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DRILCORP LIMITED

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Drilcorp Limited specializes in borehole and water well drilling, offering services for both domestic and commercial clients. They have over 30 years of experience in providing reliable water supplies and geothermal heat extraction solutions.

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Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£3.4m
Live
3
Buyers
9
12m
£548k
At a glance
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Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities3
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts3 / 20
  • Top buyers9
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
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Quick answer — DRILCORP LIMITEDUpdated 03 Aug 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

DRILCORP LIMITED has won £3.4m across 9 public-sector buyers, with 3 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE) at 26% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
3 of 20Live contracts
26%Top-buyer concentration
—Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

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ESG & policies vault · 0/5

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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.

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Sectors served · 1/8
Central government✓
Local government✓
NHS & health✓
Housing✓
Utilities & energy✓
Financial services✓
Education✓
Defence✓
Services · 5
Water WellsDomestic and commercial water supply boreholes. ↗Borehole Engineering ServicesTesting, maintenance, refurbishment, and decommissioning services for borehole owners. ↗Geotechnical Site InvestigationSpecialist geotechnical investigations to identify underground conditions. ↗Consultancy & TroubleshootingAdvisory support to ensure the success of challenging projects. ↗Specialist Plant HireHire compressors, pumps, and drilling equipment at competitive rates. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 3 from notices
  • Blidworth BoreholeThe Coal Authority · £665k
  • UK SBS PR19117 Research DrillingUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £171k
  • UK SBS PR16186 Cored Boreholes in the Vale of PickeringUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £70k

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

Case studies

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Buyer references

Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.

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Accreditations & memberships

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No accreditations recorded

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KPI performance

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84

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Once buyers report contract KPIs — delivery on time, on budget, satisfaction, adoption and accessibility — a weighted grade and breakdown appear here.

Contracts · 3 live · 17 historic

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

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TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Brodsworth Monitoring Borehole
Mining Remediation Authority—12 Jan 2026£548k5 mopending
UKRI-4762 BGS - Environmental monitoring borehole installation for assessing contamination
UK Research & Innovation7630000004 May 2025£125k3 moClosed
Homes England - Borehole Drilling and Well Installation Works, West of Ifield
Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency)4526222007 Oct 2024£455k3 moClosed
Water Heat Source Pump Test Borehole - AWARD
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE)4520000001 Dec 2023£207k3 moClosed
Blidworth Borehole
The Coal Authority7630000020 Mar 2023£665k7 moClosed
FM21197 - Ince Marshes borehole reinstatement works
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED7133200001 Sept 2021£14k1 moClosed
UK SBS PR19117 Research Drilling
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED4512000010 Feb 2020£171k1 moClosed
SOL - Tudor Grange Leisure Centre Trial Borehole - AWARD
Coventry - Solihull - Warwickshire4512000003 Dec 2018£386k2 moClosed
GB-Colchester: Borehole investigation
Colchester City Council4526222030 Apr 2018£108k2 moClosed
Drilling and Borehole Services
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE)4512000030 Jan 2017£150k2 moClosed
Total live value — · mean award £172k1–10 of 20

Top buyers · 9 buyers · top 3 = 61%

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

✓ From notices
1
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE)
8 contracts
26%
since 2016
2
The Coal Authority
2 contracts
19%
since 2023
3
Mining Remediation Authority
2 contracts
16%
since 2025
4
Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency)
1 contract
13%
since 2024
5
Coventry - Solihull - Warwickshire
1 contract
11%
since 2018
6
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
3 contracts
7%
since 2016
7
UK Research & Innovation
1 contract
4%
since 2025
8
Colchester City Council
1 contract
3%
since 2018
9
UK Research and Innovation
1 contract
0%

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
East Midlands12 contracts
69%
North East1 contract
15%
South West5 contracts
12%
Eastern1 contract
4%

Peers

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

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
WD
Willmott Dixon Construction Limited
No£77.1m4
TC
Topcoat Construction Limited / TCL Group
Yes£67.6m2
IW
Ian Williams
No£67.6m2
WH
Westone Housing
Yes£67.6m2
ER
EQUANS Regeneration Limited
No£67.6m2
DR
DRILCORP LIMITED
Yes£548k—
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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

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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
Up to date
Next due 14 Mar 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.

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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.
02691886
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
28 Feb 1992
Reg. office
Kinley Hill Farm, Hawthorn, Seaham, Co.Durham, SR7 8SW
SIC codes
43999
Last accounts
31 Mar 2025
Next accounts due
31 Dec 2026

Directors & PSC

  • GOWANS, David — director
  • GOWANS, Scott — director
    Appointed 18 Jan 2016
  • GOWANS, David — secretary
    Appointed 31 Mar 1995
  • GOWANS, Lyndsey — director
    Appointed 31 Mar 1995
  • Mr David Gowans — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 25 to 50 percent · voting rights 25 to 50 percent
  • Mrs Lyndsey Gowans — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 25 to 50 percent · voting rights 25 to 50 percent

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

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£

No financial filings on record

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Org tree

Group structure and ownership.

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DRILCORP LIMITED
02691886 · this company

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