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Acorn Contract & Hire Ltd

Transport services · Lincolnshire
Large

Acorn Contract & Hire Ltd operates a premier taxi and courier service in Boston, Lincolnshire, offering a range of transport solutions including airport transfers and same-day deliveries. They pride themselves on customer care and maintaining a professional fleet of vehicles.

acorntaxisuk.com ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£11.7m
Live
116
Buyers
4
12m
£4.8m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts116 / 161
  • Top buyers4
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — Acorn Contract & Hire LtdUpdated 20 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Acorn Contract & Hire Ltd has won £11.7m across 4 public-sector buyers, with 116 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Lincolnshire County Council at 60% · 100% in Transport services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
116 of 161Live contracts
60%Top-buyer concentration
100%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 · 2
Taxi ServicesProviding reliable taxi services for personal and business needs, including airport transfers. ↗Courier ServicesOffering same-day delivery services with a focus on reliability and customer satisfaction. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • Transport Services Tender Batch 1027Lincolnshire County Council · £778k
  • Transport Services Tender Batch 1009Lincolnshire County Council · £362k
  • Transport Services Tender Batch 1108Lincolnshire County Council · £152k
  • Transport Services Tender Batch 1043Lincolnshire County Council · £137k
  • Transport Services Tender Batch 1039Lincolnshire County Council · £129k
  • Transport Services Tender Batch 1050Lincolnshire County Council · £123k

Extracted automatically from acorntaxisuk.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.

⚑ Self-reported
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No case studies yet

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Buyer references

Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.

✓ Confirmed by buyer
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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.

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84

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 · 116 live · 45 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Taxi Services
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust—02 Feb 2026£4.6m4 yrspending
BPB000161 - SEND Taxi - Kirkby-in-Ashfield to Lincoln Athena
Lincolnshire County Council6012000004 Sept 2025£246k4.9 yrsLive
LCC Transport Services - BPB - School Transport - SEND Schools - Taxi - BPB000124 - North
Lincolnshire County Council6012000001 Sept 2025£180k5 yrsLive
BPB000086-South College's Taxi (Weekly Cost Required)-02.12.24
Lincolnshire County Council6012000006 Jan 2025£50k6 moClosed
BPB000090 - SEND - Lincoln St Christopher's Schools & Grantham Greenfields School
Lincolnshire County Council6012000006 Jan 2025£252k4.6 yrsLive
BPB - SEN - Woodlands / Eresby - Taxi - 13/05/2024
Lincolnshire County Council6012000020 May 2024£276k7.2 yrsLive
BPB - SN - Lincoln Athena - 27/11/23 08:00
Lincolnshire County Council6012000028 Nov 2023£187k3.7 yrsLive
5 - Thu 8th Dec 11:00 Boston/South Holland
Lincolnshire County Council6012000001 Jan 2023£258k7.6 yrsLive
1-East Lindsey10th Oct 11am
Lincolnshire County Council6012000031 Oct 2022£164k7.8 yrsLive
4-North Kesteven - 11th Oct - 1pm
Lincolnshire County Council6012000031 Oct 2022£405k7.8 yrsLive
Total live value £3.0m · mean award £72k1–10 of 161

Top buyers · 4 buyers · top 3 = 100%

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

✓ From notices
1
Lincolnshire County Council
157 contracts
60%
since 2017
2
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
1 contract
39%
since 2026
3
Passenger Transport Unit
2 contracts
0%
since 2016
4
DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
1 contract
0%

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 100%.

✓ From notices
Transport services60
100%
⚠ Concentration: 100% of recent awarded value sits in a single CPV division. A category-specific downturn would materially affect revenue.

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
East Midlands158 contracts
100%
Yorkshire1 contract
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Acorn Contract & Hire Ltd highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
AL
Arriva London South
No£6.2m1
AC
Acorn Contract & Hire Ltd
No£4.8m—
2T
247 TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS LTD
Yes£3.0m3
AS
ABC Supreme
No£2.8m2
JA
Jetstream Airport Transfers
Yes£2.6m1
DE
Dennis Eagle Limited
No£2.4m1
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Red flags · 0 active

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

✓ Verified
✓ 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 30 Jun 2025
Confirmation statement
Due in -32d
Next due 20 Jun 2026
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.

✓ From notices
±

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.

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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.
04455094
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
06 Jun 2002
Reg. office
5 Bond Street, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 8XT
SIC codes
49320
Last accounts
30 Jun 2025
Next accounts due
31 Mar 2027

Directors & PSC

  • YOUNIS, Abdur-Rahim — director
    Appointed 04 Sept 2024
  • YOUNIS, Aliah — director
    Appointed 04 Sept 2024
  • YOUNIS, Zhahed — director
    Appointed 14 May 2021
  • Mr Zhahed Younis — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 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.

↔ From Cos House
ACORN CONTRACT & HIRE LIMITED
04455094 · this company

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