At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
ABACUS PLAYGROUNDS LIMITED has won £6.9m across 18 public-sector buyers, with 12 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Espo at 86% · 100% in Repair & maintenance · 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.
- 115_25 Outdoor Playground, Fitness and Sports Facilities and Equipment (Design, Supply, Delivery, Installation, Maintenance and Inspection)
- 115_21 Outdoor Playground, Fitness & Sports Facilities and Equipment (Design, Supply, Delivery, Installation, Maintenance and Inspection)
- Provision to Remove Existing Outdoor Gym Mulch Floor and Install a new Outdoor Gym Mulch Floor
- Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Playground Equipment & Specialist Surfaces, Fencing & Gates
Extracted automatically from abacuspg.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Case studies · 3
Delivery stories from the supplier’s website. Clients are not yet cross-checked against award records.
Extracted automatically from abacuspg.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Buyer references
Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.
No buyer references yet
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Accreditations & memberships
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No accreditations recorded
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KPI performance
Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.
No verified KPI scores yet
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Contracts · 12 live · 14 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colchester City Council | 50870000 | 21 Jun 2026 | £185k | 9 mo | Live | |
| Chelmsford City Council | — | 01 Jun 2026 | — | 2 yrs | Live | |
| Espo | 31518100 | 01 Jun 2025 | £3.4m | 2 yrs | Live | |
| HBC - PARKS | 50800000 | 01 Apr 2025 | £77k | 1 mo | Closed | |
| HBC - PARKS | 50800000 | 27 Mar 2025 | £18k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| Stevenage Borough Council | 45236210 | 19 Nov 2024 | £60k | 2 yrs | Live | |
| Shifnal Town Council | 44100000 | 04 Mar 2024 | £43k | 1 mo | Closed | |
| North Northamptonshire Council | 45000000 | 04 Mar 2024 | £28k | 14 mo | Closed | |
| Peabody Trust | 45112723 | 27 Nov 2023 | £86k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| Pangbourne Parish Council | 45300000 | 17 Nov 2023 | £103k | 1 mo | Closed |
Top buyers · 18 buyers · top 3 = 90%
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). ABACUS PLAYGROUNDS LIMITED highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £378.0m | 4 | |
| No | £117.8m | 1 | |
| No | £43.5m | 2 | |
| No | £11.5m | 2 | |
| Yes | £7.9m | 32 | |
AP ABACUS PLAYGROUNDS LIMITED | Yes | £185k | — |
Red flags · 0 active
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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
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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.
Registered details
- Company no.
- 02992616
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 21 Nov 1994
- Reg. office
- Unit 1 Orbital One Trading Estate, Green Street Green Road, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1QG
- SIC codes
- 43999
- Last accounts
- 31 Dec 2024
- Next accounts due
- 30 Sept 2026
Directors & PSC
- RODWELL, Heidi Elizabeth — secretaryAppointed 03 Nov 2023
- OVERALL, Luke Richard — directorAppointed 20 Feb 2023
- SPITTLES, Darren Brian — directorAppointed 20 Feb 2023
- RODWELL, Geoffrey Walter — directorAppointed 21 Nov 1994
- Abacus Lawrence Group 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
Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.
No social-value commitments yet
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