At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Smiths Detection (Watford) Limited has won £112.5m across 14 public-sector buyers, with 13 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Ministry of Defence, DIO, at 80% · 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.
- Provision and In-Service Support of Explosive Vapour Detection Device Contract Award Notice
- Project TITLEHOLDER (For Transparency Purposes Only)
Extracted automatically from smithsdetection.com on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Case studies · 1
Delivery stories from the supplier’s website. Clients are not yet cross-checked against award records.
Extracted automatically from smithsdetection.com on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Buyer references
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No buyer references yet
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Accreditations & memberships · 1
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Extracted automatically from smithsdetection.com on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
KPI performance
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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 · 13 live · 15 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Defence, DIO, | — | 16 Mar 2026 | £130k | 5 mo | pending | |
| Defence Science and Technology Laboratory | 30000000 | 03 Jun 2024 | £53k | 6 mo | Closed | |
| Defence Science and Technology Laboratory | 35113200 | 15 Apr 2024 | £11k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| Defence Science and Technology Laboratory | 38581000 | 02 Feb 2024 | £23k | 9 mo | Closed | |
| DfTc - Department for Transport | 50000000 | 01 Sept 2023 | £1.8m | 2 yrs | Closed | |
| British Transport Police | 35000000 | 10 Nov 2023 | £39k | 13 mo | Closed | |
| Ministry of Defence, DIO, | 38431100 | 13 Oct 2023 | £2.4m | 5 yrs | Live | |
| Ministry of Defence, DIO, | 35113200 | 01 Oct 2023 | £87.6m | 5 yrs | Live | |
| DfTc - Department for Transport | 73000000 | 14 Mar 2023 | £283k | 5.1 yrs | Live | |
| Ministry of Justice | 35121000 | 17 Jan 2023 | £668k | 12 mo | Closed |
Top buyers · 14 buyers · top 3 = 97%
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). Smiths Detection (Watford) Limited highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | £67.6m | 2 | |
| No | £67.6m | 2 | |
| Yes | £67.6m | 2 | |
| No | £67.6m | 2 | |
| Yes | £67.6m | 2 | |
SD Smiths Detection (Watford) Limited | No | £130k | — |
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
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Companies House
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Registered details
- Company no.
- 00480992
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 14 Apr 1950
- Reg. office
- Century House, Maylands Avenue, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 7DE
- SIC codes
- 26511
- Last accounts
- 31 Jul 2025
- Next accounts due
- 30 Apr 2027
Directors & PSC
- IRVINE, Alastair Campbell — directorAppointed 09 Jul 2021
- THOMPSON, Richard Edward — directorAppointed 29 Mar 2018
- Smiths Detection 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
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No social-value commitments yet
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