At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
NEWSQUEST MEDIA GROUP LIMITED has won £5.9m across 7 public-sector buyers, with 10 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) at 54% · 100% in Business services · 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.
- Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) - 2025 Supplier Applications
- Local News Partnerships - Applications
- Local Media Direct Buying Solutions
Extracted automatically from newsquest.co.uk 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 newsquest.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Buyer references
Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.
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
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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
Once buyers report contract KPIs — delivery on time, on budget, satisfaction, adoption and accessibility — a weighted grade and breakdown appear here.
Contracts · 10 live · 35 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampshire County Council | 79340000 | 18 Jun 2026 | £4k | 2 mo | Live | |
| Hampshire County Council | — | 01 Jul 2026 | £210k | 4 yrs | pending | |
| Hampshire County Council | 79340000 | 16 Mar 2026 | £1k | 1 mo | Closed | |
| Hampshire County Council | 79340000 | 21 Feb 2026 | £1k | 1 mo | Closed | |
| Hampshire County Council | 79340000 | 29 Oct 2025 | £3k | 4 mo | Closed | |
| Transport for London | — | 22 Oct 2025 | £1.2m | 3 yrs | pending | |
| Hampshire County Council | 79340000 | 10 Sept 2025 | £2k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| London Borough of Harrow | — | 01 Sept 2025 | £450k | 2 yrs | pending | |
| Hampshire County Council | 79340000 | 22 May 2025 | £3k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) | 79620000 | 01 Jul 2025 | £2.2m | 5 yrs | Live |
Top buyers · 7 buyers · top 3 = 90%
Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.
Category mix
CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 100%.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). NEWSQUEST MEDIA GROUP LIMITED highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £289.0m | 5 | |
| Yes | £50.0m | 1 | |
| Yes | £40.0m | 2 | |
| No | £38.0m | 1 | |
SM SMRS Ltd | No | £10.0m | 1 |
NM NEWSQUEST MEDIA GROUP LIMITED | Yes | £1.9m | — |
Red flags · 0 active
Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.
Compliance scorecard
Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.
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
UK trade press & nationals, matched to this supplier.
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.
- 01676637
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 09 Nov 1982
- Reg. office
- Newsquest Media Group Limited The Echo Building, 18 Albert Road, Bournemouth, BH1 1BZ
- SIC codes
- 58130
- Last accounts
- 31 Dec 2024
- Next accounts due
- 30 Sept 2026
Directors & PSC
- GOSSER, Trisha, Chief Financial Officer — directorAppointed 20 Mar 2025
- REED, Michael — directorAppointed 30 Jan 2020
- FAURE WALKER, Henry Kennedy — directorAppointed 01 Apr 2014
- CARPENTER, Neil Edward — secretaryAppointed 02 Jun 2003
- HUNTER, Paul Anthony — directorAppointed 02 Jul 2001
- Newsquest Capital Limited — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 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
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.