At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Ipsum Utilities has won £83.0m across 5 public-sector buyers, with 4 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer HORNCHURCH ACADEMY TRUST at 100% · 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 ipsum.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 ipsum.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 · 3
Credentials listed on the supplier’s website. Not yet checked against issuer registers.
Extracted automatically from ipsum.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
Once buyers report contract KPIs — delivery on time, on budget, satisfaction, adoption and accessibility — a weighted grade and breakdown appear here.
Contracts · 4 live · 3 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HORNCHURCH ACADEMY TRUST | — | 08 Jun 2026 | £83.0m | 2 yrs | pending | |
| THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED | — | 01 Sept 2026 | — | 3 yrs | pending | |
| Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Lts | 71314100 | 01 Jul 2020 | £26k | 5 yrs | Closed | |
| HORNCHURCH ACADEMY TRUST | — | — | — | — | Live | |
| HORNCHURCH ACADEMY TRUST | — | — | — | — | Live | |
| EFFICIENCY EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED | 44163110 | — | — | — | Live | |
| Durham County Council | — | — | — | — | Live |
Top buyers · 5 buyers · top 3 = 100%
Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Ipsum Utilities highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
IU Ipsum Utilities | Yes | £83.0m | — |
| Yes | £19.9m | 3 | |
| Yes | £10.7m | 2 | |
| Yes | £10.6m | 2 | |
| Yes | £10.6m | 2 | |
| Yes | £10.6m | 1 |
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.
- 08656093
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 19 Aug 2013
- Reg. office
- Rochester House Ackhurst Business Park, Foxhole Road, Chorley, PR7 1NY
- SIC codes
- 64209
- Last accounts
- 31 Dec 2024
- Next accounts due
- 30 Sept 2026
Directors & PSC
- COWAN, Andrew David — directorAppointed 14 Oct 2024
- VAUGHAN, Mathew Gareth — directorAppointed 27 Oct 2022
- KANEY, Mark Francis John — directorAppointed 03 May 2022
- Ipsum Utilities Limited — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent · right to appoint and remove directors
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.