At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
METCALFE PLANT HIRE LIMITED has won £243.0m across 8 public-sector buyers, with 18 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Cumberland Council at 73% · 100% in Construction work · 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.
- Capital Works Framework 2020-2024
- Operated Plant Framework 2021-2025
- For the Provision of the Operated Plant Framework 2017-2021
- For the provision of Highway Materials 2021 - 2024
- Highway Waste Delivered to Disposal Site Service 2021-2025
- Minor Civil Engineering repairs and maintenance - North England District
Extracted automatically from metcalfe-plant-hire.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Case studies
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No case studies yet
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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 · 18 live · 116 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmorland and Furness Council | 45000000 | 02 Jun 2026 | £800k | 2.3 yrs | Live | |
| Westmorland and Furness Council | — | 01 May 2026 | £700k | 7 mo | Live | |
| NY HIGHWAYS LIMITED | — | 27 Apr 2026 | £25.0m | 3.9 yrs | Live | |
| Westmorland and Furness Council | 45000000 | 26 Jan 2026 | £115k | 4 mo | Closed | |
| Westmorland and Furness Council | — | 16 Jan 2026 | — | 11 mo | Live | |
| Cumberland Council | — | 01 Jan 2026 | £1.4m | 4 yrs | pending | |
| Cumberland Council | — | 01 Jan 2026 | £175.0m | 4 yrs | pending | |
| Cumberland Council | 45000000 | 01 Dec 2025 | £921k | 4 mo | Closed | |
| Westmorland and Furness Council | 45000000 | 16 Jun 2026 | £128k | 3 mo | Live | |
| Westmorland and Furness Council | 45000000 | 01 Mar 2026 | £18k | 1 mo | Closed |
Top buyers · 8 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: 100%.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). METCALFE PLANT HIRE LIMITED highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
MP METCALFE PLANT HIRE LIMITED | Yes | £204.5m | — |
| No | £140.0m | 1 | |
| No | £117.8m | 1 | |
| Yes | £35.4m | 2 | |
| No | £28.1m | 2 | |
| No | £18.8m | 2 |
Red flags · 0 active
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Compliance scorecard
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Modifications
Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.
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.
- 02093086
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 26 Jan 1987
- Reg. office
- Gilwilly Road, Gilwilly Industrial Estate, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 9BL
- SIC codes
- 41100
- Last accounts
- 31 Dec 2024
- Next accounts due
- 30 Sept 2026
Directors & PSC
- LUSHER, David Andrew — directorAppointed 02 Feb 2026
- LANCASTER, Stephen John — directorAppointed 01 Jul 2020
- HEALEY, Matthew Raymond — directorAppointed 18 Jul 2016
- KEENAN, Giles — directorAppointed 18 Jul 2016
- CLEGG, Nigel John — directorAppointed 08 Sept 2007
- Metcalfe Holdings Limited — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 percent
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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