At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Harrison Catering Services Limited has won £381.0m across 49 public-sector buyers, with 36 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer READING SCHOOL at 54% · 100% in Hotel & restaurant · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.
ESG & policies vault · 0/5
Key governance & sustainability policies. Published documents link out; missing ones are greyed.
Capabilities
What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.
- 704_22 Outsourced Catering Services
- 704_18 Catering Services
- Mossbourne Federation Catering Contract 2023
- Pegasus Academy Trust Catering Tender 2023
- Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College - Tender for Catering Services
- Coulsdon Cluster - Tender for Catering Services.
Extracted automatically from harrisoncatering.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.
No case studies yet
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Buyer references
Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.
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 · 1
Credentials listed on the supplier’s website. Not yet checked against issuer registers.
Extracted automatically from harrisoncatering.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.
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 · 36 live · 38 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HORNCHURCH ACADEMY TRUST | — | 08 Jun 2026 | £83.0m | 2 yrs | pending | |
| The Piggott School | 55524000 | 01 Jan 2026 | £3.6m | 6 yrs | Live | |
| The Highcrest Academy | 55524000 | 01 Sept 2025 | £1.3m | 5 yrs | Live | |
| Lambeth Schools' Consortium | 55524000 | 01 Sept 2025 | £15.5m | 6 yrs | Live | |
| Mill Hill County High School | 55524000 | 31 Aug 2024 | £3.6m | 4.9 yrs | Live | |
| The Willink School | 55524000 | 01 Aug 2024 | £2.0m | 5 yrs | Live | |
| The Challenge Academy Trust | 55520000 | 01 Aug 2024 | £9.2m | 3 yrs | Live | |
| Robert May's School | 55524000 | 01 Jan 2024 | £2.4m | 6 yrs | Live | |
| Loxford Trust | 55520000 | 01 Jan 2024 | — | 3 yrs | Live | |
| Middlesex Learning Trust | 55520000 | 30 Oct 2023 | — | 3 yrs | Live |
Top buyers · 49 buyers · top 3 = 80%
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). Harrison Catering Services Limited highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £378.0m | 3 | |
HC Harrison Catering Services Limited | No | £86.6m | — |
| No | £26.4m | 2 | |
| No | £16.9m | 3 | |
| No | £11.8m | 1 | |
SE Searcys | Yes | £11.5m | 2 |
Red flags · 0 active
Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.
Compliance scorecard
Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.
Modifications
Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.
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.
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.
Registered details
- Company no.
- 02856316
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 23 Sept 1993
- Reg. office
- Oxford House, Oxford Road, Thame, OX9 2AH
- SIC codes
- 56290
- Last accounts
- 31 Mar 2025
- Next accounts due
- 31 Dec 2026
Directors & PSC
- STOWER, Mark Stephen — directorAppointed 01 Jan 2014
- HARRISON, Richard David — secretaryAppointed 28 Jun 2011
- AYLWARD, Claire Jeanette — directorAppointed 25 May 2006
- HARRISON, Gareth Geoffrey — directorAppointed 25 May 2006
- HARRISON, Richard David — directorAppointed 10 Apr 2006
- SHINNER, Jonathan Chafer — directorAppointed 16 Jan 1996
- Harrison Sd Holdings Limited — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent
Financial
Filed accounts from Companies House.
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.
Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.
Social value · 1/5
Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes. Each is tagged self-reported or from the website.
Extracted automatically from harrisoncatering.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.