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PORTAKABIN LIMITED

Construction materials · York
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Portakabin Limited specializes in the design, manufacture, and delivery of prefabricated and modular buildings, including portable cabins, offices, and educational facilities. They focus on providing buildings that can be delivered quickly and efficiently.

portakabin.com ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£887.7m
Live
60
Buyers
104
12m
£187.9m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts60 / 207
  • Top buyers104
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — PORTAKABIN LIMITEDUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

PORTAKABIN LIMITED has won £887.7m across 104 public-sector buyers, with 60 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Department for Education at 41% · 95% in Construction materials · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
60 of 207Live contracts
41%Top-buyer concentration
95%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 · 1/8
Central government✓
Local government✓
NHS & health✓
Housing✓
Utilities & energy✓
Financial services✓
Education✓
Defence✓
Services · 8
Portable CabinsA range of portable cabins for various uses. ↗Modular BuildingsAward-winning permanent modular buildings including operating theatres. ↗Education FacilitiesComprehensive solutions for educational buildings. ↗Health FacilitiesModular buildings designed for health services. ↗Site AccommodationFacilities for site accommodation. ↗Transitional HousingSolutions for transitional housing needs. ↗Storage FacilitiesStorage solutions through modular buildings. ↗Toilets, Showers and Changing FacilitiesPortable toilet and shower facilities. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • Modular BuildingsLHC · £100.0m
  • 953_18 Modular BuildingsEspo · £29.1m
  • Covid 19 Vaccination Programme - Modular BuildingsNHS England · £5.7m
  • Covid 19 - Modular Buildings for Temporary Vaccination SitesNHS England · £5.2m
  • YPO - 001004 Purchase and Hire of Plant Machinery SiteYPO · £1.2m
  • Hire of modular building for Biomedical Laboratory - a call off contract from NHS SBS awarded framework agreement SBS10514 Modular Buildings 3LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY · £505k

Extracted automatically from portakabin.com 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.

⚑ Self-reported
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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

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No accreditations recorded

B-Corp, ISO, Cyber Essentials, Living Wage and similar credentials appear here once added by a claimed supplier and cross-checked against the issuing register.

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 · 60 live · 147 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
ATHELSTAN PRIMARY SCHOOL TEMPORARY CLASSROOMS
Sheffield City Council4421110020 Jul 2026£797k2.2 yrsLive
CA18027 - Askham Bryan College - Portable Changing Room Building Hire
Askham Bryan College4421110007 Aug 2026£27k2 yrsLive
PP-10183b Hornchurch Academy Trust Construction, Infrastructure, Building Works, Installations and Renewables Open Framework
HORNCHURCH ACADEMY TRUST—08 Jun 2026£138.3m2 yrspending
Re-Location of Mobile Classroom - Ashdale
Northumberland County Council4521000001 May 2026£283k6 moLive
Purchase of Blashford Community Respite Facility
London Borough of Camden—01 May 2026£200k—pending
Supply and Installation of a Modular Building for Brewood Fire Station
Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire4521310031 Mar 2026£82k9 moLive
953_26 Modular Buildings
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO—23 Apr 2026£41.7m2 yrspending
WHHT - Hire of 20 Bed Assessment Unit (EAU, Watford General Hospital)
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust4421110001 Apr 2026£3.6m5 yrsLive
3 temporary classrooms for period of 30 months at Beckfoot Nessfield Primary School
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council—09 Mar 2026£400k11 moLive
Modular Building and Modern Methods of Construction
Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation—18 Mar 2026—4 yrspending
Total live value £35.8m · mean award £4.3m1–10 of 207

Top buyers · 104 buyers · top 3 = 68%

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

✓ From notices
1
Department for Education
26 contracts
41%
since 2020
2
HORNCHURCH ACADEMY TRUST
2 contracts
16%
since 2026
3
LHC
1 contract
11%
since 2017
4
Home Office
3 contracts
7%
since 2020
5
NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
3 contracts
6%
since 2021
6
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO
2 contracts
5%
since 2026
7
Espo
2 contracts
3%
since 2018
8
NHS England
3 contracts
2%
since 2020
9
Crown Commercial Service
1 contract
2%
since 2020
10
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
4 contracts
1%
since 2024

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 95%.

✓ From notices
Construction materials44
95%
Construction work45
5%
⚠ Concentration: 95% of recent awarded value sits in a single CPV division. A category-specific downturn would materially affect revenue.

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
London13 contracts
32%
South East30 contracts
28%
East Midlands16 contracts
20%
Yorkshire26 contracts
8%
North West17 contracts
6%
Eastern16 contracts
3%
North East12 contracts
1%
South West13 contracts
1%
West Midlands3 contracts
1%
Scotland2 contracts
0%
Wales3 contracts
0%
Region resolved for 42% of awarded value (by buyer postcode); the remainder lacks a usable address.

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). PORTAKABIN LIMITED highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
PO
PORTAKABIN LIMITED
No£187.9m—
LP
LOVELL PARTNERSHIPS LIMITED
No£140.0m1
JS
John Sisk and Son Ltd
No£67.8m1
KC
Kier Construction
Yes£35.4m2
WD
Willmott Dixon Construction Limited
No£28.1m2
CC
Clegg Construction Limited
No£18.8m2
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Red flags · 0 active

Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.

✓ Verified
✓ 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 Dec 2024
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 07 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.

✓ From notices
±

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

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.

✓ Live sync

Registered details

Company no.
00685303
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
03 Mar 1961
Reg. office
Yorkon House New Lane, Huntington, York, YO32 9PT
SIC codes
32990 · 77390
Last accounts
31 Dec 2024
Next accounts due
30 Sept 2026

Directors & PSC

  • URWIN, Gavin — director
    Appointed 06 Mar 2023
  • THOMSON, Simon — secretary
    Appointed 09 Jan 2023
  • IBBETSON, Daniel Frederick — director
    Appointed 29 Nov 2021
  • COLLINS, Jonathan Mark — director
    Appointed 01 Oct 2013
  • Portakabin Holdco Limited — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

↔ From Cos 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.

↔ From Cos House
PORTAKABIN LIMITED
00685303 · this company

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