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Optichrome Ltd

Printed matter · Surrey
SME

Optichrome Ltd specializes in print, communications, and data management services, blending traditional values with innovation. They focus on customer satisfaction and maintaining high-quality standards.

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Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£1.5m
Live
10
Buyers
12
12m
£16k
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities4
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts10 / 17
  • Top buyers12
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — Optichrome LtdUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Optichrome Ltd has won £1.5m across 12 public-sector buyers, with 10 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD at 38% · 50% in Printed matter · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
10 of 17Live contracts
38%Top-buyer concentration
50%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
PrintPersonalisationDigitalMailing
Frameworks & DPS · 4 from notices
  • 2858/LM - Print services University of Sheffield & Sheffield Hallam University - Framework AgreementUNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · £318k
  • External (Non-Variable Data) Print ServicesLondon Borough of Hackney · £231k
  • 1890/LM - Print Services Framework Agreement - High Quality Litho Sheet Fed, Digital Print & Wide Format PrintUNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · £128k
  • 4403.PS.LWM.24 Print Services Framework Agreement for High Quality Litho Sheet Fed & Digital Printing (non Wide Format)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · £114k

Extracted automatically from optichrome.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

Independently issued. Verification dates cross-checked against issuer registers.

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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 · 10 live · 7 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
4403.PS.LWM.24 Print Services Framework Agreement for High Quality Litho Sheet Fed & Digital Printing (non Wide Format)
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD2210000001 Nov 2025£114k2 yrsLive
Specialist Print Services - Lot 1 Traditional Print
Joint Procurement Service for Surrey and Sussex Police7980000001 Mar 2024£160k4 yrsLive
External (Non-Variable Data) Print Services
London Borough of Hackney2200000024 Jan 2022£231k4 yrsClosed
2858/LM - Print services University of Sheffield & Sheffield Hallam University - Framework Agreement
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD7980000001 Nov 2021£318k2 yrsClosed
PAN1511 - Print Services Framework
Leicester City Council2200000001 Apr 2019£142k4 yrsClosed
Print Services
DEFRA2200000001 Mar 2019£194k4 yrsClosed
Contract Awarded
DEFRA2200000001 Mar 2019£194k4 yrsClosed
1890/LM - Print Services Framework Agreement - High Quality Litho Sheet Fed, Digital Print & Wide Format Print
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD2200000001 Sept 2018£128k2 yrsClosed
Print Services Framework
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY2200000021 Aug 2018—3 yrsClosed
2858LM – Print services for UoS and SHU - Framework Agreement
Sheffield Hallam University79800000———Live
Total live value £274k · mean award £87k1–10 of 17

Top buyers · 12 buyers · top 3 = 80%

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

✓ From notices
1
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
4 contracts
38%
since 2018
2
DEFRA
2 contracts
26%
since 2019
3
London Borough of Hackney
2 contracts
16%
since 2021
4
Joint Procurement Service for Surrey and Sussex Police
1 contract
11%
since 2024
5
Leicester City Council
1 contract
10%
since 2019
6
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY
1 contract
0%
since 2018
7
Sheffield Hallam University
1 contract
0%
8
Telford & Wrekin Council
1 contract
0%
9
The National Archives
1 contract
0%
10
Kent County Council
1 contract
0%

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 50%.

✓ From notices
Printed matter22
50%
Business services79
50%

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
London4 contracts
42%
Yorkshire5 contracts
38%
South East3 contracts
11%
East Midlands2 contracts
10%
South West1 contract
0%
West Midlands1 contract
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Optichrome Ltd highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
HA
HH Associates Ltd (trading as HH Global)
No£190.0m1
AP
Allied Publicity Services (Manchester) Ltd
Yes£14.2m6
CD
Cirros Document Solutions Ltd
Yes£9.8m2
AC
APOGEE CORPORATION LTD
No£9.0m6
CB
CAPITA BUSINESS SERVICES LTD
No£8.5m1
OP
Optichrome Ltd
Yes£16k—
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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 30 Apr 2025
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 14 Dec 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
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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.
00748294
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
29 Jan 1963
Reg. office
96-103 Maybury Road,, Woking,, Surrey, GU21 5HX
SIC codes
18129
Last accounts
30 Apr 2025
Next accounts due
31 Jan 2027

Directors & PSC

  • CLARE-CAMPBELL, Adele — director
    Appointed 01 Jun 2025
  • CLARK, Anthony John — director
    Appointed 01 May 2024
  • DALY, Ronan Joseph — director
    Appointed 14 May 2018
  • STEPHENS, Natalie — director
    Appointed 01 Jan 2013
  • HOWARD, Deborah Anne — director
    Appointed 01 Nov 2008
  • UNWIN, Robert George Philip — director
    Appointed 01 May 2007
  • Optichrome Group Ltd — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent
  • Miss Natalie Stephens — person with significant control
    significant influence or control · significant influence or control as firm

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
OPTICHROME LIMITED
00748294 · this company

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