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SMALL WORLD CONSULTING LIMITED

Lancaster
SME

Small World Consulting specializes in sustainability and carbon accounting, helping organizations understand their environmental impact and develop strategies for improvement. They provide detailed carbon footprint assessments and support clients in various sectors, including telecoms, finance, and food production.

sw-consulting.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£300k
Live
1
Buyers
3
12m
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At a glance
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Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts1 / 6
  • Top buyers3
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
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Quick answer — SMALL WORLD CONSULTING LIMITEDUpdated 20 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

SMALL WORLD CONSULTING LIMITED has won £300k across 3 public-sector buyers, with 1 live contract. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD at 88% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
1 of 6Live contracts
88%Top-buyer concentration
—Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.

⚑ Self-reported
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No social-value commitments yet

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ESG & policies vault · 0/5

Key governance & sustainability policies. Published documents link out; missing ones are greyed.

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Net-zero planNot provided✓
Modern slavery statementNot provided✓
EDI policyNot provided✓
Anti-briberyNot provided✓
Data protectionNot provided✓

Capabilities

What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.

◐ From website & notices
Sectors served · 1/8
Central government✓
Local government✓
NHS & health✓
Housing✓
Utilities & energy✓
Financial services✓
Education✓
Defence✓
Services · 4
Carbon FootprintingSpecialists in Scope 3 supply chain carbon footprints, providing realistic and practical carbon accounting. ↗Landscape CarbonHelping clients optimize their role in food production, nature recovery, and climate action through landscape carbon assessments. ↗Big Picture SustainabilityTaking a comprehensive view of an organization's full impact on people and the planet, providing bespoke research and actionable plans. ↗Training and WorkshopsOffering training sessions to help organizations understand carbon accounting and sustainability practices. ↗

Extracted automatically from sw-consulting.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.

◐ From supplier website
BT Group Case StudyDetailed supply chain reporting enables BT Group to reduce emissions and work towards net zero by 2041. ↗Jude's Ice Cream Case StudyExploring sustainability practices and carbon footprinting in the food and beverage sector. ↗

Extracted automatically from sw-consulting.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.

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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

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No accreditations recorded

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KPI performance

Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.

✓ Verified
84

No verified KPI scores yet

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Contracts · 1 live · 5 historic

Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Carbon Zero Pathway for Lancaster District
Lancaster City Council7300000017 Dec 2024£37k3 moClosed
AMRC SWC sustainability re-assessment
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD7131300001 Sept 2024£81k7 moClosed
Small World Consulting - Catapult budget 23/24
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD2431180008 Nov 2023£60k5 moClosed
Small World Consulting - Fftari 4.0
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD7131300026 Jul 2022£70k8 moClosed
3332/SSA/CK/22
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD7131300012 Apr 2022£53k12 moClosed
Landscape assessment to inform the National Forest Company forest creation strategy
THE NATIONAL FOREST COMPANY————Live
Total live value — · mean award £50k

Top buyers · 3 buyers · top 3 = 100%

Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.

✓ From notices
1
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
4 contracts
88%
since 2022
2
Lancaster City Council
1 contract
12%
since 2024
3
THE NATIONAL FOREST COMPANY
1 contract
0%

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
Yorkshire4 contracts
88%
North West1 contract
12%
East Midlands1 contract
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). SMALL WORLD CONSULTING LIMITED highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
SR
Suez Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd
No£360.0m2
XE
XEWLI LIMITED
Yes£19.9m1
I(
Ipsos (Market Research) Ltd
No£3.0m4
SU
SUSTENIC LIMITED
Yes£2.7m1
JA
Just Ask Services
No£2.6m1
SW
SMALL WORLD CONSULTING LIMITED
Yes——
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Red flags · 0 active

Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.

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✓ Clean. No active risk signals from Companies House status, charges or insolvency records.

Compliance scorecard

Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.

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Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 31 Mar 2025
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 21 Mar 2027
Outstanding charges
0
No charges registered
Insolvency history
None
No insolvency cases registered
Certifications (ISO, Cyber Essentials, Living Wage, B-Corp, modern-slavery) are supplier self-reported and appear once a claimed profile adds them.

Modifications

Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.

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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

Live sync — registered details, directors, PSC and SIC codes.

✓ Live sync

Registered details

Company no.
04389483
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
07 Mar 2002
Reg. office
Gordon Manley Building Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ
SIC codes
70229
Last accounts
31 Mar 2025
Next accounts due
31 Dec 2026

Directors & PSC

  • BERNERS-LEE, Elizabeth Margaret — secretary
    Appointed 07 Mar 2002
  • BERNERS-LEE, Elizabeth Margaret — director
    Appointed 07 Mar 2002
  • BERNERS-LEE, Michael George — director
    Appointed 07 Mar 2002
  • Mrs Elizabeth Margaret Berners-Lee — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 25 to 50 percent
  • Mr Michael George Berners-Lee — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 25 to 50 percent

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

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£

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.

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SMALL WORLD CONSULTING LIMITED
04389483 · this company

Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.