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East Kent Road Car Company Ltd

Transport equipment · Stockport
Large
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Awarded
£27.3m
Live
18
Buyers
1
12m
£15.1m
At a glance
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Profile
  • Social value
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Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts18 / 55
  • Top buyers1
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
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Quick answer — East Kent Road Car Company LtdUpdated 20 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

East Kent Road Car Company Ltd has won £27.3m across 1 public-sector buyer, with 18 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer East Sussex County Council at 100% · 96% in Transport equipment · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
18 of 55Live contracts
100%Top-buyer concentration
96%Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.

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No social-value commitments yet

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ESG & policies vault · 0/5

Key governance & sustainability policies. Published documents link out; missing ones are greyed.

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Net-zero planNot provided✓
Modern slavery statementNot provided✓
EDI policyNot provided✓
Anti-briberyNot provided✓
Data protectionNot provided✓

Capabilities

What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.

⚑ Self-reported & from notices

Service tags, sectors served and target geographies appear here once a supplier verifies ownership of this profile.

Case studies

Delivery stories the supplier has published, with sector and outcome.

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No case studies yet

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Buyer references

Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.

✓ Confirmed by buyer
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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

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No accreditations recorded

B-Corp, ISO, Cyber Essentials, Living Wage and similar credentials appear here once added by a claimed supplier and cross-checked against the issuing register.

KPI performance

Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.

✓ Verified
84

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 · 18 live · 37 historic

Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
B26051 - Bus Service 51: Heathfield - Tunbridge Wells
East Sussex County Council3412110012 Apr 2026£1.2m3 yrsLive
B26098B - Bus Service 98: Hastings - Pebsham - Bexhill
East Sussex County Council3412110012 Apr 2026£751k3 yrsLive
B26053 (option 2) Bus Service 53: Eastbourne - Hailsham - Ninfield - Bexhill
East Sussex County Council3412110012 Apr 2026£160k3 yrsLive
B26349 Bus Service 349: Hastings - Sedlescombe - Bodiam - Sandhurst - Hawkhurst
East Sussex County Council3412110012 Apr 2026£2.0m3 yrsLive
B26007 - Bus Service 7 (Hastings Rail Station - Queens Road - Baldslow Road - Thanet Way - Park Crescent) 27 (Hastings Rail Station - Priory Avenue - Linton Avenue - Queens Road - Harold Place) and 347 (Pett - Guestling Green (Primary School) - Guestling - Ore -Hastings, Priory Meadow - Hastings Rail Station - Fairlight)
East Sussex County Council3412110012 Apr 2026£1.3m3 yrsLive
B26313 - Bus Service 312 (Rye - Wittersham - Tenterden) 313 (Rye Harbour - Rye - Peasmarsh - Beckley - Northiam) 313A (Rye Harbour - Rye - Udimore - Broad Oak - Northiam) and 329 (Northiam - Broad Oak - Westfield - Conquest Hospital -Hastings)
East Sussex County Council3412110012 Apr 2026£1.6m3 yrsLive
B26095 - Bus Service 95: Hastings Conquest Hospital - Battle - Ninfield - Bexhill - Little Common
East Sussex County Council3412110012 Apr 2026£2.2m3 yrsLive
B26001B - Bus Service 1B: Hailsham - Langney - Eastbourne town centre
East Sussex County Council3412110012 Apr 2026£632k3 yrsLive
B26323 - Bus Service 323: Hastings Conquest Hospital - Elphinstone Road - Hastings Station
East Sussex County Council3412110012 Apr 2026£760k3 yrsLive
B361066B - Bus Service 1066: Hastings - Battle - Robertsbridge - Hawkhurst - Wadhurst - Tunbridge Wells (Sundays plus Bank Holidays)
East Sussex County Council3412110012 Apr 2026£250k3 yrsLive
Total live value £15.8m · mean award £497k1–10 of 55

Top buyers · 1 buyers · top 3 = 100%

Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.

✓ From notices
1
East Sussex County Council
55 contracts
100%
since 2023

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 96%.

✓ From notices
Transport equipment34
96%
Transport services60
4%
⚠ Concentration: 96% of recent awarded value sits in a single CPV division. A category-specific downturn would materially affect revenue.

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
South East55 contracts
100%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). East Kent Road Car Company Ltd highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
TA
trading as Wrightbus
No£47.6m1
BB
Bamford Bus Company Ltd
No£47.6m1
AD
Alexander Dennis
No£47.6m1
EK
East Kent Road Car Company Ltd
No£15.1m—
VT
ViaVan Technologies B.V.
No£5.4m1
ES
East Surrey Rural Transport Partnership
Yes£4.8m12
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Red flags · 0 active

Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.

✓ Verified
✓ Clean. No active risk signals from Companies House status, charges or insolvency records.

Compliance scorecard

Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.

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Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 03 May 2025
Confirmation statement
Due in -18d
Next due 04 Jul 2026
Outstanding charges
0
No charges registered
Insolvency history
None
No insolvency cases registered
Certifications (ISO, Cyber Essentials, Living Wage, B-Corp, modern-slavery) are supplier self-reported and appear once a claimed profile adds them.

Modifications

Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.

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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.

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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.

✓ Live sync

Registered details

Company no.
00144585
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
11 Aug 1916
Reg. office
One Stockport Exchange, 20 Railway Road, Stockport, SK1 3SW
SIC codes
49319
Last accounts
03 May 2025
Next accounts due
31 Jan 2027

Directors & PSC

  • BRADLEY, Sarah Jane — secretary
    Appointed 30 Jul 2024
  • GREER, Samuel Derek — director
    Appointed 03 Jul 2023
  • DINGWALL, Bruce Maxwell — director
    Appointed 31 May 2019
  • MITCHELL, Joel Roger — director
    Appointed 17 May 2019
  • Stagecoach Bus Holdings Limited — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent · right to appoint and remove directors

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

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£

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.

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EAST KENT ROAD CAR COMPANY,LIMITED
00144585 · this company

Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.