At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Essential Computing Ltd has won £873k across 8 public-sector buyers, with 3 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer UNIVERSITY OF DERBY at 37% · 77% in Software packages · 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.
Extracted automatically from essential.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Case studies · 4
Delivery stories from the supplier’s website. Clients are not yet cross-checked against award records.
Extracted automatically from essential.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Buyer references
Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.
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 · 4
Credentials listed on the supplier’s website. Not yet checked against issuer registers.
Extracted automatically from essential.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.
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 · 3 live · 6 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF DERBY | 48000000 | 04 Jun 2026 | £319k | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Historic England | 72212900 | 01 Jan 2026 | £96k | 4 yrs | Live | |
| UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED | 48900000 | 01 Jan 2023 | £63k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| DUE NORTH LIMITED | 72222300 | 10 Oct 2022 | £136k | 2 yrs | Closed | |
| Historic England | 48781000 | 01 Jan 2022 | £99k | 2 yrs | Closed | |
| British Transport Police | 48000000 | 22 Mar 2021 | £97k | 2 yrs | Closed | |
| Shropshire Council | 48000000 | 01 Jul 2019 | £63k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| SE Shared Services | 48000000 | 07 May 2018 | — | 2.8 yrs | Closed | |
| UK Research and Innovation | — | — | — | — | Live |
Top buyers · 8 buyers · top 3 = 74%
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: 77%.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Essential Computing Ltd highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | £265.3m | 2 | |
SO Softcat | Yes | £24.6m | 17 |
| No | £20.7m | 2 | |
| No | £19.0m | 1 | |
| Yes | £18.1m | 2 | |
EC Essential Computing Ltd | Yes | £415k | — |
Red flags · 0 active
Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.
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
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.
- 06661488
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 31 Jul 2008
- Reg. office
- Unit 2 Marine View Office Park, 42 Martingale Way, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 7AW
- SIC codes
- 62020
- Last accounts
- 31 Dec 2024
- Next accounts due
- 30 Sept 2026
Directors & PSC
- DIMERY, Maria Jane — secretaryAppointed 03 Mar 2021
- APPLEYARD, Sara Jayne — directorAppointed 03 Mar 2021
- KELLETT, David Ian — directorAppointed 03 Mar 2021
- KNIGHT, Clare Louise — directorAppointed 03 Mar 2021
- Mr David Ian Kellett — person with significant controlownership of shares 25 to 50 percent · voting rights 25 to 50 percent
- Mrs Clare Louise Knight — person with significant controlownership of shares 25 to 50 percent · voting rights 25 to 50 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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