At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Best Companies Ltd has won £362k across 5 public-sector buyers, with 5 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer NHS Business Services Authority at 59% · 100% in Business 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.
Extracted automatically from b.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Case studies · 2
Delivery stories from the supplier’s website. Clients are not yet cross-checked against award records.
Extracted automatically from b.co.uk 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
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 · 4
Credentials listed on the supplier’s website. Not yet checked against issuer registers.
Extracted automatically from b.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 · 5 live · 5 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NHS Business Services Authority | 79311000 | 07 Oct 2025 | £116k | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Nottingham College | 79342311 | 01 Aug 2025 | — | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Nottingham College | — | 27 Aug 2025 | — | 3.9 yrs | Live | |
| NHS Business Services Authority | 79311200 | 01 Sept 2024 | £28k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| NHS Business Services Authority | 79311000 | 01 Sept 2023 | £26k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| NHS Business Services Authority | 79311000 | 01 Aug 2022 | £23k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland | 73000000 | 04 Jan 2022 | £55k | 4 yrs | Closed | |
| NHS Business Services Authority | 79311000 | 01 Aug 2021 | £20k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| Merseytravel | 79300000 | 29 Mar 2021 | £93k | 6 yrs | Live | |
| VICO HOMES LIMITED | — | — | — | — | Live |
Top buyers · 5 buyers · top 3 = 100%
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). Best Companies Ltd highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £119.1m | 1 | |
| No | £12.9m | 1 | |
| Yes | £2.7m | 1 | |
| No | £2.2m | 5 | |
| No | £1.6m | 1 | |
BC Best Companies Ltd | Yes | £116k | — |
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.
- 03916471
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 31 Jan 2000
- Reg. office
- Hamilton House, Rackery Lane, Llay, Wrexham, Clwyd, LL12 0PB
- SIC codes
- 73200
- Last accounts
- 30 Sept 2024
- Next accounts due
- 30 Jun 2026
Directors & PSC
- AUSTIN, James Hamilton — directorAppointed 01 Jan 2021
- KELL, Alan Christopher — directorAppointed 01 Apr 2015
- DIMELOW, Glenn Christian — directorAppointed 26 Jan 2001
- AUSTIN, Jonathan Hamilton — directorAppointed 29 Feb 2000
- Mr Jonathan Hamilton Austin — person with significant controlownership of shares 50 to 75 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
Jobs, skills, environmental, inequality and community commitments appear here once a claimed supplier attributes them to awarded contracts, or once we detect them on the supplier’s website.