At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
PHOTON LINES LIMITED has won £1.3m across 7 public-sector buyers, with 2 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED at 32% · 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.
- High Speed MWIR Camera System
- UKRI - Omicron LightHUB Laser Sets
Extracted automatically from photonlines.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
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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
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Contracts · 2 live · 17 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED | 32342400 | 21 Jan 2025 | £51k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED | 32342400 | 21 Jan 2025 | £66k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED | 38970000 | 07 Jan 2025 | £29k | 1 mo | Closed | |
| UK Research & Innovation | 38636100 | 21 Feb 2024 | £23k | 3 mo | Closed | |
| UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED | 38511100 | 17 Aug 2023 | £24k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM | 38651000 | 15 Feb 2023 | £117k | 5 mo | Closed | |
| UK Research and Innovation | 38510000 | 23 Dec 2022 | £368k | 3 mo | Closed | |
| UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED | 38651000 | 22 Dec 2022 | £14k | 2 yrs | Closed | |
| UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED | 38000000 | 25 Feb 2022 | £37k | 3 mo | Closed | |
| UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED | 38000000 | 22 Dec 2021 | £48k | 2 mo | Closed |
Top buyers · 7 buyers · top 3 = 78%
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). PHOTON LINES LIMITED highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | £18.3m | 3 | |
| Yes | £3.3m | 1 | |
| Yes | £1.9m | 6 | |
| Yes | £1.6m | 8 | |
| Yes | £1.4m | 4 | |
PL PHOTON LINES LIMITED | Yes | — | — |
Red flags · 0 active
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Compliance scorecard
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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.
- 04773984
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 22 May 2003
- Reg. office
- Penrose House, 67 Hightown Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9BE
- SIC codes
- 74909
- Last accounts
- 30 Jun 2025
- Next accounts due
- 31 Mar 2027
Directors & PSC
- REYNOLDS, Alistair Martyn, Dr — directorAppointed 12 Jun 2023
- DREAN, Eric — directorAppointed 22 May 2003
- Mr Lionel Gerard — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent
- Mr Eric Drean — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 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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