At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
DISCOVERY RESEARCH LIMITED has won £5.7m across 11 public-sector buyers, with 7 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew at 28% · 70% in R&D services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.
ESG & policies vault · 0/5
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Capabilities
What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.
- RBGKEW/882 Market Research Framework
- R&M104a Qualitative Research
- Quantitative Research Services specialising in Customer Satisfaction/Experience Surveying and Insight
- Qualitative Research Services
Extracted automatically from discoveryres.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Case studies
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Buyer references
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Accreditations & memberships
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No accreditations recorded
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KPI performance
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No verified KPI scores yet
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Contracts · 7 live · 15 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS | 73110000 | 28 Nov 2025 | £135k | 3 yrs | Live | |
| OFCOM | 79310000 | 29 Jul 2025 | £58k | 7 mo | Closed | |
| OFCOM | 73110000 | 25 Oct 2024 | £82k | 5 mo | Closed | |
| Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew | 73110000 | 08 Aug 2024 | £50k | 16 mo | Closed | |
| NS&I | 79311100 | 02 Sept 2024 | £215k | 4 yrs | Live | |
| OFCOM | 79310000 | 22 Aug 2024 | £600k | 3.9 yrs | Live | |
| Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew | 73110000 | 20 Jun 2024 | £22k | 3 mo | Closed | |
| capitalEsourcing | 66171000 | 25 Jun 2024 | £35k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| OFCOM | 79310000 | 01 Apr 2024 | £588k | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Government Digital Service | 73110000 | 23 Jan 2023 | £150k | 12 mo | Closed |
Top buyers · 11 buyers · top 3 = 73%
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: 70%.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). DISCOVERY RESEARCH LIMITED highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £8.0m | 3 | |
| No | £7.5m | 2 | |
| No | £6.1m | 8 | |
KP KPMG LLP | No | £5.1m | 7 |
| Yes | £3.9m | 3 | |
DR DISCOVERY RESEARCH LIMITED | Yes | £193k | — |
Red flags · 0 active
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Compliance scorecard
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Modifications
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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.
- 03068609
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 15 Jun 1995
- Reg. office
- 25 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8HT
- SIC codes
- 73200
- Last accounts
- 31 Dec 2024
- Next accounts due
- 30 Sept 2026
Directors & PSC
- PARKER, Ben David — secretaryAppointed 05 Nov 2020
- KELLY, Donal Noel — directorAppointed 01 Oct 2008
- PARKER, Ben David — directorAppointed 01 Oct 2008
- HATHAWAY, Alan John — directorAppointed 01 Jan 2003
- Donal Noel Kelly — person with significant controlownership of shares 25 to 50 percent
- Mr Ben David Parker — person with significant controlownership of shares 25 to 50 percent
- Mr Alan John Hathaway — person with significant controlownership of shares 25 to 50 percent
Financial
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No financial filings on record
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Org tree
Group structure and ownership.
Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.
Social value
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No social-value commitments yet
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