At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Warringtons Own Buses has won £5.6m across 7 public-sector buyers, with 8 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Riverside College Halton at 57% · 62% in Transport equipment · 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.
- Local Bus 40004 - Barnton, Northwich, Leftwich
- April Round 2019 - R308 - part 2
- 48 bus service - contract 40448
Extracted automatically from warringtonsownbuses.co.uk 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 · 8 live · 5 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WARRINGTON & VALE ROYAL COLLEGE | 60000000 | 01 Sept 2026 | £456k | 12 mo | Live | |
| Cheshire West and Chester Council | 60000000 | 30 Mar 2026 | £120k | 2 yrs | Live | |
| Halton Borough Council | 34121000 | 02 Nov 2025 | £800k | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Halton Borough Council | 34121000 | 02 Nov 2025 | £145k | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Riverside College Halton | 60000000 | 02 Sept 2024 | £3.2m | 3 yrs | Live | |
| Cheshire West and Chester Council | 60000000 | 23 Apr 2023 | £533k | 2.9 yrs | Closed | |
| Cheshire West and Chester Council | 60000000 | 29 Jul 2019 | £68k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| Merseytravel | 60000000 | 28 Apr 2019 | £88k | 4.7 yrs | Closed | |
| Transport for Greater Manchester | 60000000 | 07 May 2018 | £4k | 3 mo | Closed | |
| Halton Borough Council | 60100000 | 01 Apr 2017 | £167k | 4 yrs | Closed |
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: 62%.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Warringtons Own Buses highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £47.6m | 1 | |
| No | £47.6m | 1 | |
| No | £47.6m | 1 | |
| No | £29.0m | 5 | |
| No | £15.5m | 3 | |
WO Warringtons Own Buses | No | £1.5m | — |
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.
- 01990371
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 17 Feb 1986
- Reg. office
- Warrington's Own Buses, Dallam Lane, Warrington, WA2 7NT
- SIC codes
- 49390
- Last accounts
- 31 Mar 2025
- Next accounts due
- 31 Dec 2026
Directors & PSC
- GILLHAM, Una Bernadette — directorAppointed 13 Jan 2026
- HARRIS, Sharon Alicia — directorAppointed 25 Jul 2025
- HUTCHISON, Karl Adrian — directorAppointed 22 Aug 2023
- FERGUSON, Katie — directorAppointed 14 Dec 2022
- GOWLAND, Graham Farrington — directorAppointed 24 May 2022
- BARKER, Neil James — directorAppointed 21 Jan 2019
- Warrington Borough Council — person with significant controlright 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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