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Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Plymouth
SME

Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) is a charity focused on innovative marine research to benefit society through clean and biologically diverse seas. They address challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and marine pollution.

pml.ac.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£1.7m
Live
6
Buyers
11
12m
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At a glance
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Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities1
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts6 / 19
  • Top buyers11
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
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Quick answer — Plymouth Marine LaboratoryUpdated 10 Aug 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Plymouth Marine Laboratory has won £1.7m across 11 public-sector buyers, with 6 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Business Energy and Industrial Strategy at 27% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
6 of 19Live contracts
27%Top-buyer concentration
—Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

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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.

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Services · 3
Managing water quality from catchment to coastClimate-smart ocean managementBig data to protect marine biodiversity
Frameworks & DPS · 1 from notices
  • UK SBS IT16222 CDS Zone softwareUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · —

Extracted automatically from pml.ac.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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Accreditations & memberships

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KPI performance

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84

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Contracts · 6 live · 13 historic

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TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Met Office and Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Met Office7300000011 Mar 2025£75k10 moClosed
CCRA4 Consortium
Met Office9071110014 Jun 2024£13k17 moClosed
Ocean Fronts Evidence Project
The Crown Estate7222400001 May 2024£391k10 moClosed
Science Collaboration- visiting scientist
Met Office7300000005 Mar 2024£72k10 moClosed
CEFAS23-138 Contract for Climate Smart Marine Spatial Planning in UKOT's (DA)
CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE9070000006 Feb 2024£62k14 moClosed
Social and Economic Understanding of Marine Natural Capital
Department of Farming and Rural Affairs7320000023 Jan 2024£50k2 moClosed
Pelagic from Physics to Sharks
Environment Agency7300000001 Sept 2023£57k1.6 yrsClosed
Climate Services for a Net Zero World (CS-N0W)
Business Energy and Industrial Strategy7311000014 Jul 2021£453k3.8 yrsClosed
GOA-ON Hub and Logistics, Advice and Participation at the UNFCC COP25
DEFRA7300000001 Nov 2019£75k5 moClosed
Supply of UK Strategy for Ocean Acidification Monitoring and the Global Ocean Acidification - Observing Network - North East Atlantic Hub
DEFRA7300000001 Dec 2018£90k11 moClosed
Total live value — · mean award £89k1–10 of 19

Top buyers · 11 buyers · top 3 = 76%

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

✓ From notices
1
Business Energy and Industrial Strategy
2 contracts
27%
since 2021
2
DEFRA
3 contracts
26%
since 2018
3
The Crown Estate
1 contract
23%
since 2024
4
Met Office
3 contracts
10%
since 2024
5
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
2 contracts
5%
since 2015
6
CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE
1 contract
4%
since 2024
7
Environment Agency
1 contract
3%
since 2023
8
Department of Farming and Rural Affairs
1 contract
3%
since 2024
9
NPL Management Limited
1 contract
0%
10
UK Research and Innovation
3 contracts
0%

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
London7 contracts
82%
South West8 contracts
15%
Eastern1 contract
4%
South East2 contracts
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Plymouth Marine Laboratory highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
DE
Deloitte LLP
No£200.0m1
PC
PA Consulting
No£150.0m1
AT
Atamis Ltd
Yes£36.4m3
CU
CAPGEMINI UK PLC
No£33.8m2
IS
Influential Software Services
Yes£30.0m1
PM
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Yes——
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Red flags · 0 active

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✓ Clean. No active risk signals from Companies House status, charges or insolvency records.

Compliance scorecard

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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 27 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

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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

Live sync — registered details, directors, PSC and SIC codes.

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Registered details

Company no.
04178503
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Guarant Nsc
Incorporated
13 Mar 2001
Reg. office
Prospect Place, West Hoe, Plymouth, Devon, PL1 3DH
SIC codes
72190
Last accounts
31 Mar 2025
Next accounts due
31 Dec 2026

Directors & PSC

  • MOORES, Christopher Clive — secretary
    Appointed 04 Jul 2024
  • SCHRATZBERGER, Michaela, Dr — director
    Appointed 22 May 2024
  • BELLERBY, Richard Garth James, Professor — director
    Appointed 20 May 2024
  • SEQUEIRA, Kerin Jean — director
    Appointed 29 Mar 2024
  • CROCKETT, Daniel — director
    Appointed 01 Feb 2023
  • VIRMANI, Jyotika Itee, Dr — director
    Appointed 01 Jan 2023

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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PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY
04178503 · this company

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