At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Waterstones Booksellers Limited has won £94.0m across 12 public-sector buyers, with 10 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Ministry of Justice at 93% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.
ESG & policies vault · 0/5
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Capabilities
What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.
Service tags, sectors served and target geographies appear here once a supplier verifies ownership of this profile.
- 376E_24 Digital Library Content and Print Books
- 376E_20 eBooks, eAudiobooks and Print Books
- Supply of Books, Downloads and Associated Services - Y20018
- NICE Electronic and Print Framework
Case studies
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Buyer references
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Accreditations & memberships
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No accreditations recorded
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KPI performance
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No verified KPI scores yet
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Contracts · 10 live · 8 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Justice | 22120000 | 01 Apr 2025 | £87.1m | 12 mo | Closed | |
| Espo | 22110000 | 01 Nov 2024 | £4.0m | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Ministry of Justice | 22120000 | 02 Feb 2024 | £73k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| UNIVERSITY OF DERBY | 22000000 | 08 Dec 2023 | £800k | 9 mo | Closed | |
| Kent Colunty Councxil (t/a KCS) | 22100000 | 01 Oct 2021 | £400k | 4 yrs | Closed | |
| Espo | 22100000 | 01 Sept 2020 | £1.3m | 2 yrs | Closed | |
| Espo | 22110000 | 01 Sept 2016 | £333k | 2 yrs | Closed | |
| National Institute for Health and Care Excellence | 80000000 | 07 Sept 2016 | — | 3 yrs | Closed | |
| Kent bCounty Council (t/a KCS) | 22100000 | — | — | — | Live | |
| Scotland Excel | 22110000 | — | — | — | Live |
Top buyers · 12 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). Waterstones Booksellers Limited highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
KP KPMG LLP | No | £223.2m | 1 |
| No | £7.4m | 1 | |
| No | £3.0m | 1 | |
| No | £2.7m | 2 | |
| Yes | £1.6m | 4 | |
WB Waterstones Booksellers Limited | No | — | — |
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
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News mentions
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No news mentions found
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Companies House
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Registered details
- Company no.
- 00610095
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 22 Aug 1958
- Reg. office
- 203-206 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9HD
- SIC codes
- 47610
- Last accounts
- 03 May 2025
- Next accounts due
- 31 Jan 2027
Directors & PSC
- ASHWORTH, Karen Deborah — directorAppointed 16 Apr 2024
- JOHNSTON, Fiona — secretaryAppointed 05 Dec 2022
- SKIPPER, Kate — directorAppointed 11 Feb 2020
- DAUNT, Achilles James — directorAppointed 28 Jun 2011
- Book Retail Bidco Limited — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent · right to appoint and remove directors
- Mr Paul Elliot Singer — person with significant controlright to appoint and remove directors · right to appoint and remove directors as firm
Financial
Filed accounts from Companies House.
No financial filings on record
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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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