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Visual Meaning Limited

IT services · Oxford
SME
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Awarded
£16.5m
Live
4
Buyers
4
12m
£4.5m
At a glance
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Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts4 / 11
  • Top buyers4
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
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  • Companies House
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Quick answer — Visual Meaning LimitedUpdated 20 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Visual Meaning Limited has won £16.5m across 4 public-sector buyers, with 4 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer National Highways at 96% · 100% in IT services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
4 of 11Live contracts
96%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.

⚑ Self-reported
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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.

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.

Case studies

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

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Once a claimed supplier publishes delivery stories — the buyer, the sector, what was delivered and the outcome — they appear here.

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 · 4 live · 7 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
ITEP1103 - Compass Managed Service and Shared Meaning
National Highways7232200001 Apr 2026£4.5m3 yrsLive
ITEP0918 - Shared Meaning Platform
National Highways4851700001 Apr 2025£1.6m12 moClosed
ITEP0548 - Shared Meaning Platform Release 2
National Highways4833100001 Jul 2023£1.2m9 moClosed
Information Technology Commercial Framework
National Highways7222230013 Sept 2022£8.3m4 yrsLive
Provision of Border Transformation Plan Roadmap
Crown Commercial Service7230000021 Mar 2022£80k6 moClosed
Shared Meaning support
National Highways7131121023 Aug 2021£150k4 moClosed
RIS 3 renewals support and risk map discovery exercise
National Highways7131121002 Mar 2021£75k1 moClosed
Digital data and technology visualisation
Department for Transport7131121001 Jul 2020£500k9 moClosed
Graphical Communication Technical Support
HM Revenue & Customs7135630012 May 2020£100k6 moClosed
Information Technology Commercial Framework
National Highways72222300———Live
Total live value £12.8m · mean award £1.5m1–10 of 11

Top buyers · 4 buyers · top 3 = 100%

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

✓ From notices
1
National Highways
8 contracts
96%
since 2021
2
Department for Transport
1 contract
3%
since 2020
3
HM Revenue & Customs
1 contract
1%
since 2020
4
Crown Commercial Service
1 contract
0%
since 2022

Category mix

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

✓ From notices
IT services72
100%
⚠ 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
South East8 contracts
96%
London2 contracts
4%
North West1 contract
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Visual Meaning Limited highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
SO
Softcat
No£465.1m13
DE
Deloitte LLP
No£200.0m1
PC
PA Consulting
No£150.0m1
CR
Crayon Limited
Yes£120.0m1
C(
COMPUTACENTER (UK) LIMITED
No£42.2m4
VM
Visual Meaning Limited
Yes£4.5m—
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Red flags · 0 active

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

✓ Verified
✓ 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 30 Jun 2025
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 22 Apr 2027
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.

✓ From notices
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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.

✓ Live sync

Registered details

Company no.
09530617
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
08 Apr 2015
Reg. office
Oxford Centre For Innovation, 9 Alfred Street, Oxford, OX1 4EH
SIC codes
63110 · 70229
Last accounts
30 Jun 2025
Next accounts due
31 Mar 2027

Directors & PSC

  • WHITLA, Stephen Norman — director
    Appointed 08 Apr 2015
  • Mr Stephen Norman Whitla — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 25 to 50 percent · voting rights 25 to 50 percent
  • Mrs Sarah Ellen Whitla — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 25 to 50 percent · voting rights 25 to 50 percent

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

↔ From Cos 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.

↔ From Cos House
VISUAL MEANING LIMITED
09530617 · this company

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