At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Orchid Cellmark Ltd (t/a Cellmark Forensic Services) has won £10.6m across 20 public-sector buyers, with 14 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Department for Work & Pensions at 55% · 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.
- 3057_16 Toxicology Services
- Provision of eDNA Kits and Analysis for District Level Licensing Monitoring
- DNA & Genealogy Services
Extracted automatically from cellmarkforensics.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 cellmarkforensics.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 · 14 live · 15 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department for Work & Pensions | 85145000 | 01 May 2024 | £3.5m | 5 yrs | Live | |
| Natural England | 90711500 | 21 Feb 2024 | £273k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| Civil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA) / Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) | 75241100 | 01 May 2023 | £75k | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Norfolk County Council | 85000000 | 01 Apr 2023 | — | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Ministry of Defence, DIO, | 71900000 | 25 Apr 2022 | £500k | 2.1 yrs | Closed | |
| British Transport Police | 85148000 | 18 Nov 2021 | £40k | 5 mo | Closed | |
| Ministry of Defence, DIO, | 71356000 | 01 Oct 2021 | £116k | 16 mo | Closed | |
| H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS | 71600000 | 16 Sept 2021 | £500k | 3 yrs | Closed | |
| DEFRA | 71313450 | 25 Jan 2021 | £342k | 2.5 yrs | Closed | |
| Home Office | 90711500 | 17 Jul 2020 | £55k | 3 yrs | Closed |
Top buyers · 20 buyers · top 3 = 74%
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). Orchid Cellmark Ltd (t/a Cellmark Forensic Services) highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £29.4m | 1 | |
| Yes | £13.4m | 2 | |
| Yes | £13.1m | 1 | |
| Yes | £13.1m | 1 | |
| Yes | £13.1m | 1 | |
OC Orchid Cellmark Ltd (t/a Cellmark Forensic Services) | 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.
- 04045527
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 28 Jul 2000
- Reg. office
- Unit G1 Valiant Way, I54 Business Park, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, WV9 5GB
- SIC codes
- 71200
- Last accounts
- 31 Dec 2024
- Next accounts due
- 30 Sept 2026
Directors & PSC
- CARNAGHAN, Mark Lindesay — directorAppointed 01 Jul 2025
- GANDERTON, Laura Jayne — secretaryAppointed 20 Aug 2024
- NELSON, Andrew David — directorAppointed 20 Aug 2024
- PEARSE, Mark Laurence — directorAppointed 20 Aug 2024
- Eurofins Scientific S.E. — 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
Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.
No social-value commitments yet
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