At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Southcombe Brothers Ltd has won £5.0m across 6 public-sector buyers, with 5 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer YPO at 73% · 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.
- YPO - 001204 Supply of PPE Workwear, Uniform and Managed Services
- YPO - 001046 Uniforms and Workwear for Emergency Services
- Ministry of Justice - Control and Restraint
Extracted automatically from southcombe.com on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Case studies
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No case studies yet
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Buyer references
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No buyer references yet
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Accreditations & memberships
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No accreditations recorded
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KPI performance
Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.
No verified KPI scores yet
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Contracts · 5 live · 6 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Fire and Medway Towns Fire Authority | — | 11 May 2026 | — | 7.9 yrs | pending | |
| YPO | 18100000 | 01 Sept 2024 | £1.9m | 4 yrs | Live | |
| YPO | 18000000 | 19 May 2021 | £833k | 4 yrs | Closed | |
| Civil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA) / Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) | 18424000 | 01 Apr 2021 | £10k | 2 yrs | Closed | |
| Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation | 18400000 | 01 Jan 2021 | £638k | 4 yrs | Closed | |
| Ministry of Justice | 18114000 | 01 May 2018 | £711k | 5 yrs | Closed | |
| YPO | 35000000 | 01 Oct 2017 | £938k | 4 yrs | Closed | |
| Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Authority | 35811100 | — | — | — | Live | |
| YPO | 18234000 | — | — | — | Live | |
| YPO | 18000000 | — | — | — | Live |
Top buyers · 6 buyers · top 3 = 100%
Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Southcombe Brothers Ltd highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £18.0m | 1 | |
| Yes | £2.4m | 9 | |
| Yes | £2.3m | 4 | |
| Yes | £2.2m | 3 | |
| Yes | £2.1m | 3 | |
SB Southcombe Brothers Ltd | Yes | — | — |
Red flags · 0 active
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Compliance scorecard
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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
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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.
Registered details
- Company no.
- 00372391
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 17 Feb 1942
- Reg. office
- Southcombe Brothers, Cole Lane, Stoke-Sub-Hamdon, Somerset, TA14 6QD
- SIC codes
- 14190
- Last accounts
- 31 Dec 2024
- Next accounts due
- 30 Sept 2026
Directors & PSC
- VORSTER, Julia Clare — directorAppointed 21 Jan 2015
- SOUTHCOMBE, David Michael — directorAppointed 01 Jun 1998
- Jennifer Wendy Southcombe — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 percent
- Mr David Michael Southcombe — person with significant controlsignificant influence or control
- Mrs Julia Clare Vorster — person with significant controlvoting rights 25 to 50 percent
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
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