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The Student Essentials Company Limited

Furniture & furnishings · Hengoed
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Awarded
£3.3m
Live
4
Buyers
3
12m
£2.0m
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  • Contracts4 / 6
  • Top buyers3
  • Category mix
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  • Peers5
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  • Red flags0
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Quick answer — The Student Essentials Company Limited Updated 10 Aug 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

The Student Essentials Company Limited has won £3.3m across 3 public-sector buyers, with 4 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium at 98% · 33% in Furniture & furnishings · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
4 of 6Live contracts
98%Top-buyer concentration
33%Category exposure
0Contract modifications
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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.

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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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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

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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.

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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 · 2 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Residential Textiles and Linen Services
North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium3951200001 Mar 2026£2.0m3 yrsLive
The Provision of Kitchen Starter Packs for Students at the University of Birmingham
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM3914100015 Feb 2023£61k3 yrsClosed
Residential Textiles, Starter Packs and Window Coverings
North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium3922000001 Mar 2022£1.2m4 yrsClosed
Domestic Furniture and Appliances Framework
Sheffield City Council39000000———Live
Residential Textiles and Linen Services
North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium39143110———Live
Residential Textiles, Starter Packs and Window Coverings
North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium39512000———Live
Total live value £2.0m · mean award £543k

Top buyers · 3 buyers · top 3 = 100%

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

✓ From notices
1
North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium
4 contracts
98%
since 2022
2
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
1 contract
2%
since 2023
3
Sheffield City Council
1 contract
0%

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value.

✓ From notices
Furniture & furnishings39
33%
Construction work45
33%
Other services98
33%

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
North West4 contracts
98%
West Midlands1 contract
2%
Yorkshire1 contract
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). The Student Essentials Company Limited highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
SI
SENATOR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (t/a Teal Furniture)
Yes£17.1m5
EU
Elis UK Ltd
Yes£13.4m14
HJ
Howden Joinery Limited
No£11.1m2
EC
Emergent Crown Contract Office Furnishings Ltd
Yes£9.5m4
BO
BATES OFFICE SERVICES LTD
Yes£9.5m7
TS
The Student Essentials Company Limited
No£2.0m—
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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

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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 25 Feb 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.

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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

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Companies House

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

✓ Live sync

Registered details

Company no.
13259753
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
11 Mar 2021
Reg. office
Unit 1 Withey Dyffryn Court Alder Avenue, Dyffryn Business Park,, Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, CF82 7TT
SIC codes
46900 · 47910
Last accounts
31 Mar 2025
Next accounts due
31 Dec 2026

Directors & PSC

  • SLATER, James Hugo Christopher — director
    Appointed 09 Feb 2026
  • STAR LINEN UK LTD — corporate director
    Appointed 01 May 2023
  • Star Linen Uk Ltd — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 25 to 50 percent · voting rights 25 to 50 percent
  • Konstantinos Baronos — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 50 to 75 percent · voting rights 50 to 75 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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THE STUDENT ESSENTIALS COMPANY LIMITED
13259753 · this company

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