At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
BEN THORNBER & SONS LTD has won £8.6m across 10 public-sector buyers, with 9 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Borough Council of Calderdale at 69% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.
ESG & policies vault · 0/5
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Capabilities
What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.
- Highways Winter Service Contract 2018-2023 (Extendable for up to 5 years)
- Highway Works Contract
- Framework Agreement for Highway Drainage Maintenance Yorkshire Highway Alliance Contract
- Framework Agreement for the Hire of Civil Engineering Plant, Vehicles and Equipment with Operator(s)
- KMCHS-250 Framework Agreement for Highways Drainage Maintenace Yorkshire Highway Alliance Contract Contract Period 1 February 2019 to 31 January 2023
- Norwich City Services Limited - Environmental Supplies Multi Lot
Extracted automatically from benburgess.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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No buyer references yet
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Accreditations & memberships
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No accreditations recorded
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KPI performance
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No verified KPI scores yet
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Contracts · 9 live · 10 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural England | 77100000 | 06 Jan 2025 | £50k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| Borough Council of Kings Lynn and West Norfolk | 43325100 | 04 Mar 2024 | £72k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| Kirklees Council | 43300000 | 01 Jan 2024 | £557k | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Ipswich Borough Council | 77342000 | 06 Nov 2023 | £9k | — | Closed | |
| Kirklees Council | 45111240 | 01 Mar 2023 | £601k | 4 yrs | Live | |
| EASTERN PROCUREMENT LIMITED | 03451000 | 01 Feb 2021 | £413k | 8 yrs | Live | |
| Borough Council of Calderdale | 45111240 | 01 Apr 2019 | £633k | 3 yrs | Closed | |
| Kirklees Council | 45332000 | 01 Feb 2019 | £431k | 4 yrs | Closed | |
| Borough Council of Calderdale | 90620000 | 01 Oct 2018 | £833k | 5 yrs | Closed | |
| UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA | 16000000 | 01 Aug 2018 | £21k | — | Closed |
Top buyers · 10 buyers · top 3 = 98%
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). BEN THORNBER & SONS LTD highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | £6.5m | 2 | |
| Yes | £1.9m | 2 | |
| No | £1.7m | 1 | |
| No | £1.5m | 1 | |
| Yes | £1.4m | 1 | |
BT BEN THORNBER & SONS LTD | Yes | — | — |
Red flags · 0 active
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Compliance scorecard
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Modifications
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No modifications recorded
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News mentions
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No news mentions found
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Companies House
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Registered details
- Company no.
- 10611758
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 09 Feb 2017
- Reg. office
- Empire House, 11 Mulcture Hall Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 1SP
- SIC codes
- 43120 · 77320
- Last accounts
- 28 Feb 2025
- Next accounts due
- 30 Nov 2026
Directors & PSC
- THORNBER, Benjamin John — directorAppointed 13 Apr 2017
- THORNBER, Paula Louise — directorAppointed 09 Feb 2017
- Ben Thornber & Sons (Holdings) Ltd — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent
Financial
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No financial filings on record
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Org tree
Group structure and ownership.
Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.
Social value
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No social-value commitments yet
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