At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
AO Retail Limited has won £50.3m across 8 public-sector buyers, with 6 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Places for People Group Limited at 99% · 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.
Extracted automatically from ao.com 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
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No accreditations recorded
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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 · 6 live · 3 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampshire County Council | 39713400 | 01 Mar 2025 | £8k | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Sovereign Housing Association | 39000000 | 01 Aug 2020 | £50k | 2.3 yrs | Closed | |
| Places for People Group Limited | 39700000 | 01 Jan 2020 | £50.0m | 5 yrs | Closed | |
| One Housing Group | 39710000 | 05 Sept 2019 | £246k | 3 yrs | Closed | |
| Hampshire County Council | 34911100 | — | — | — | Live | |
| Your Homes Newcastle Ltd | 39140000 | — | — | — | Live | |
| Espo | 30213200 | — | — | — | Live | |
| Warwickshire County Council | 39714100 | — | — | — | Live | |
| Humankind Charity | 39710000 | — | — | — | Live |
Top buyers · 8 buyers · top 3 = 100%
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). AO Retail Limited highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £79.1m | 1 | |
| No | £67.3m | 7 | |
| Yes | £18.3m | 3 | |
SO Softcat | No | £15.8m | 6 |
| No | £10.0m | 1 | |
AR AO Retail Limited | No | — | — |
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.
- 03914998
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 28 Jan 2000
- Reg. office
- Unit 5a The Parklands, Lostock, Bolton, BL6 4SD
- SIC codes
- 47910
- Last accounts
- 31 Mar 2025
- Next accounts due
- 31 Dec 2026
Directors & PSC
- HAYNES, Stuart Mark — directorAppointed 24 May 2022
- ROBERTS, John Charles — directorAppointed 17 Jun 2019
- FINNEMORE, Julie Angela Louise — secretaryAppointed 15 Apr 2014
- HIGGINS, Jonathan Mark Stephen — directorAppointed 31 Mar 2014
- Ao Limited — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 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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