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Barley Communications Limited

Business services · London
SME

Barley Communications is a B Corp communications consultancy focused on maximizing social impact through strategic communication services. They offer expertise in areas such as PR, marketing, and stakeholder engagement.

barleycommunications.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£2.4m
Live
9
Buyers
8
12m
£283k
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities2
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts9 / 19
  • Top buyers8
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
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  • Org tree
Quick answer — Barley Communications LimitedUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Barley Communications Limited has won £2.4m across 8 public-sector buyers, with 9 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer City of London Corporation at 62% · 100% in Business services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
9 of 19Live contracts
62%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.

◐ From website & notices
Services · 6
Behaviour changeDeveloping campaigns to influence public behavior positively. ↗Content developmentCreating engaging content for various platforms. ↗Crisis managementProviding strategies to manage and mitigate crises. ↗Digital marketingUtilizing digital channels to enhance communication efforts. ↗Media relationsBuilding and maintaining relationships with media outlets. ↗Stakeholder engagementEngaging with stakeholders to foster collaboration and support. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 2 from notices
  • Provision of a Marketing and Promotion Consultant for Leadenhall MarketCity of London Corporation · £1.1m
  • Channel Shift Behaviour Change CampaignCare Quality Commission · £83k

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

Case studies · 1

Delivery stories from the supplier’s website. Clients are not yet cross-checked against award records.

◐ From supplier website
Running a national behaviour change campaign to tackle fly-tippingDeveloped and delivered a campaign to reduce fly-tipping by addressing the issue of unlicensed waste carriers. ↗

Extracted automatically from barleycommunications.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.

✓ 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 · 9 live · 10 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Increasing feedback through digitial advertising
Care Quality Commission7934100001 Apr 2026£233k2.9 yrsLive
Food Campaign Creative
London Waste and Recycling Board operating as ReLondon—05 Mar 2026£50k5 mopending
Marketing Framework
WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme)—11 Nov 2025—11 mopending
GSS24174 GOTT Branding
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology7993000022 Jul 2024£24k2 moClosed
Increasing Feedback through Digital Advertising
Care Quality Commission7934000001 Jun 2024£124k1.8 yrsClosed
Tower Bridge PR Agency
City of London Corporation7941600001 Apr 2024£355k6 yrsLive
Provision of Counterfeit Beauty & Hygiene Products Campaign
Intellectual Property Office7934140016 Oct 2023£74k6 moClosed
GB-Bristol: TEF Regulatory Copywriting
Office for Students9231221120 Jul 2023£136k2 moClosed
Channel Shift Behaviour Change Campaign
Care Quality Commission7934140011 Jul 2022£100k1.5 yrsClosed
Campaign - Counterfeit Electrical Goods Christmas 22
Intellectual Property Office7934140013 Oct 2022£88k4 moClosed
Total live value £588k · mean award £127k1–10 of 19

Top buyers · 8 buyers · top 3 = 91%

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

✓ From notices
1
City of London Corporation
3 contracts
62%
since 2020
2
Care Quality Commission
7 contracts
22%
since 2022
3
Intellectual Property Office
2 contracts
7%
since 2022
4
Office for Students
1 contract
6%
since 2023
5
London Waste and Recycling Board operating as ReLondon
2 contracts
2%
since 2026
6
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
1 contract
1%
since 2024
7
WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme)
2 contracts
0%
since 2025
8
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
1 contract
0%

Category mix

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

✓ From notices
Business services79
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
London6 contracts
65%
North East7 contracts
22%
Wales2 contracts
7%
South West2 contracts
6%
South East2 contracts
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Barley Communications Limited highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
WA
WAVEMAKER LIMITED
No£38.0m1
SM
SMRS Ltd
Yes£16.0m3
CC
Clear Channel Ltd
Yes£10.1m5
BM
Bauer Media Outdoor UK Ltd
No£5.0m3
PL
PEOPLESCOUT LTD (trading as TMP WORLDWIDE)
No£4.9m1
BC
Barley Communications Limited
Yes£283k—
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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 31 Mar 2025
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 17 Mar 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.
10043675
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
04 Mar 2016
Reg. office
71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ
SIC codes
74909
Last accounts
31 Mar 2025
Next accounts due
31 Dec 2026

Directors & PSC

  • MCCOLLUM, James — director
    Appointed 04 Aug 2022
  • WILLIAMS, Samantha June — secretary
    Appointed 04 Mar 2016
  • FORD, James Michael — director
    Appointed 04 Mar 2016
  • WILLIAMS, Samantha June — director
    Appointed 04 Mar 2016
  • Barley Communications Trustee Company 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.

↔ 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
BARLEY COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
10043675 · this company

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