At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Alison Black Ltd trading as Sportmax has won £214k across 6 public-sector buyers, with 4 live contracts.
Why: top buyer London Borough of Southwark at 54% · 0% in Musical instruments · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.
ESG & policies vault · 0/5
Key governance & sustainability policies. Published documents link out; missing ones are greyed.
Capabilities
What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.
- The provision of swimming aids and sports equipment to leisure facilities within Hull
Extracted automatically from sportmax.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Case studies · 1
Delivery stories from the supplier’s website. Clients are not yet cross-checked against award records.
Extracted automatically from sportmax.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
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 · 4 live · 3 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Warwick | 37400000 | 01 Oct 2025 | — | 3 yrs | Live | |
| Warrington Borough Council | 18412000 | 01 Jun 2025 | £13k | 5 yrs | Live | |
| London Borough of Southwark | 37400000 | 21 Jun 2023 | £116k | 2 yrs | Closed | |
| NORTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL | 18000000 | 01 Jul 2018 | £35k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| Kingston Upon Hull City Council | 37412000 | 01 Nov 2017 | £50k | 2 yrs | Closed | |
| University of Warwick | 37400000 | — | — | — | Live | |
| DfE Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council | 37400000 | — | — | — | Live |
Top buyers · 6 buyers · top 3 = 94%
Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.
Category mix
CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Alison Black Ltd trading as Sportmax highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £18.0m | 1 | |
| Yes | £6.7m | 4 | |
| Yes | £6.7m | 7 | |
| Yes | £6.7m | 4 | |
| Yes | £6.7m | 3 | |
AB Alison Black Ltd trading as Sportmax | No | — | — |
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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No Companies House record linked
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Financial
Filed accounts from Companies House.
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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