At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Brakes has won £171.1m across 39 public-sector buyers, with 13 live contracts.
Why: top buyer DEFRA at 61% · 100% in Food & beverages · 1 active risk flag · 0 modifications.
ESG & policies vault · 0/5
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Capabilities
What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.
Service tags, sectors served and target geographies appear here once a supplier verifies ownership of this profile.
- CPU 2264 Supply and Delivery of Frozen Food and Groceries
- Supply and Delivery of Frozen Provisions
- 97_17 Light Catering Equipment
- YPO - 000928 Catering Disposables
- 001119 - Snacks
- 001120 - Crisps
Case studies
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Buyer references
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No buyer references yet
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Accreditations & memberships
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No accreditations recorded
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KPI performance
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No verified KPI scores yet
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Contracts · 13 live · 39 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE CAMBRIDGE HOUSING SOCIETY LTD | 15300000 | 27 Oct 2025 | £120k | 2 yrs | Live | |
| SURREY AND SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST | — | 15 Oct 2025 | £3.2m | 2 yrs | pending | |
| Nottinghamshire County Council | 15000000 | 01 Nov 2024 | £5.5m | 1.8 yrs | Live | |
| Wimbledon College C/O Pelican Procurement Services | 15000000 | 16 Sept 2024 | £198k | 2 yrs | Live | |
| TUCO Ltd | 15000000 | 01 Jul 2024 | — | 2 yrs | Closed | |
| Birmingham City Council | 15800000 | 08 Jan 2024 | £21.0m | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Torus 62 Limited | 15800000 | 01 Jul 2023 | £96k | 2 yrs | Closed | |
| YPO | 15312000 | 01 Aug 2022 | £75k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| YPO | 15312300 | 01 Aug 2022 | £75k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE) | 15800000 | 01 Aug 2022 | £4.8m | 2 yrs | Closed |
Top buyers · 39 buyers · top 3 = 83%
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). Brakes highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £378.0m | 2 | |
| No | £45.0m | 1 | |
| No | £23.3m | 2 | |
| No | £13.3m | 7 | |
BI Bidfood | Yes | £8.0m | 8 |
BR Brakes | No | £3.3m | — |
Red flags · 1 active
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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
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News mentions
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No news mentions found
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Companies House
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Registered details
- Company no.
- 05532896
- Status
- Dissolved
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 10 Aug 2005
- Reg. office
- Enterprise House, Eureka Business Park, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4AG
- SIC codes
- 99999
- Last accounts
- 30 Jun 2016
Directors & PSC
- WHIBLEY, Sarah Leanne — secretaryAppointed 01 Apr 2015
- WHIBLEY, Sarah Leanne — directorAppointed 01 Apr 2015
- LODGE, David Robert — directorAppointed 02 Sept 2011
- Brake Bros Limited — 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
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Org tree
Group structure and ownership.
Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.
Social value
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No social-value commitments yet
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