At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
WILLIAM G. SEARCH LIMITED has won £12.0m across 14 public-sector buyers, with 13 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer East Riding of Yorkshire Council at 74% · 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.
- LPS CAS - Provision of Plant and Vehicle Hire (Operated and Non-Operated) and Associated Services - RFQ 15314733,2
- Cambridge City Council - Portable Cabins
- Framework Agreement for the Hire of Civil Engineering Plant,Vehicles and Equipment without Operator(s)
- Flexible Purchasing System - Event Support Services
- HEY/21/433/SM/A - SERVICE MAINTENANCE OF AIR COMPRESSORS
- Eurovision 2023- Cabins
Extracted automatically from wgsearch.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Case studies
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No case studies yet
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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 · 13 live · 14 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | — | 11 Aug 2025 | £11k | 3 yrs | Live | |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Council | — | 12 Jul 2025 | £8.7m | 8 yrs | pending | |
| Kirklees Council | 42410000 | 01 May 2024 | £230k | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Liverpool City Council | 44211110 | 24 Jan 2023 | £25k | 4 mo | Closed | |
| Cambridge City Council | 44211100 | 16 Jan 2023 | £420k | 7 yrs | Live | |
| Lancashire County Council | 24955000 | 01 Jul 2022 | £1.3m | 4 yrs | Closed | |
| Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | 50000000 | 08 Jun 2022 | £43k | 8 yrs | Live | |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Council | 43000000 | 06 Apr 2021 | £178k | 4 yrs | Closed | |
| Leicestershire County Council | 44211000 | 01 Apr 2021 | £50k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| Leeds City Council | 43000000 | 13 Jul 2020 | £36k | 4 yrs | Closed |
Top buyers · 14 buyers · top 3 = 91%
Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). WILLIAM G. SEARCH LIMITED highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £28.1m | 2 | |
| No | £18.8m | 2 | |
| No | £13.7m | 2 | |
| No | £11.0m | 1 | |
| No | £7.7m | 2 | |
WG WILLIAM G. SEARCH LIMITED | Yes | £11k | — |
Red flags · 0 active
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Compliance scorecard
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Modifications
Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.
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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Registered details
- Company no.
- 00407145
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 27 Mar 1946
- Reg. office
- Market Works, Whitehall Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 6EP
- SIC codes
- 46690 · 77390 · 96090
- Last accounts
- 31 Dec 2025
- Next accounts due
- 30 Sept 2027
Directors & PSC
- SEARCH, Richard Stephen William — director
- AUCKLAND, Gavin — directorAppointed 03 Jul 2024
- SCHOFIELD, Peter — directorAppointed 03 Jul 2024
- SEARCH, Richard Stephen William — secretaryAppointed 02 Apr 1996
- Search Group Holdings Limited — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent
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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