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RACE FURNITURE LIMITED

Northampton
SME

Race Furniture Limited specializes in providing a wide range of seating solutions, including fixed seating, loose seating, and retractable seating for various environments such as theatres, auditoriums, and educational institutions.

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Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£4.2m
Live
3
Buyers
7
12m
£3.0m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities1
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts3 / 9
  • Top buyers7
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
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Quick answer — RACE FURNITURE LIMITEDUpdated 13 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

RACE FURNITURE LIMITED has won £4.2m across 7 public-sector buyers, with 3 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer UNIVERSITY OF EXETER at 60% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
3 of 9Live contracts
60%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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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
Sectors served · 1/8
Central government✓
Local government✓
NHS & health✓
Housing✓
Utilities & energy✓
Financial services✓
Education✓
Defence✓
Services · 6
Bespoke SeatingRefurbishmentInstallation & MaintenanceRetractable Unit Servicing3D VisualisationMetrodeck Tiering
Frameworks & DPS · 1 from notices
  • Cambridge City Council - Cambridge Corn Exchange SeatingCambridge City Council · £180k

Extracted automatically from racefurniture.com 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.

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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.

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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

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No accreditations recorded

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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 · 3 live · 6 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Framework for the Provision of Furniture
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER—15 May 2026£2.5m3 yrspending
Malvern Theatres Auditorium Seat Procurement
Malvern Hills District Council—26 Jan 2026£514k1.8 yrspending
Cambridge City Council - Cambridge Corn Exchange Seating
Cambridge City Council3911000031 Mar 2024£180k12 moClosed
Seating Replacement for AMT
NORTH EAST SURREY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY TRUST8000000001 Sept 2021£66k1 moClosed
Barbican Concert Hall Seating Refurbishment
City of London Corporation9839400025 Sept 2017£509k3 moClosed
PAN0982 - Replacement of Auditorium Seating at De Montfort Hall
Leicester City Council3911000001 Aug 2016£382k1 moClosed
Malvern Theatres Auditorium Seat Procurement
Malvern Hills District Council————Live
Cambridge City Council - Cambridge Corn Exchange Seating
Cambridge City Council39111200———Live
RHUL-26090 Arts and Queens Lecture Theatre Refurbishment (Seats and Benches)
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College————Live
Total live value — · mean award £461k

Top buyers · 7 buyers · top 3 = 85%

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

✓ From notices
1
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
1 contract
60%
since 2026
2
Malvern Hills District Council
2 contracts
12%
since 2025
3
City of London Corporation
1 contract
12%
since 2017
4
Leicester City Council
1 contract
9%
since 2016
5
Cambridge City Council
2 contracts
4%
since 2024
6
NORTH EAST SURREY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY TRUST
1 contract
2%
since 2021
7
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
1 contract
0%

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
South West1 contract
60%
West Midlands2 contracts
12%
London1 contract
12%
East Midlands1 contract
9%
Eastern2 contracts
4%
South East2 contracts
2%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). RACE FURNITURE LIMITED highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
KP
KPMG LLP
No£223.2m3
TG
THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED
No£7.4m1
RF
RACE FURNITURE LIMITED
Yes£3.0m—
MA
MOTTRAM ASSOCIATES LIMITED
No£2.7m2
BA
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
No£2.1m1
BP
BEST PRACTICE NETWORK LIMITED
Yes£1.6m4
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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
Due in -14d
Next due 30 Jun 2026
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 01 Feb 2027
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

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.

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Registered details

Company no.
02454179
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
20 Dec 1989
Reg. office
Ocee & Four Design, Uk, Liliput Road, Northampton, NN4 7AS
SIC codes
31090
Last accounts
30 Jun 2024
Next accounts due
30 Jun 2026

Directors & PSC

  • WHINNEY, Charles Humphrey Dickens — director
    Appointed 30 Jan 2026
  • DAISY, Bryan Derek — director
    Appointed 28 Feb 2023
  • GOUGH, Alistair Storrar — director
    Appointed 08 Dec 2017
  • Frem Group Limited — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 25 to 50 percent · voting rights 25 to 50 percent
  • Ocee International Ltd — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 50 to 75 percent · voting rights 50 to 75 percent · right to appoint and remove directors

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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RACE FURNITURE LIMITED
02454179 · this company

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