At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Metcalfe Bros Ltd has won £1.6m across 2 public-sector buyers, with 4 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Cumbria County Council at 100% · 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.
- Operated Plant Framework 2021-2025
- For the Provision of the Operated Plant Framework 2017-2021
- Gritter Driver Services 2019
- Winter Maintenance Gritting Routes in South Cumbria 2020/21
Extracted automatically from metcalfebrosltd.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
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 · 4 live · 6 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmorland and Furness Council | — | 03 Nov 2025 | — | 12 mo | pending | |
| Cumbria County Council | 45500000 | 09 Aug 2021 | £769k | 4 yrs | Closed | |
| Cumbria County Council | 34143000 | 01 Oct 2020 | £26k | 7 mo | Closed | |
| Cumbria County Council | 90620000 | 01 Oct 2019 | £33k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| Cumbria County Council | 34143000 | 09 Oct 2017 | £10k | 7 mo | Closed | |
| Cumbria County Council | 45500000 | 03 Apr 2017 | £769k | 4 yrs | Closed | |
| Cumbria County Council | 34143000 | — | — | — | Live | |
| Westmorland and Furness Council | 34144440 | — | — | — | Live | |
| Westmorland and Furness Council | 60182000 | — | — | — | Live | |
| Cumbria County Council | 45500000 | — | — | — | Live |
Top buyers · 2 buyers · top 3 = 100%
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). Metcalfe Bros Ltd highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £1.9bn | 2 | |
| No | £575.0m | 2 | |
SH Shepley | No | £575.0m | 1 |
| No | £575.0m | 1 | |
| No | £575.0m | 1 | |
MB Metcalfe Bros Ltd | Yes | — | — |
Red flags · 0 active
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Compliance scorecard
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Modifications
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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
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Registered details
- Company no.
- 05899629
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 08 Aug 2006
- Reg. office
- Dales Park Works, Cautley, Sedbergh, Cumbria, LA10 5NB
- SIC codes
- 02400 · 43120 · 43999
- Last accounts
- 31 Oct 2024
- Next accounts due
- 31 Jul 2026
Directors & PSC
- METCALFE, Richard Thomas — directorAppointed 08 Aug 2006
- Mr Richard Thomas Metcalfe — 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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