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Allied Publicity Services (Manchester) Ltd

Business services · Stockport
Large

Allied Publicity Services (Manchester) Ltd, operating as APS Group, specializes in integrated marketing communications, offering services such as creative content, customer communications, and retail brand experiences. They utilize proprietary cloud technology to enhance their service delivery.

theapsgroup.com ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£874.2m
Live
36
Buyers
62
12m
£405.1m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts36 / 95
  • Top buyers62
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — Allied Publicity Services (Manchester) LtdUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Allied Publicity Services (Manchester) Ltd has won £874.2m across 62 public-sector buyers, with 36 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Crown Commercial Service at 34% · 88% in Business services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
36 of 95Live contracts
34%Top-buyer concentration
88%Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.

⚑ Self-reported
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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.

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.

◐ From website & notices
Services · 4
Creative & ContentDelivering strategic thinking and creative design across digital campaigns, animation, film, and print. ↗Customer CommunicationsProviding end-to-end solutions for customer communications across physical and digital channels. ↗Retail & Brand ExperiencesEnhancing customer experiences in physical spaces through branded environment rollouts. ↗Marketing TechnologyOptimizing and managing the creative, production, and publishing process with cloud-based technology. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • HMPO Managed Print and Digital SolutionsHome Office · £10.0m
  • CS22303 Managed Print ServiceUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £2.5m
  • Print ServicesOFFICE FOR STANDARDS IN EDUCATION, CHILDRENS SERVICES AND SKILLS · £836k
  • Marketing PrintBBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) · £800k
  • Screening leaflets Print Management ServiceNHS England · £587k
  • Contract Extension - Managed Print ServiceCompetition and Markets Authority · £22k

Extracted automatically from theapsgroup.com on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

Case studies

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

⚑ Self-reported
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No case studies yet

Once a claimed supplier publishes delivery stories — the buyer, the sector, what was delivered and the outcome — they appear here.

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 · 2

Credentials listed on the supplier’s website. Not yet checked against issuer registers.

◐ From supplier website
Core credentials · 0/6
Cyber EssentialsNot evidenced✓
Cyber Essentials PlusNot evidenced✓
ISO 27001 — Information securityNot evidenced✓
ISO 9001 — QualityNot evidenced✓
ISO 14001 — EnvironmentalNot evidenced✓
ISO 45001 — Health & safetyNot evidenced✓
Other credentials & memberships · 2
Workplace Wellbeing CharterPublic Health England · Commitment
Disability Confident AwardCommitment

Extracted automatically from theapsgroup.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.

✓ 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 · 36 live · 59 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Creative Production Studio Overflow
National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)—15 Jun 2026£960k4 yrspending
Payable Orders Services
H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS2245800001 Apr 2026£270k5 yrsLive
CPT_25_47 Print and Design Services
National Audit Office2200000009 Feb 2026£100k2.8 yrsLive
Managed Print Services
Department for Business and Trade7980000026 Jan 2026£2.4m2 yrsLive
Media and Creative Services
Government Commercial Agency—15 Jan 2026£150.0m4 yrspending
BSiL comms - Printing services (con_29293)
Department for Education7982400019 Aug 2025£17k4 moClosed
Patient/Citizen Communication, Engagement & Hybrid Mail Solutions
NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED—04 Feb 2026£250.0m4 yrspending
CSP25380 - Provision of Research Report Govspeak Markdown Conversion Services
ICS on behalf of DSIT and DESNZ7231110003 Nov 2025£115k2 yrsLive
Amendment C0109 -Branded merchandise, print, storage and distribution
The National Lottery Community Fund7981000001 Oct 2025£600k4 yrsLive
C0109 -Branded merchandise, print, storage and distribution
The National Lottery Community Fund7981000013 Oct 2025£600k—Closed
Total live value £48.7m · mean award £9.2m1–10 of 95

Top buyers · 62 buyers · top 3 = 80%

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

✓ From notices
1
Crown Commercial Service
6 contracts
34%
since 2017
2
NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
2 contracts
29%
since 2025
3
Government Commercial Agency
2 contracts
17%
since 2026
4
Public Health England
2 contracts
3%
since 2020
5
Home Office
3 contracts
3%
since 2017
6
Department for Work & Pensions
2 contracts
2%
since 2022
7
DfTc - Department for Transport
1 contract
2%
since 2023
8
UKHSA
1 contract
2%
since 2024
9
Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government
1 contract
1%
since 2025
10
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
3 contracts
1%
since 2018

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 88%.

✓ From notices
Business services79
88%
Printed matter22
9%
IT services72
3%
⚠ Concentration: 88% 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
North West14 contracts
55%
London28 contracts
42%
Wales5 contracts
2%
South West10 contracts
1%
West Midlands3 contracts
0%
Yorkshire6 contracts
0%
North East4 contracts
0%
Northern Ireland2 contracts
0%
East Midlands2 contracts
0%
Eastern1 contract
0%
South East1 contract
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Allied Publicity Services (Manchester) Ltd highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
AP
Allied Publicity Services (Manchester) Ltd
No£405.1m—
DE
Deloitte LLP
No£331.8m3
R1
Route 101 Limited
Yes£267.7m3
PC
PA Consulting
No£150.0m1
TS
Trustmarque Solutions Ltd
No£18.0m1
CU
CAPGEMINI UK PLC
No£10.0m2
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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 31 Jan 2025
Confirmation statement
Due in -13d
Next due 28 Jun 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.

✓ From notices
±

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.
00681528
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
25 Jan 1961
Reg. office
Chetham House, Bird Hall Lane, Stockport, Cheshire, SK3 0ZP
SIC codes
82990
Last accounts
31 Jan 2025
Next accounts due
31 Oct 2026

Directors & PSC

  • SNELSON, Nicholas John — director
  • NAYLOR, Kim Melita — director
    Appointed 07 Aug 2019
  • HOLMES, John — director
    Appointed 10 May 2018
  • Aps Group Global 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.

↔ From Cos 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.

↔ From Cos House
ALLIED PUBLICITY SERVICES (MANCHESTER) LIMITED
00681528 · this company

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