At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
David Horn Communications Ltd has won £50.3m across 15 public-sector buyers, with 9 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Ministry of Defence, DIO, at 75% · 99% in Office & computing · 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.
- Digital Interview Recording Software
- Digital Recording Equipment (East Caribbean)
Extracted automatically from davidhorn.com on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Case studies
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Buyer references
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No buyer references yet
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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 · 9 live · 15 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Defence, DIO, | 30200000 | 18 Nov 2025 | £37.7m | 3 yrs | Live | |
| The Insolvency Service | 32330000 | 01 Nov 2025 | £230k | 3 yrs | Live | |
| Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire | — | 01 Sept 2025 | £375k | 5 yrs | pending | |
| Ministry of Defence, DIO, | 32323300 | 19 Mar 2025 | £163k | 3 mo | Closed | |
| SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE | 30100000 | 03 Mar 2025 | £81k | 3.1 yrs | Live | |
| Northumbria Police | 48000000 | 30 Aug 2024 | £635k | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Home Office | 32333100 | 14 Aug 2024 | £37k | 7 mo | Closed | |
| Competition and Markets Authority | 51611100 | 19 Feb 2024 | £41k | 5 yrs | Live | |
| British Transport Police | 32351300 | 05 Oct 2022 | £78k | 2 yrs | Closed | |
| MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency | 32322000 | 28 Sept 2022 | £16k | 1 mo | Closed |
Top buyers · 15 buyers · top 3 = 97%
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: 99%.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). David Horn Communications Ltd highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | £265.3m | 2 | |
| No | £200.0m | 1 | |
| No | £150.0m | 1 | |
| No | £65.7m | 3 | |
DH David Horn Communications Ltd | No | £37.9m | — |
| No | £20.6m | 2 |
Red flags · 0 active
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Compliance scorecard
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Modifications
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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.
- 01916932
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 28 May 1985
- Reg. office
- Comtec House, Enterprise Way, Luton, LU3 4BU
- SIC codes
- 82990
- Last accounts
- 31 Dec 2024
- Next accounts due
- 30 Sept 2026
Directors & PSC
- BROWN, Darren Mark — directorAppointed 30 Jun 2025
- BAKKEN, Thomas Peder — directorAppointed 18 Jun 2025
- HORN, Stuart Roger — directorAppointed 08 Jul 2024
- HANSEN, Borge — directorAppointed 02 Jan 2024
- Davidhorn As — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent · right to appoint and remove directors
Financial
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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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