At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
DEF Software Limited has won £14.1m across 24 public-sector buyers, with 18 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Crown Commercial Service at 51% · 81% in IT services · 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 def.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Case studies · 3
Delivery stories from the supplier’s website. Clients are not yet cross-checked against award records.
Extracted automatically from def.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
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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
Once buyers report contract KPIs — delivery on time, on budget, satisfaction, adoption and accessibility — a weighted grade and breakdown appear here.
Contracts · 18 live · 21 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Sussex County Council | 72260000 | 19 Feb 2026 | £112k | 3 yrs | Live | |
| Dartmoor National Park Authority | 72300000 | 19 Feb 2026 | £185k | 5 yrs | Live | |
| Essex County Council | — | 09 Oct 2025 | £388k | 5 yrs | pending | |
| Hampshire County Council | 48000000 | 01 Aug 2025 | £218k | 5 yrs | Live | |
| St Helens Council | 72000000 | 01 Aug 2025 | £66k | 3 yrs | Live | |
| Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council | 48100000 | 01 Apr 2025 | £708k | 5 yrs | Live | |
| Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council | 72212100 | 01 Apr 2025 | £493k | 5 yrs | Live | |
| Cambridgeshire County Council | 72000000 | 01 Jan 2025 | £286k | 5 yrs | Live | |
| North Devon District Council | 48000000 | 03 Jul 2025 | £285k | 5 yrs | Live | |
| Staffordshire County Council | 48100000 | 31 Mar 2025 | £49k | 2 yrs | Live |
Top buyers · 24 buyers · top 3 = 68%
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: 81%.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). DEF Software Limited highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £200.0m | 1 | |
| No | £150.0m | 1 | |
| No | £65.7m | 3 | |
| Yes | £36.4m | 3 | |
| No | £33.8m | 2 | |
DS DEF Software Limited | Yes | £969k | — |
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.
- 06813292
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 09 Feb 2009
- Reg. office
- Washington Business Centre, Turbine Way, Sunderland, SR5 3NZ
- SIC codes
- 62012
- Last accounts
- 31 Mar 2025
- Next accounts due
- 31 Dec 2026
Directors & PSC
- COOKE, Graeme — directorAppointed 15 Jun 2016
- FRAME, Emma Marie — directorAppointed 15 Jun 2016
- ROLLINS, John — directorAppointed 15 Jun 2016
- FRAME, Emma — secretaryAppointed 25 Nov 2010
- FRAME, David — directorAppointed 09 Feb 2009
- Def Holdings Limited — person with significant controlownership of shares 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
Jobs, skills, environmental, inequality and community commitments appear here once a claimed supplier attributes them to awarded contracts, or once we detect them on the supplier’s website.