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Sterling Press Limited

Northamptonshire
SME

Sterling Solutions offers integrated creative and production services, focusing on brand and marketing solutions. They are committed to sustainability and reducing their environmental impact through innovative practices.

sterlingsolutions.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£83.8m
Live
17
Buyers
33
12m
£75.0m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts17 / 41
  • Top buyers33
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — Sterling Press LimitedUpdated 13 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Sterling Press Limited has won £83.8m across 33 public-sector buyers, with 17 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Warwick District Council at 89% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
17 of 41Live contracts
89%Top-buyer concentration
—Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.

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No social-value commitments yet

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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 · 2
DesignFrom animation to campaigns to exhibition displays, we bring your vision to life from concept through to delivery.
Intelligent PrintCommitted to integrating sustainability into every facet of our service offering, we invest in cutting-edge print technology.
Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • 2858/LM - Print services University of Sheffield & Sheffield Hallam University - Framework AgreementUNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · £318k
  • (NU/1359) Framework for Graphic Design Services for Printed MaterialsNewcastle University · £200k
  • 380_19 - Supply of Printing Services for ESPOEspo · £145k
  • 1890/LM - Print Services Framework Agreement - High Quality Litho Sheet Fed, Digital Print & Wide Format PrintUNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · £128k
  • Request for quote for: HDC202404 Print and distribution for Hart NewsHart District Council · £65k
  • Production of the University of Chester 2023 Personalised Undergraduate and Postgraduate ProspectusesUniversity of Chester · £14k

Extracted automatically from sterlingsolutions.co.uk 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

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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 · 3

Credentials listed on the supplier’s website. Not yet checked against issuer registers.

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Core credentials · 3/6
Cyber EssentialsNot evidenced✓
Cyber Essentials PlusNot evidenced✓
ISO 27001 — Information securityISO✓
ISO 9001 — QualityISO✓
ISO 14001 — EnvironmentalISO✓
ISO 45001 — Health & safetyNot evidenced✓

Extracted automatically from sterlingsolutions.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

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 · 17 live · 24 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Printing Products and Services Framework
Warwick District Council—29 Oct 2025£75.0m8 yrspending
CA15183 - Multifunctional Devices and Associated Products and Services Including Print and Design Services
CRESCENT PURCHASING LIMITED3000000008 Apr 2025£605k3 yrsLive
Under Graduate (UG) & Post Graduate (PG) Prospectuses
UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX(THE)7981000001 Aug 2024£243k4 yrsLive
Request for quote for: HDC202404 Print and distribution for Hart News
Hart District Council2200000001 Apr 2024£65k3 yrsLive
Artwork for UGP 2025
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM7981000020 Dec 2023£36k1 moClosed
Undergraduate Prospectus 2025
The University Of Kent7980000010 Jan 2024£24k2 yrsClosed
FE Prospectus 2023-24 - AWARD
Cornwall College2200000008 May 2023£30k12 moClosed
Falmer Magazine - Print, Fulfilment and Distribution
UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX(THE)7982400008 Mar 2023£142k2 yrsClosed
Floral Pavilion Season Guide, Printing and Fulfilment
Wirral Borough Council2246200001 Feb 2023£150k3 yrsClosed
Print, Fulfilment & Distribution
UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX(THE)2200000001 Jan 2023£88k1.6 yrsClosed
Total live value £912k · mean award £2.0m1–10 of 41

Top buyers · 33 buyers · top 3 = 95%

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

✓ From notices
1
Warwick District Council
2 contracts
89%
since 2025
2
CRESCENT PURCHASING LIMITED
2 contracts
4%
since 2022
3
English Heritage-Marketing
1 contract
2%
since 2021
4
Newcastle University
2 contracts
1%
since 2016
5
University of Wolverhampton
1 contract
1%
since 2020
6
UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX(THE)
3 contracts
1%
since 2022
7
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
2 contracts
1%
since 2018
8
BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY
1 contract
0%
since 2019
9
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
2 contracts
0%
since 2023
10
Wirral Borough Council
1 contract
0%
since 2023

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
West Midlands7 contracts
92%
North West7 contracts
4%
North East3 contracts
1%
South East5 contracts
1%
Yorkshire3 contracts
1%
South West6 contracts
1%
East Midlands6 contracts
0%
Scotland2 contracts
0%
Eastern1 contract
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Sterling Press Limited highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
SP
Sterling Press Limited
Yes£75.0m—
QU
Quadient UK Ltd
No£9.4m1
LU
LYRECO UK LIMITED
No£7.6m2
DC
Dell Corporation Ltd
No£4.0m1
XE
Xerox Ltd
No£3.4m7
CL
Critiqom Limited trading as Adare SEC Ltd
No£3.0m1
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Red flags · 0 active

Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.

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✓ 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 31 Mar 2025
Confirmation statement
Due in -41d
Next due 02 Jun 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

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Companies House

Live sync — registered details, directors, PSC and SIC codes.

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Registered details

Company no.
02386753
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
19 May 1989
Reg. office
Kettering Venture Park, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6XU
SIC codes
18129
Last accounts
31 Mar 2025
Next accounts due
31 Dec 2026

Directors & PSC

  • PIZZEY, John Frederick — director
  • PIZZEY, Steven David — director
  • PIZZEY, Steven David — secretary
    Appointed 12 Jul 2006
  • Seckloe 297 Limited — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent · right to appoint and remove directors as firm · significant influence or control as firm

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

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£

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.

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STERLING PRESS LIMITED
02386753 · this company

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