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LYON EQUIPMENT LIMITED

Security & defence · Penrith
SME

Lyon Equipment Limited is a UK-based, employee-owned company with over 50 years of experience supporting the outdoor, work at height, and rescue industries. They distribute leading outdoor brands and manufacture their own technical equipment for various applications.

lyon.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£3.6m
Live
12
Buyers
17
12m
£784k
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts12 / 26
  • Top buyers17
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — LYON EQUIPMENT LIMITEDUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

LYON EQUIPMENT LIMITED has won £3.6m across 17 public-sector buyers, with 12 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer YPO at 32% · 100% in Security & defence · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
12 of 26Live contracts
32%Top-buyer concentration
100%Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.

⚑ Self-reported
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No social-value commitments yet

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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
Services · 4
Outdoor EquipmentDistributor of quality climbing, mountaineering, watersports, caving, trail running, cycling and general outdoor equipment. ↗Work & Rescue EquipmentSpecialist suppliers of safety equipment for access and all kinds of work and rescue at height. ↗Training and CertificationProviders of training and certification for work at height. ↗ManufacturingManufacturers of flexible sided ladders, lanyards, slings, tackle bags, and bespoke sewn goods. ↗

Extracted automatically from lyon.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.

⚑ Self-reported
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No case studies yet

Once a claimed supplier publishes delivery stories — the buyer, the sector, what was delivered and the outcome — they appear here.

Buyer references

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

✓ Confirmed by buyer
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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

Independently issued. Verification dates cross-checked against issuer registers.

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No accreditations recorded

B-Corp, ISO, Cyber Essentials, Living Wage and similar credentials appear here once added by a claimed supplier and cross-checked against the issuing register.

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 · 12 live · 14 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Emergency Response & Rescue Equipment
MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency3511200021 May 2026£750k3.1 yrsLive
Water Rescue PPE and Associated Equipment
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority—01 May 2026£34k3 yrspending
Working at Heights Equipment
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust3511000030 Nov 2024£27k12 moClosed
Rope Access & Technical Rescue training
Ministry of Justice8050000001 Jun 2024£134k3 yrsLive
BE23202 - High Altitude Boots
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED1880000031 Oct 2023£17k2 moClosed
ATCE Competent Persons Course
HEADQUARTERS PROVOST MARSHAL (ARMY)8000000004 May 2022£113k4.9 yrsLive
Lyon Equipment Limited - Extension
MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency3511200017 Nov 2021£65k12 moClosed
Provision of Working at Height Training for Staffordshire Fire & Rescue Service
Staffordshire Police8051000012 Sept 2020£41k—Closed
Working at Height Equipment
Metropolitan Police Service3753529210 May 2021£19k12 moClosed
PRN-004361- Technical Rope Rescue Equipment Replacement - AWARD
Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service3753529223 Sept 2019—10 yrsLive
Total live value £997k · mean award £140k1–10 of 26

Top buyers · 17 buyers · top 3 = 84%

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

✓ From notices
1
YPO
1 contract
32%
since 2018
2
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
7 contracts
31%
since 2017
3
MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency
2 contracts
22%
since 2021
4
Ministry of Justice
2 contracts
4%
since 2024
5
West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
1 contract
3%
since 2017
6
HEADQUARTERS PROVOST MARSHAL (ARMY)
1 contract
3%
since 2022
7
West Midlands Fire Service
1 contract
2%
since 2018
8
Staffordshire Police
1 contract
1%
since 2021
9
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority
2 contracts
1%
since 2026
10
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
1 contract
1%
since 2024

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 100%.

✓ From notices
Security & defence35
100%
⚠ Concentration: 100% of recent awarded value sits in a single CPV division. A category-specific downturn would materially affect revenue.

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
Yorkshire3 contracts
44%
South East7 contracts
42%
West Midlands6 contracts
8%
London3 contracts
6%
South West1 contract
1%
North West1 contract
0%
Region resolved for 73% of awarded value (by buyer postcode); the remainder lacks a usable address.

Peers

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

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
KP
KPMG LLP
No£223.2m1
TG
THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED
No£7.4m1
MA
MOTTRAM ASSOCIATES LIMITED
No£2.7m2
BP
BEST PRACTICE NETWORK LIMITED
Yes£1.6m4
KU
Keele University
No£1.5m1
LE
LYON EQUIPMENT LIMITED
Yes£784k—
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Red flags · 0 active

Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.

✓ Verified
✓ 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
Up to date
Last made up to 30 Apr 2025
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 11 Oct 2026
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.

✓ Live sync

Registered details

Company no.
03107118
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
27 Sept 1995
Reg. office
Units 3-7 Tebay Business Park, Old Tebay, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 3SS
SIC codes
14190 · 46420 · 46690
Last accounts
30 Apr 2025
Next accounts due
31 Jan 2027

Directors & PSC

  • COWELL, Linda Joyce — director
    Appointed 01 Nov 2025
  • BERGERUD, Martin — director
    Appointed 01 Jan 2022
  • COCKAYNE, Richard James — director
    Appointed 01 Jan 2022
  • CORNTHWAITE, Paul Anthony — director
    Appointed 01 Jun 2019
  • CAPPER, Jonathan Brian — director
    Appointed 03 Oct 1995
  • Howgill Holdings Limited — person with significant control
    significant influence or control

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.

↔ From Cos House
LYON EQUIPMENT LIMITED
03107118 · this company

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