At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
U-Drive has won £43.6m across 12 public-sector buyers, with 13 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Halton Housing c/o Link Group at 53% · 100% in Construction work · 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.
- Short Duration Vehicle Hire
- 271_24 Vehicle Rental (Self-Drive)
- Self Drive Vehicle Hire contract
- 271_20 - Vehicle Rental (Self-Drive)
- Short Term hire of Vehicles - DPS
Extracted automatically from u-drive.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
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Accreditations & memberships · 1
Credentials listed on the supplier’s website. Not yet checked against issuer registers.
Extracted automatically from u-drive.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 · 13 live · 7 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Sussex County Council | 45500000 | 01 Apr 2026 | £954k | 1.6 yrs | Live | |
| Dorset Council | 34100000 | 02 Jun 2025 | £3.0m | 6 yrs | Live | |
| Commercial Services Kent Limited | 34100000 | 01 Jun 2025 | £1.6m | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Halton Housing c/o Link Group | 34100000 | 22 Jan 2025 | £23.1m | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Espo | 34110000 | 01 Nov 2024 | £3.8m | 2 yrs | Live | |
| Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust | 34113000 | 01 Dec 2024 | £20k | 2.3 yrs | Live | |
| Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council | 34137000 | 04 Dec 2023 | £4.7m | 3 yrs | Live | |
| West Sussex County Council | 34100000 | 01 Oct 2023 | £150k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | 34100000 | 01 Jun 2022 | £58k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| Cheshire West and Chester Council | 34000000 | 07 Mar 2028 | £31k | 12 mo | Live |
Top buyers · 12 buyers · top 3 = 78%
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). U-Drive highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £21.1m | 1 | |
| No | £10.2m | 4 | |
| No | £8.0m | 3 | |
| Yes | £6.5m | 1 | |
| No | £5.4m | 1 | |
U- U-Drive | Yes | £954k | — |
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
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.
- 03183986
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 10 Apr 1996
- Reg. office
- 48-56 Old Wareham Road, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, BH12 4QR
- SIC codes
- 77110
- Last accounts
- 31 Dec 2024
- Next accounts due
- 30 Sept 2026
Directors & PSC
- KING, Jodie Louise — secretaryAppointed 28 Jun 2024
- HAMBLIN, Keeley Joanne — secretaryAppointed 28 Jun 2024
- HAMBLIN, Shelley Tamsin — secretaryAppointed 28 Jun 2024
- HAMBLIN, Mark Gareth — directorAppointed 21 May 2021
- CRANE-SUTTON, Richard William — directorAppointed 21 May 2021
- HAMBLIN, Gillian Phyllis — directorAppointed 16 Nov 1998
- Mr David Alan Hamblin — person with significant controlownership of shares 25 to 50 percent · voting rights 25 to 50 percent
- Mrs Gillian Phyllis Hamblin — person with significant controlownership of shares 25 to 50 percent · voting rights 25 to 50 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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