At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
QA RESEARCH LTD has won £2.2m across 26 public-sector buyers, with 15 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED at 46% · 100% in R&D services · 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.
- AHDB Evalution Support and Evaluation Validation requirements
- Greater Manchester Business Survey and Data Integration
- Environment Agency Rethinking Water Survey
- Evaluation of the local impact of the Think Family Programme
- Rail Stations Infrastructure Improvements Research
- GM Business Survey
Extracted automatically from qaresearch.co.uk 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 · 15 live · 20 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Industry Training Board | 73110000 | 15 Apr 2026 | £58k | 12 mo | Live | |
| NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED | — | 01 Apr 2026 | £1.0m | 4 yrs | pending | |
| South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | — | 09 Sept 2025 | £30k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD | 79311100 | 15 Aug 2025 | £240k | 5 yrs | Live | |
| Historic England | 79419000 | 01 Aug 2024 | £28k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | 79419000 | 01 Aug 2024 | £48k | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Care Quality Commission | 79312000 | 01 Jul 2024 | £152k | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Brighton & Hove City Council | 79310000 | 01 Jan 2024 | £96k | 9 mo | Closed | |
| Department for Education | 73000000 | 20 Nov 2023 | £25k | 7 mo | Closed | |
| Historic England | 79419000 | 01 Aug 2023 | £27k | 12 mo | Closed |
Top buyers · 26 buyers · top 3 = 65%
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). QA RESEARCH LTD highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £20.0m | 2 | |
| No | £5.7m | 4 | |
| No | £3.5m | 3 | |
| Yes | £3.0m | 1 | |
| No | £3.0m | 12 | |
QR QA RESEARCH LTD | No | £1.1m | — |
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
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Companies House
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Registered details
- Company no.
- 03186539
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 16 Apr 1996
- Reg. office
- 5 Merus Court, Meridian Business Park, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE19 1RJ
- SIC codes
- 73200
- Last accounts
- 31 Mar 2025
- Next accounts due
- 31 Dec 2026
Directors & PSC
- CLARKSON, Thomas James — directorAppointed 25 Mar 2026
- PARTRIDGE, Emma Margaret — directorAppointed 25 Mar 2026
- EDWARDS, Phoebe Ann — directorAppointed 31 May 2024
- GILLETT, Danielle Amanda — directorAppointed 31 May 2024
- FOUNTAIN, Michael James — directorAppointed 01 Jul 2016
- BRYAN, Richard — directorAppointed 27 Jan 2006
- Emb-Group Ltd — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent · right to appoint and remove directors
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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