 Jul 2022 | £58k | 3 yrs | Closed | |
| UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD | 79800000 | 01 Nov 2021 | £318k | 2 yrs | Closed | |
| HM Treasury | 79930000 | 22 Jul 2020 | £21k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| National Institute for Health and Care Excellence | 22121000 | 01 Apr 2019 | — | 3 yrs | Closed |
Top buyers · 18 buyers · top 3 = 74%
Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.
Category mix
CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 69%.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). W J Linney highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £6.1m | 5 | |
| No | £5.0m | 2 | |
| No | £4.9m | 1 | |
W6 WPP 650 | No | £4.4m | 1 |
| Yes | £3.9m | 3 | |
WJ W J Linney | No | £84k | — |
Red flags · 0 active
Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.
Compliance scorecard
Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.
Modifications
Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.
No modifications recorded
No published contract variations for this supplier. Modification notices appear here as they are issued under the Procurement Act 2023.
News mentions
UK trade press & nationals, matched to this supplier.
No news mentions found
We haven't matched any recent UK press coverage to this supplier. Mentions appear here automatically as they're published.
Companies House
Live sync — registered details, directors, PSC and SIC codes.
Registered details
- Company no.
- 00137552
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 31 Aug 1914
- Reg. office
- Adamsway, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 4FW
- SIC codes
- 18129 · 62020 · 70229 · 74100
- Last accounts
- 27 Apr 2025
- Next accounts due
- 31 Jan 2027
Directors & PSC
- LINNEY, Nicholas Steven — director
- FINN, Shaun — secretaryAppointed 25 May 2018
- LINNEY, Charles Harwood Cash — directorAppointed 19 May 2004
- LINNEY, Miles Jonathan Hilton — directorAppointed 06 May 1996
- Wjl Group Limited — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent · right to appoint and remove directors
Financial
Filed accounts from Companies House.
No financial filings on record
Turnover, profit and headcount appear here once audited or micro-entity accounts are filed at Companies House.
Org tree
Group structure and ownership.
Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.
Social value
Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.
No social-value commitments yet
Jobs, skills, environmental, inequality and community commitments appear here once a claimed supplier attributes them to awarded contracts, or once we detect them on the supplier’s website.