At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Cater Link Limited has won £595.5m across 159 public-sector buyers, with 147 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer HORNCHURCH ACADEMY TRUST at 14% · 67% in Hotel & restaurant · 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.
- AFC SCHOOL MEAL CONTRACT PROJECT
- School Meals Service
- School Meals Catering Service
- School Meals and Shire Hall Catering Services Framework Agreement
- 704_22 Outsourced Catering Services
- Cornwall Cluster - Tender for Catering Services.
Extracted automatically from caterlinkltd.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
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 · 1
Credentials listed on the supplier’s website. Not yet checked against issuer registers.
Extracted automatically from caterlinkltd.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 · 147 live · 111 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weobley High School | — | 01 Sept 2026 | — | 3 yrs | Live | |
| HORNCHURCH ACADEMY TRUST | — | 08 Jun 2026 | £83.0m | 2 yrs | pending | |
| THE CO-OPERATIVE ACADEMIES TRUST | — | 01 Sept 2026 | £5.5m | 3 yrs | Live | |
| Greensand Multi Academy Trust | — | 01 Sept 2026 | — | 3 yrs | pending | |
| Woking College | — | 12 Apr 2026 | — | 5 yrs | pending | |
| The Dean Trust | 55524000 | 16 Feb 2026 | £6.7m | 3 yrs | Live | |
| South Cumbria Multi Academy Trust~ Catering Tender | — | 29 Apr 2026 | £2.3m | 3.8 yrs | pending | |
| MOSAIC PARTNERSHIP TRUST | — | 04 Apr 2026 | £2.4m | 3 yrs | pending | |
| Telford College | — | 01 Aug 2026 | — | 5 yrs | pending | |
| Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT) | — | 06 Jan 2026 | £3.0m | 4 yrs | Live |
Top buyers · 159 buyers · top 3 = 29%
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: 67%.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Cater Link Limited highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
CL Cater Link Limited | No | £129.6m | — |
| Yes | £16.9m | 3 | |
| No | £8.4m | 1 | |
| No | £8.3m | 2 | |
| No | £6.6m | 1 | |
| No | £6.0m | 1 |
Red flags · 0 active
Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.
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.
- 03732298
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 12 Mar 1999
- Reg. office
- 300 Thames Valley Park Drive, Reading, RG6 1PT
- SIC codes
- 56290
- Last accounts
- 25 Dec 2024
- Next accounts due
- 30 Sept 2026
Directors & PSC
- GALE, Stephen Richard — directorAppointed 01 Jul 2025
- FLYNN, Richard Anthony — directorAppointed 09 Jun 2010
- FULLER, Neil — directorAppointed 30 Apr 2009
- BRADLEY, Marc — secretaryAppointed 14 Dec 2007
- BRADLEY, Marc — directorAppointed 20 Nov 2007
- STOREY, Alastair Dunbar — directorAppointed 10 Mar 2004
- Wsh Uk & Ireland Limited — 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
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 · 1/5
Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes. Each is tagged self-reported or from the website.
Extracted automatically from caterlinkltd.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.