At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
COMMUNITY PRODUCTS (UK) LIMITED (t/a Community Playthings) has won £13.4m across 8 public-sector buyers, with 15 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO at 45% · 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.
- YPO - 000896 Supply of Early Years Furniture - Contractual
- YPO - 001132 EARLY YEARS FURNITURE
- 79_21 - Educational Furniture
- Early Years, SEN, All Key Stage Curriculum and Outdoor Play Resources - Y22005
- YPO - 000873 Early Years Construction
- 991_22 - Supply of Early Years & Curriculum Product Ranges
Extracted automatically from communityplaythings.com on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Case studies · 1
Delivery stories from the supplier’s website. Clients are not yet cross-checked against award records.
Extracted automatically from communityplaythings.com on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Buyer references
Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.
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 · 10 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 | £6.0m | 12 mo | pending | |
| NEWHAM COMMUNITY LEARNING | — | 28 Jul 2025 | £45k | 1 mo | Closed | |
| YPO | 39000000 | 01 Apr 2023 | £1.1m | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Espo | 18000000 | 01 Mar 2022 | £141k | 2.1 yrs | Closed | |
| Kent bCounty Council (t/a KCS) | 80000000 | 01 Aug 2021 | £400k | 4 yrs | Closed | |
| Espo | 39111000 | 01 Mar 2021 | £855k | 2.1 yrs | Closed | |
| YPO | 39000000 | 01 Jun 2019 | £2.5m | 4 yrs | Closed | |
| YPO | 37520000 | 01 Jan 2019 | £300k | 2.1 yrs | Closed | |
| YPO | 39100000 | 01 Jan 2019 | £947k | 4 yrs | Closed | |
| Espo | 22110000 | 01 Apr 2018 | £246k | 2 yrs | Closed |
Top buyers · 8 buyers · top 3 = 97%
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). COMMUNITY PRODUCTS (UK) LIMITED (t/a Community Playthings) highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
KP KPMG LLP | No | £223.2m | 1 |
| No | £7.4m | 1 | |
CP COMMUNITY PRODUCTS (UK) LIMITED (t/a Community Playthings) | Yes | £6.0m | — |
| No | £2.7m | 2 | |
| Yes | £1.6m | 4 | |
| No | £1.5m | 1 |
Red flags · 0 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
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.
- 03498955
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 26 Jan 1998
- Reg. office
- Darvell, Brightling Road, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5DR
- SIC codes
- 16290
- Last accounts
- 31 Mar 2025
- Next accounts due
- 31 Dec 2026
Directors & PSC
- KEIDERLING, Darlene Susanne — secretaryAppointed 12 Nov 2025
- SHIRKY, Lara Joy — directorAppointed 21 May 2025
- WISER, Trevor William — directorAppointed 21 May 2025
- MARCHANT, Galen Henry — directorAppointed 24 Nov 2017
- WINTER, Gregory John — directorAppointed 08 Sept 2010
- Church Communities Uk — 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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