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Making Space

Cheshire
Large
makingspace.co.uk ↗
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Awarded
£103.9m
Live
36
Buyers
40
12m
£1.1m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts36 / 81
  • Top buyers40
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — Making SpaceUpdated 13 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Making Space has won £103.9m across 40 public-sector buyers, with 36 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Trafford Council at 20% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
36 of 81Live contracts
20%Top-buyer concentration
—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.

Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • Provision of care services within Residential and Nursing HomesTrafford Council · £20.3m
  • Framework Agreement for the Provision of Extra Care Housing ServicesCity of Doncaster Council · £15.0m
  • Sheffield Home Care and Supported Living Service Framework (Re-opening)Sheffield City Council · £5.7m
  • Cheshire East All Age Carers HubCHESHIRE EAST COUNCIL · £3.9m
  • Framework Agreement for the Provision of Care & Support Services in Extra Care HousingCumbria County Council · £2.5m
  • Emergency Provision and Short Breaks Services 2020Lincolnshire County Council · £2.4m

Case studies

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

⚑ Self-reported
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No case studies yet

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 · 36 live · 45 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
24091 Cambridgeshire County Council Community Navigators
Cambridgeshire County Council—01 Oct 2025£1.1m2 yrspending
Mental Health Prevention and Enablement
Stockport Metropoliton Borough Council—22 Jul 2025£1.8m1.9 yrsLive
Electronic Market Place for Supported Living Services Further Competition - Provision of Care and Support at Huddersfield Road, Holmfirth
Kirklees Council8500000019 Apr 2025£1.9m7 yrsLive
LD support for unpaid carers
Cheshire West and Chester Council8500000013 Jan 2025£31k9 moClosed
24070 Cambridgeshire County Council Unpaid Carers - Adults with Mental Health Conditions
Cambridgeshire County Council8500000001 Feb 2025£371k2.5 yrsLive
PCC/PD/626 - Development of Neuro-Diverse and Serious Violence Approaches - AWARD
Merseyside Police9800000028 Nov 2024£125k4 moClosed
KMCAS-125-003 Call-Off from Supported Living for Edgar House
Kirklees Council8500000001 Nov 2024£1.2m—Closed
Making Space Carers Exemption
Peterborough City Council8500000001 Aug 2024£54k12 moClosed
PB2024-01480 - Package of Care for ID5016640
Darlington Borough Council8500000008 Jul 2024£27k4 yrsLive
Provision of a Specialist Residential Respite Service for Adults with a Learning and/or Physical Disability (and Sensory Impairment)
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council8500000003 Jun 2024£2.4m5 yrsLive
Total live value £44.7m · mean award £1.3m1–10 of 81

Top buyers · 40 buyers · top 3 = 46%

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

✓ From notices
1
Trafford Council
1 contract
20%
since 2020
2
City of Doncaster Council
2 contracts
16%
since 2020
3
Cambridgeshire County Council
5 contracts
11%
since 2019
4
Wigan Council
2 contracts
6%
since 2016
5
Sheffield City Council
1 contract
5%
since 2018
6
Bradford Metropolitan District Council
2 contracts
4%
since 2015
7
Cumbria County Council
2 contracts
4%
since 2019
8
CHESHIRE EAST COUNCIL
3 contracts
4%
since 2022
9
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
5 contracts
3%
since 2018
10
Kirklees Council
6 contracts
3%
since 2021

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
North West24 contracts
41%
Yorkshire24 contracts
36%
Eastern7 contracts
14%
East Midlands3 contracts
6%
London1 contract
1%
West Midlands2 contracts
1%
North East11 contracts
1%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Making Space highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
AI
Ambition Institute
Yes£8.7m1
SD
School-Led Development Trust
Yes£8.7m1
UC
UCL Consultants Ltd
Yes£8.7m1
ED
Education Development Trust
Yes£8.7m1
TF
TEACH FIRST
Yes£8.7m1
MS
Making Space
No£1.1m—
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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.

↔ Cross-checked
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 20 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.

✓ From notices
±

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.
01642033
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Guarant Nsc
Incorporated
08 Jun 1982
Reg. office
46 Allen Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 7JB
SIC codes
86101 · 87100 · 87300 · 88100
Last accounts
31 Mar 2025
Next accounts due
31 Dec 2026

Directors & PSC

  • SHAW, Jamie Ian — director
    Appointed 19 Jun 2025
  • RESTON, Andrew — director
    Appointed 20 Mar 2025
  • CARMODY, Jessica — director
    Appointed 20 Mar 2025
  • CARVALHO, Vasco — director
    Appointed 22 Jun 2023
  • TURNEY, Paul — secretary
    Appointed 08 Jun 2023
  • QUINLAN, Timothy Joseph — director
    Appointed 23 Mar 2023

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
MAKING SPACE
01642033 · this company

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