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BRIGHT IDEAS MARKETING LIMITED

Bury St. Edmunds
SME

Bright Ideas Crafts is a wholesale supplier of craft and educational supplies, offering a wide range of products for various seasonal events and projects.

brightideascrafts.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£9.6m
Live
16
Buyers
9
12m
£5.5m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts16 / 41
  • Top buyers9
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — BRIGHT IDEAS MARKETING LIMITEDUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

BRIGHT IDEAS MARKETING LIMITED has won £9.6m across 9 public-sector buyers, with 16 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO at 57% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
16 of 41Live contracts
57%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

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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.

◐ From website & notices
Sectors served · 1/8
Central government✓
Local government✓
NHS & health✓
Housing✓
Utilities & energy✓
Financial services✓
Education✓
Defence✓
Services · 3
Wholesale Craft SuppliesWholesale & Educational Craft Supplies
Seasonal Craft SuppliesSupplies for seasonal events like Christmas, Halloween, and Valentine's Day.
Project IdeasBlog & Project Ideas for crafting inspiration. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • 128_22 Art Papers and BoardEspo · £482k
  • 50_19 Office filing, Presentation and Storage ProductsEspo · £391k
  • 128_17 Art and Craft PapersEspo · £343k
  • YPO - 000897 Creative CraftsYPO · £333k
  • 145_19 - Card and Mounting board for use in schoolsEspo · £286k
  • 158_25 Paints, Chalks, Crayons and other Art-Related MaterialsEspo · £257k

Extracted automatically from brightideascrafts.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.

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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.

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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

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KPI performance

Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.

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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 · 16 live · 25 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
128_26 Art Papers and Board
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO—13 Apr 2026£1.8m12 mopending
155_26 Glues, Adhesives and Adhesive Tapes
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO—01 Apr 2026£3.7m12 mopending
182_26 Creative Materials, Card, Textiles and Glitter
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO—01 Mar 2026—2.1 yrspending
158_25 Paints, Chalks, Crayons and other Art-Related Materials
Espo3019211001 Mar 2025£257k2.1 yrsLive
Framework for the Supply of Office Stationery. - AWARD
Hampshire County Council3019200001 Feb 2025£13k4 yrsLive
182_22- Creative Materials, Card, Textiles and Glitter
Espo0922120001 Mar 2022£130k2.1 yrsClosed
128_22 Art Papers and Board
Espo2200000001 Mar 2022£482k13 moClosed
Y22001 - Supply of Art Materials and Associated Equipment Supplies
Kent bCounty Council (t/a KCS)3780000031 Jul 2021£47k4.1 yrsClosed
2260/19 Arts & Crafts Products
East Riding of Yorkshire Council2281000001 Nov 2019£48k4 yrsClosed
Framework for the Supply of Office Stationery - AWARD
Hampshire County Council3019200001 Jun 2019£0.034 yrsClosed
Total live value £270k · mean award £233k1–10 of 41

Top buyers · 9 buyers · top 3 = 99%

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

✓ From notices
1
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO
6 contracts
57%
since 2026
2
Espo
20 contracts
26%
since 2016
3
YPO
3 contracts
15%
since 2018
4
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
2 contracts
1%
since 2016
5
Kent bCounty Council (t/a KCS)
2 contracts
0%
since 2021
6
Hampshire County Council
4 contracts
0%
since 2017
7
Supply Hertfordshire
1 contract
0%
since 2018
8
Hertfordshire County Council
2 contracts
0%
9
Herts Fullstop Ltd
1 contract
0%

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
East Midlands26 contracts
84%
Yorkshire5 contracts
16%
South East4 contracts
0%
Eastern3 contracts
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). BRIGHT IDEAS MARKETING LIMITED highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
BG
Banner Group Ltd
Yes£52.0m71
LU
LYRECO UK LIMITED
Yes£38.5m33
BO
BATES OFFICE SERVICES LTD
Yes£30.9m9
BA
Banner Limited
Yes£28.8m7
AC
ARROW COUNTY SUPPLIES LIMITED
Yes£24.3m2
BI
BRIGHT IDEAS MARKETING LIMITED
Yes£5.5m—
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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

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

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Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 31 Dec 2024
Confirmation statement
Due in 10d
Next due 21 Jul 2026
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.
03077300
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
07 Jul 1995
Reg. office
Ibson House, Eastern Way, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AB
SIC codes
46900
Last accounts
31 Dec 2024
Next accounts due
30 Sept 2026

Directors & PSC

  • BRIDGE, Jonathan David — secretary
    Appointed 28 Apr 2022
  • BRIDGE, Jonathan David — director
    Appointed 28 Apr 2022
  • ROBINSON, Michael Christopher Giles — director
    Appointed 30 Apr 2019
  • SPERLING, Kevin Andreas — director
    Appointed 30 Apr 2019
  • Robinson Young Holdings Limited — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent

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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BRIGHT IDEAS MARKETING LIMITED
03077300 · this company

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