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HW Controls & Assurance Ltd (trading as Validera)

Business services
SME

HW Controls & Assurance Ltd, trading as Validera, offers auditing and assurance services in the UK. They provide external quality assessments and focus on various sectors.

validera.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£13.3m
Live
24
Buyers
26
12m
£1.1m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities4
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts24 / 32
  • Top buyers26
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — HW Controls & Assurance Ltd (trading as Validera)Updated 27 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

HW Controls & Assurance Ltd (trading as Validera) has won £13.3m across 26 public-sector buyers, with 24 live contracts.

Why: top buyer YPO at 38% · 100% in Business services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
No CH recordCompany status
24 of 32Live contracts
38%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.

↔ Cross-checked
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 · 1
External Quality AssessmentsExternal Quality Assessments across the UK. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 4 from notices
  • YPO - 001127 Internal Audit, External Audit, Assurance, and Counter Fraud ServicesYPO · £5.0m
  • Audit Services for Health (SBS10517)N H S Shared Business Services · £4.5m
  • Contract for the provision of Internal Audit ServicesSocial Work England · £55k
  • Internal Audit (Smaller Authority)London Waste And Recycling Board · £4k

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

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 · 1

Credentials listed on the supplier’s website. Not yet checked against issuer registers.

◐ From supplier website
Core credentials · 0/6
Cyber EssentialsNot evidenced✓
Cyber Essentials PlusNot evidenced✓
ISO 27001 — Information securityNot evidenced✓
ISO 9001 — QualityNot evidenced✓
ISO 14001 — EnvironmentalNot evidenced✓
ISO 45001 — Health & safetyNot evidenced✓
Other credentials & memberships · 1
DFK Member Firmmembership ↗

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

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 · 24 live · 8 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
INTERNAL AUDIT - Further Competition via the Crescent Purchasing Consortium Internal Audit - South West - LOT 9 (LOT 9 Suppliers Only)
Cornwall College7920000001 Jul 2026£108k4 yrsLive
CA16279 - CPC/RL/01/24: Audit and Financial Services
Activate Learning7921230017 Nov 2025—3 yrsLive
Internal Audit Services
Cardiff Community Housing Association (CCHA)—01 Apr 2026£91k3 yrsLive
Internal Audit Services
Connexus Homes Limited—01 Apr 2026—3 yrspending
CA16318 - Wiltshire College and University Centre - Internal Audit Services
Wiltshire College7921230019 Nov 2025£56k2.7 yrsLive
Internal Audit Services
EAST MIDLANDS HOUSING GROUP LIMITED—01 Apr 2026£500k3 yrspending
Internal Audit Specialists Framework
Essex County Council—22 Dec 2025£119k3 yrsLive
Audit Services for Health (SBS10517)
N H S Shared Business Services7920000009 Sept 2025£4.5m4 yrsLive
CA15250 - Milton Keynes College Further Competition Internal Audit Services
Milton Keynes College7921220001 Aug 2025£69k3 yrsLive
con_27930 Audit, Assurance and Forensic Accounting & Investigation Support
Department for Education7921000001 Apr 2025£570k3 yrsLive
Total live value £11.4m · mean award £414k1–10 of 32

Top buyers · 26 buyers · top 3 = 81%

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

✓ From notices
1
YPO
2 contracts
38%
since 2024
2
N H S Shared Business Services
1 contract
34%
since 2025
3
Espo
2 contracts
9%
since 2021
4
Department for Education
1 contract
4%
since 2025
5
EAST MIDLANDS HOUSING GROUP LIMITED
2 contracts
4%
since 2025
6
Luminate Education Group
1 contract
3%
since 2024
7
Greatwell Homes Limited
1 contract
1%
since 2024
8
Durham County Council
1 contract
1%
since 2023
9
Essex County Council
2 contracts
1%
since 2025
10
Gateshead College
1 contract
1%
since 2025

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
Yorkshire5 contracts
68%
East Midlands6 contracts
22%
North East2 contracts
3%
South West3 contracts
2%
Eastern2 contracts
1%
Wales1 contract
1%
South East2 contracts
1%
North West2 contracts
0%
West Midlands3 contracts
0%
London1 contract
0%
Region resolved for 61% of awarded value (by buyer postcode); the remainder lacks a usable address.

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). HW Controls & Assurance Ltd (trading as Validera) highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
DE
Deloitte LLP
No£201.7m2
PC
PA Consulting
No£150.0m1
CU
CAPGEMINI UK PLC
No£33.8m2
IS
Influential Software Services
Yes£30.0m1
CI
CGI IT UK LIMITED
No£14.1m1
HC
HW Controls & Assurance Ltd (trading as Validera)
Yes£1.1m—
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Red flags · 0 active

Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.

✓ Verified
No Companies House record linked — automated risk checks unavailable.

Compliance scorecard

Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.

↔ Cross-checked
No Companies House record linked — statutory compliance checks unavailable.

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

Registered details, directors and PSC.

✓ Live sync
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No Companies House record linked

No Companies House number on file — this supplier may be overseas, a sole trader or a consortium.

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.

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