At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Story Contracting Limited has won £253.7m across 19 public-sector buyers, with 24 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Cumberland Council at 74% · 100% in Construction work · 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.
- Civil Engineering and Infrastructure Works
- Framework Agreement for Highway Related Services
- Capital Works Framework 2020-2024
- CWF Lot 2B - Bridge Road/Michaelson Road Cycle Scheme (Barrow Active Travel Fund)
- Workington Gateway
Extracted automatically from storycontracting.com on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Case studies · 5
Delivery stories from the supplier’s website. Clients are not yet cross-checked against award records.
Extracted automatically from storycontracting.com on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Buyer references
Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.
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.
Extracted automatically from storycontracting.com 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.
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 · 36 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmorland and Furness Council | 45000000 | 13 Jul 2026 | £195k | 10 mo | Live | |
| Westmorland and Furness Council | 45000000 | 02 Feb 2026 | £46k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| Cumberland Council | — | 01 Jan 2026 | £175.0m | 4 yrs | pending | |
| Cumberland Council | 45000000 | 13 Oct 2025 | £3.5m | 11 mo | Live | |
| Durham County Council | 71242000 | 01 Jul 2025 | £136k | 10 mo | Closed | |
| Cumberland Council | 45000000 | 27 May 2025 | £729k | 4 mo | Closed | |
| Cumberland Council | 45000000 | 09 Apr 2025 | £1.4m | 8 mo | Closed | |
| The Association of North East Councils Limited | 45200000 | 03 Mar 2025 | £29.4m | 6 yrs | Live | |
| Cumberland Council | 45000000 | 31 Mar 2025 | £2.1m | 12 mo | Closed | |
| Cumberland Council | 45000000 | 21 Oct 2025 | £224k | 3 mo | Closed |
Top buyers · 19 buyers · top 3 = 97%
Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.
Category mix
CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 100%.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Story Contracting Limited highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
SC Story Contracting Limited | No | £178.8m | — |
| No | £140.0m | 1 | |
| No | £67.8m | 1 | |
| Yes | £35.4m | 2 | |
| No | £28.1m | 2 | |
| No | £18.8m | 2 |
Red flags · 0 active
Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.
Compliance scorecard
Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.
Modifications
Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.
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.
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.
Registered details
- Company no.
- 03709861
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 03 Feb 1999
- Reg. office
- Burgh Road Industrial Estate, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 7NA
- SIC codes
- 41201 · 42120
- Last accounts
- 31 Mar 2025
- Next accounts due
- 31 Dec 2026
Directors & PSC
- JOY, Andrew Robert — directorAppointed 01 Apr 2023
- STORY, John Frederick — directorAppointed 06 Jun 2022
- GASS, Roger Neil — secretaryAppointed 01 Apr 2006
- STORY, Norman Frederick — directorAppointed 12 Jun 2000
- Story Contracting Holdings Limited — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 percent
Financial
Filed accounts from Companies 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.
Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.
Social value · 1/5
Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes. Each is tagged self-reported or from the website.
Extracted automatically from storycontracting.com on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.