At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Smartdesc Limited has won £3.2m across 1 public-sector buyer, with 2 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer LOOK AHEAD CARE AND SUPPORT LIMITED at 100% · 100% 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 smartdesc.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.
No case studies yet
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Buyer references
Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.
No buyer references yet
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Accreditations & memberships · 3
Credentials listed on the supplier’s website. Not yet checked against issuer registers.
Extracted automatically from smartdesc.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
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Contracts · 2 live · 0 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOOK AHEAD CARE AND SUPPORT LIMITED | 72222300 | 01 Aug 2025 | £3.2m | 3 yrs | Live | |
| LOOK AHEAD CARE AND SUPPORT LIMITED | 72222300 | — | — | — | Live |
Top buyers · 1 buyers · top 3 = 100%
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: 100%.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Smartdesc Limited highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
SO Softcat | Yes | £510.9m | 11 |
| Yes | £120.0m | 1 | |
| No | £52.3m | 3 | |
| No | £32.4m | 1 | |
| No | £22.4m | 1 | |
SM Smartdesc Limited | No | £3.2m | — |
Red flags · 0 active
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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.
- 08233739
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 28 Sept 2012
- Reg. office
- 1 Progression Centre Academia Ltd, Mark Road, Hemel Hempstead Industrial Estate, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7DW
- SIC codes
- 62020
- Last accounts
- 30 Jun 2025
- Next accounts due
- 31 Mar 2027
Directors & PSC
- HARMAN, Andrew John — directorAppointed 23 Oct 2024
- KELLY, Joseph Patrick — directorAppointed 23 Oct 2024
- MCNAUGHTON, Angela — directorAppointed 10 Jul 2023
- MONKS, Adam — directorAppointed 28 Sept 2012
- Academia Limited — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent · right to appoint and remove directors
- Strive Investments Limited — person with significant controlsignificant influence or control
Financial
Filed accounts from Companies House.
No financial filings on record
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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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