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FERA SCIENCE LIMITED

R&D services · York
Large
fera.co.uk ↗
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Awarded
£440.2m
Live
43
Buyers
19
12m
£5.9m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts43 / 131
  • Top buyers19
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
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Quick answer — FERA SCIENCE LIMITEDUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

FERA SCIENCE LIMITED has won £440.2m across 19 public-sector buyers, with 43 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer DEFRA at 96% · 56% in R&D services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
43 of 131Live contracts
96%Top-buyer concentration
56%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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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.

⚑ Self-reported & from notices

Service tags, sectors served and target geographies appear here once a supplier verifies ownership of this profile.

Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • NCEA_EES Access Permissions 2027/28 surveysNatural England · £409k
  • National Reference Laboratory for Food and FeedFood Standards Agency · £383k
  • FS301050 Burden of AMR Genes in Selected Ready-to-Eat FoodsFood Standards Agency · £350k
  • FS307035 AMR in biofilms formed during secondary food processingFood Standards Agency · £298k
  • Maintenance and Servicing of the C.H.A.P. Mesocosm Facilities at York, UKAGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED · £180k
  • 25333 Animal and Plant Health Modelling Services FrameworkDEFRA · £167k

Case studies

Delivery stories the supplier has published, with sector and outcome.

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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

Independently issued. Verification dates cross-checked against issuer registers.

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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 · 43 live · 88 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Environmental Surveillance: OSMA and OSD
Food Standards Agency—01 Aug 2026£1.6m2.7 yrspending
NCEA_EES Access Permissions 2027/28 surveys
Natural England—09 Jun 2026£409k10 moLive
Determination of background levels of PFAS in a variety of foods
Food Standards Agency—01 Jun 2026£200k1.8 yrspending
250079 - Contract for the Provision of Laboratory Animal Health Monitoring Services in Compliance with FELASA Guidelines
Queen's University Belfast—26 Mar 2026—3 yrspending
RDE993 - Expansion of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) honey database for authen
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS7320000031 Jan 2026£75k5 moClosed
RDE997 - MMO1475 - Collection of social impact data relating to the Berried Lobs
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS7320000030 Jan 2026£71k2 moClosed
PA23 - UK5 - Transparency Notice Emerging Contaminants
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Authority —23 Dec 2025—12 moLive
DTK Evaluation
Home Office7941900013 Nov 2025£85k5 moClosed
RDE948 - Investigating innovative ways to deliver Defra policy customer require
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS7320000023 Nov 2025£81k5 moClosed
High geochemical lead survey
Food Standards Agency—01 Dec 2025£200k16 mopending
Total live value £348.1m · mean award £3.4m1–10 of 131

Top buyers · 19 buyers · top 3 = 99%

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

✓ From notices
1
DEFRA
28 contracts
96%
since 2015
2
Food Standards Agency
54 contracts
2%
since 2017
3
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
20 contracts
0%
since 2016
4
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Authority
2 contracts
0%
since 2025
5
Health and Safety Executive
5 contracts
0%
since 2021
6
CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE
3 contracts
0%
since 2018
7
AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD
2 contracts
0%
since 2025
8
Natural England
3 contracts
0%
since 2023
9
UK Research and Innovation
2 contracts
0%
since 2025
10
AGRI-EPI CENTRE LIMITED
1 contract
0%
since 2020

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 56%.

✓ From notices
R&D services73
56%
Agriculture & forestry77
38%
Business services79
6%

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
London53 contracts
97%
Yorkshire54 contracts
2%
South East4 contracts
0%
North West5 contracts
0%
Eastern3 contracts
0%
West Midlands2 contracts
0%
South West5 contracts
0%
Scotland2 contracts
0%
North East1 contract
0%
Northern Ireland1 contract
0%

Peers

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

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
MG
M GROUP HIGHWAYS LIMITED
No£117.8m1
FS
FERA SCIENCE LIMITED
No£5.9m—
I(
Ipsos (Market Research) Ltd
No£5.7m3
WU
WSP UK Limited
No£3.2m4
PF
People For Research Limited
Yes£3.0m1
SE
Seiche Ltd
No£1.6m1
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Red flags · 0 active

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

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✓ 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 2025
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 28 Oct 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.

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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.

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Registered details

Company no.
09413107
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
29 Jan 2015
Reg. office
York Biotech Campus, Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ
SIC codes
72190
Last accounts
31 Dec 2025
Next accounts due
30 Sept 2027

Directors & PSC

  • ROEBUCK, Jodie — director
    Appointed 01 Apr 2021
  • SWIFT, Andrew John, Dr — director
    Appointed 09 May 2016
  • Hazel Ii Bidco 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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FERA SCIENCE LIMITED
09413107 · this company

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