At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
WHITCO CATERING AND BAKERY EQUIPMENT LIMITED has won £49.0m across 8 public-sector buyers, with 3 live contracts.
Why: top buyer Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO at 92% · 1 active risk flag · 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.
Extracted automatically from whitcoltd.com on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Case studies
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No case studies yet
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Buyer references
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No buyer references yet
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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 · 3 live · 7 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO | — | 01 Apr 2026 | £45.0m | 2 yrs | pending | |
| The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust | 45453100 | 01 Dec 2024 | £187k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust | 39711360 | 31 May 2023 | £26k | — | Closed | |
| Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | 39310000 | 06 Jun 2022 | £225k | 3 yrs | Closed | |
| The University Caterers Organisation Limited (TUCO Ltd) | 39310000 | 13 Nov 2018 | £2.3m | 4 yrs | Closed | |
| Espo | 34911100 | 01 Apr 2018 | £1.2m | 2 yrs | Closed | |
| City of London Corporation | 39220000 | 13 Mar 2018 | £63k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| TUCO Ltd | 50000000 | — | — | — | Live | |
| Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO | — | — | — | — | Live | |
| University of Bedfordshire | — | — | — | — | Live |
Top buyers · 8 buyers · top 3 = 99%
Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). WHITCO CATERING AND BAKERY EQUIPMENT LIMITED highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | £67.6m | 2 | |
| No | £67.6m | 2 | |
| Yes | £67.6m | 2 | |
| No | £67.6m | 2 | |
| Yes | £67.6m | 2 | |
WC WHITCO CATERING AND BAKERY EQUIPMENT LIMITED | Yes | £45.0m | — |
Red flags · 1 active
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Compliance scorecard
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Modifications
Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.
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.
- 03120033
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 31 Oct 1995
- Reg. office
- 14 Cottingham Way, Thrapston, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 4PL
- SIC codes
- 33200 · 43999 · 46900 · 47789
- Last accounts
- 31 Oct 2025
- Next accounts due
- 31 Jul 2027
Directors & PSC
- FLETCHER, David — directorAppointed 02 Jun 2025
- HAMPTON, Angela — directorAppointed 06 May 2025
- WEBB, Carmela — directorAppointed 01 Jan 2022
- GODDARD, Ross — directorAppointed 01 Jan 2022
- JEWRY, Isabella — directorAppointed 01 Nov 2019
- WHITAKER, Vita — directorAppointed 31 Jan 2014
- Whitco Properties & Investments Limited — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 percent
Financial
Filed accounts from Companies House.
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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