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LONDON HIRE COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITED

Transport services · Erith
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London Hire Community Services (LHCS) offers a range of high-quality, accessible minibuses and coaches for hire across London. They provide transport services for local authorities, including SEN home to school transport and adult day centre transport, making over 1 million passenger journeys per year.

londonhirecs.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£91.1m
Live
35
Buyers
17
12m
£20.0m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities5
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts35 / 49
  • Top buyers17
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags1
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — LONDON HIRE COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITEDUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

LONDON HIRE COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITED has won £91.1m across 17 public-sector buyers, with 35 live contracts.

Why: top buyer Southend-on-sea Borough Council at 55% · 100% in Transport services · 1 active risk flag · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
1Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
35 of 49Live contracts
55%Top-buyer concentration
100%Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.

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ESG & policies vault · 0/5

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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 · 2/8
Central government✓
Local government✓
NHS & health✓
Housing✓
Utilities & energy✓
Financial services✓
Education✓
Defence✓
Services · 4
Minibus and Coach HireHiring out a range of high-quality, standard and fully accessible minibuses and coaches with drivers. ↗
SEN Transport ServicesProviding home to school transport for children with special educational needs under contract to local authorities.
Adult Day Centre TransportTransport services for adult day centres, ensuring accessibility and quality service.
Private BookingsCompetitively priced transport for private functions, airport transfers, and corporate events.
Frameworks & DPS · 5 from notices
  • Provision of an Integrated Transport ServiceSouthend-on-sea Borough Council · £50.0m
  • Passenger Transport Service - Minibus Contract - 762/2018RCROYDON COUNCIL · £2.7m
  • Passenger Transport Services FrameworkLondon Borough of Bromley · £2.1m
  • Provision of Coaches and Buses (Pre-owned)Cumbria County Council · £130k
  • Passenger Transport Services for Children, Young People and Vulnerable AdultscapitalEsourcing · —

Extracted automatically from londonhirecs.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

Case studies

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Buyer references

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Accreditations & memberships

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KPI performance

Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.

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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 · 35 live · 14 historic

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✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Home To School, Special Educational Needs And Vulnerable Adult Passenger Transport Services - AWARD
Slough Borough Council3411000001 Sept 2026—3 yrsLive
QLT334 2026-02-18 (0900) Beccles - Include Lowestoft (4 seated vehicle with passenger assistant) - AWARD
Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport6000000025 Feb 2026£15k6 moLive
CSKL & TPPL Bus Framework 2025
Global Commercial Services Group Ltd—17 Dec 2025£20.0m4 yrspending
Taxi Framework
Coventry City Council (COV)—14 Jul 2025£14.1m4 yrspending
QLT015 2025-06-05 (0900) Beccles to Include Lowestoft (4 seated vehicle with a passenger assistant) - AWARD
Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport6000000010 Jun 2025£9k6 moClosed
QLT013 2025-05-28 (0900) Debenham to Sunrise Academy, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft (4 seated vehicle) - AWARD
Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport6000000002 Jun 2025£28k14 moLive
QOC770 2025-04-23 (0900) Lowestoft - The Burrow@Glebeland Primary School, Monks Toft, Norfolk NR34 0EW - AWARD
Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport6000000028 Apr 2025£271k5.3 yrsLive
QLT006 2025-04-16 (0900) Lowestoft to Warren School, Lowestoft (4 seated vehicle with a passenger assistant) - AWARD
Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport6000000023 Apr 2025£123k5.3 yrsLive
QLT005 2025-04-16 (0900) Lowestoft to EOTAS Education Provision, Kessingland Library (4 seated vehicle) - AWARD
Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport6000000022 Apr 2025£2k3 moClosed
QSB257 1100 2025-02-27 Lowestoft - Wetheringsett manor school, Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford (4-seated individual vehicle and a PA required) - AWARD
Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport6000000028 Feb 2025£17k5 moClosed
Total live value £54.0m · mean award £1.9m1–10 of 49

Top buyers · 17 buyers · top 3 = 92%

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

✓ From notices
1
Southend-on-sea Borough Council
1 contract
55%
since 2019
2
Global Commercial Services Group Ltd
2 contracts
22%
since 2025
3
Coventry City Council (COV)
2 contracts
15%
since 2025
4
CROYDON COUNCIL
1 contract
3%
since 2019
5
London Borough of Bromley
1 contract
2%
since 2020
6
Suffolk County Council Passenger Transport
20 contracts
2%
since 2022
7
Suffolk County Council
1 contract
0%
since 2023
8
Cumbria County Council
1 contract
0%
since 2019
9
London Borough of Ealing
1 contract
0%
since 2016
10
Slough Borough Council
1 contract
0%
since 2026

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 100%.

✓ From notices
Transport services60
100%
Transport equipment34
0%
⚠ Concentration: 100% 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
Eastern2 contracts
67%
South East9 contracts
33%
North West1 contract
0%
London14 contracts
0%
Region resolved for 83% of awarded value (by buyer postcode); the remainder lacks a usable address.

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). LONDON HIRE COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITED highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
LH
LONDON HIRE COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITED
No£20.0m—
DE
Dennis Eagle Limited
No£5.4m2
VI
Venture Independent School Ltd
No£4.8m1
2T
247 TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS LTD
Yes£3.0m3
JA
Jetstream Airport Transfers
Yes£2.6m1
TU
TUSKERDIRECT LIMITED
No£2.3m1
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Red flags · 1 active

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

✓ Verified
Confirmation statement overdue. Statement was due 25 Feb 2026.

Compliance scorecard

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Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Due in -41d
Next due 31 May 2026
Confirmation statement
Overdue
Due 25 Feb 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

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No modifications recorded

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News mentions

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Companies House

Live sync — registered details, directors, PSC and SIC codes.

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Registered details

Company no.
08398077
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
11 Feb 2013
Reg. office
185 Manor Road, Erith, DA8 2AD
SIC codes
49319
Last accounts
31 Aug 2024
Next accounts due
31 May 2026

Directors & PSC

  • BARBROOK, Matthew James — director
    Appointed 23 Feb 2018
  • FARR, Nigel Colin — director
    Appointed 26 Jan 2015
  • DONALD, Neil Alexander — director
    Appointed 11 Feb 2013
  • LONDON HIRE LIMITED — corporate director
    Appointed 11 Feb 2013
  • London Hire Limited — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent · right to appoint and remove directors

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

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£

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.

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LONDON HIRE COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITED
08398077 · this company

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