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LISTENING EAR (MERSEYSIDE)

Liverpool
SME

Listening Ear is a charity and social enterprise that provides counselling and emotional support services to individuals affected by bereavement, loss, and domestic abuse. They work in partnership with local authorities, the NHS, and other organizations to deliver high-quality therapy and support.

listening-ear.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£3.8m
Live
10
Buyers
8
12m
£3.1m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts10 / 13
  • Top buyers8
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — LISTENING EAR (MERSEYSIDE)Updated 13 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

LISTENING EAR (MERSEYSIDE) has won £3.8m across 8 public-sector buyers, with 10 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Warwickshire County Council at 81% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
10 of 13Live contracts
81%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 · 2/8
Central government✓
Local government✓
NHS & health✓
Housing✓
Utilities & energy✓
Financial services✓
Education✓
Defence✓
Services · 7
Butterflies – Affected by Bereavement & LossDiAmond – Emotional Support for Domestic AbuseTitanium – Looked After Children & CarersVIDA – Occupational Health CounsellingAmparo – Support Following SuicideMindset – Professional Training & ServicesCounselling Aftercare

Extracted automatically from listening-ear.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.

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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 · 1

Credentials listed on the supplier’s website. Not yet checked against issuer registers.

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Core credentials · 0/6
Cyber EssentialsNot evidenced✓
Cyber Essentials PlusNot evidenced✓
ISO 27001 — Information securityNot evidenced✓
ISO 9001 — QualityNot evidenced✓
ISO 14001 — EnvironmentalNot evidenced✓
ISO 45001 — Health & safetyNot evidenced✓
Other credentials & memberships · 1
BACP AccreditationBritish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy · Certification ↗

Extracted automatically from listening-ear.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

KPI performance

Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.

✓ Verified
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 · 10 live · 3 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Domestic Abuse Specialist Counselling and Therapy (DASCAT) Service
Warwickshire County Council—01 Jun 2026£3.1m3.3 yrspending
The Provision of Occupational Health Services
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council—01 Jan 2026—2 yrsLive
COV - Coventry and Warwickshire Suicide Bereavement Support Service 2024
Coventry City Council (COV)8514000001 Oct 2024£402k6 yrsLive
The Provision of Suicide Bereavement Support
Ministry of Defence, DIO,8531230001 Aug 2023£159k2 yrsClosed
Children Looked After (CLA) Emotional Health & Wellbeing Service
Knowsley Council8531230001 Apr 2016£180k2 yrsClosed
Bereavement by Suicide Support
NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board————Live
COV/CSW - Coventry and Warwickshire Suicide Bereavement Support Service 2024
Coventry City Council (COV)85100000———Live
Adult Counselling Service in Knowsley
NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD————Live
Domestic Abuse Specialist Counselling and Therapy Service
Warwickshire County Council————Live
Bereavement by Suicide Support
NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board————Live
Total live value £402k · mean award £292k1–10 of 13

Top buyers · 8 buyers · top 3 = 96%

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

✓ From notices
1
Warwickshire County Council
3 contracts
81%
since 2025
2
Coventry City Council (COV)
2 contracts
11%
since 2024
3
Knowsley Council
1 contract
5%
since 2016
4
Ministry of Defence, DIO,
1 contract
4%
since 2023
5
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
2 contracts
0%
since 2025
6
NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
2 contracts
0%
7
NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
1 contract
0%
8
Sefton Council
1 contract
0%

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
West Midlands3 contracts
94%
North West7 contracts
6%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). LISTENING EAR (MERSEYSIDE) highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
LE
LISTENING EAR (MERSEYSIDE)
Yes£3.1m—
OU
OVIVA UK LIMITED
No£3.0m12
(O
(2) Optima Health UK Limited
No£2.5m1
PH
Pulse Healthcare Limited t/a Xyla
No£2.0m6
MN
Momenta Newcastle Ltd
Yes£1.6m8
CO
Counterweight
Yes£626k3
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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 04 Dec 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.

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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

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.
05999650
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Guarant Nsc Limited Exemption
Incorporated
15 Nov 2006
Reg. office
St Nicholas Centre 70 Church Road, Halewood, Liverpool, L26 6LB
SIC codes
86900
Last accounts
31 Mar 2025
Next accounts due
31 Dec 2026

Directors & PSC

  • STEAD, Sarah — director
    Appointed 24 Jul 2023
  • CONNOR, Karl John — director
    Appointed 20 Jan 2021
  • THOMSON, Roderick Peter Macgregor — director
    Appointed 04 Sept 2019
  • HUNT, Heidi Elizabeth — director
    Appointed 20 Aug 2019
  • FARRELL, Patricia Ann — director
    Appointed 09 Jun 2014

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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LISTENING EAR (MERSEYSIDE)
05999650 · this company

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