At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LTD has won £18.0bn across 164 public-sector buyers, with 173 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Government Commercial Agency at 56% · 92% in Business 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.
- YPO 001141 Managing Consultancy and Professional Services
- YPO - 001140 Managing Recruitment and Resourcing
- 653F_19 Managed Services for Temporary Agency Resources (MSTAR3)
- YPO - 000942 Managing Temporary and Permanent Recruitment
- Provision of Supply Services to Schools
- 3S_22 Strategic HR Services
Extracted automatically from reed.com on Jun 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 reed.com on Jun 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 · 3
Credentials listed on the supplier’s website. Not yet checked against issuer registers.
Extracted automatically from reed.com on Jun 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 · 173 live · 465 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED | 79620000 | 13 Jul 2026 | £22k | 6 mo | Live | |
| Intellectual Property Office | 79600000 | 29 Jun 2026 | £100k | 3 yrs | Live | |
| UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED | 79620000 | 23 Jun 2026 | £24k | 6 mo | Live | |
| Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue Service | 79000000 | 01 May 2026 | £500k | 5 mo | Live | |
| UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED | 79620000 | 05 May 2026 | £16k | 3 mo | Live | |
| York College | — | 18 May 2026 | £300k | 3 yrs | pending | |
| City of Doncaster Council | 79410000 | 06 Jun 2026 | £311k | — | Closed | |
| Commercial Services Kent Limited | — | 21 Apr 2026 | £90.0m | 7.9 yrs | pending | |
| UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA | 79611000 | 30 Mar 2026 | £200k | 2 yrs | Live | |
| City of Doncaster Council | — | 28 May 2026 | £26k | 13 mo | Live |
Top buyers · 164 buyers · top 3 = 93%
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: 92%.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LTD highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
RS REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LTD | No | £10.5bn | — |
| No | £248.0m | 2 | |
| Yes | £50.0m | 1 | |
| Yes | £30.0m | 1 | |
| No | £29.8m | 1 | |
| No | £14.1m | 2 |
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.
- 06903140
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 12 May 2009
- Reg. office
- Academy Court, 94 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1DT
- SIC codes
- 78109 · 78200
- Last accounts
- 30 Jun 2025
- Next accounts due
- 31 Mar 2027
Directors & PSC
- SMITH, Richard John Matthew — directorAppointed 10 Jun 2022
- BADDELEY, Simon Lee — directorAppointed 16 Mar 2020
- NICHOLAS, Ian Andrew — directorAppointed 09 Mar 2020
- RICHARDS, Lee Winton — directorAppointed 01 Mar 2019
- REED, James Andrew — directorAppointed 22 Jul 2016
- Mr James Andrew Reed — person with significant controlsignificant influence or control
- Reed Executive 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 · 2/5
Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes. Each is tagged self-reported or from the website.
Extracted automatically from reed.com on Jun 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.