At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Farol Ltd has won £20.6m across 40 public-sector buyers, with 10 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer The Association of North East Councils Limited at 64% · 73% in CPV 16 · 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.
- 274_22 Grounds Maintenance Machinery
- 274_18 Grounds Maintenance Machinery
- RBGKEW/826 - Out-Front Ride-on Rotary Mower
Extracted automatically from farol.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.
No case studies yet
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Buyer references
Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.
No buyer references yet
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Accreditations & memberships
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No accreditations recorded
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KPI performance
Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.
No verified KPI scores yet
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Contracts · 10 live · 61 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Derbyshire District Council | 16310000 | 23 Apr 2026 | £233k | 1 mo | Closed | |
| London Borough of Southwark | 34144700 | 06 Sept 2025 | £107k | 1 mo | Closed | |
| London Borough of Southwark | 16310000 | 06 Sept 2025 | £151k | 1 mo | Closed | |
| Erewash Borough Council | 34144700 | 29 Aug 2025 | £69k | 1 mo | Closed | |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM | 50111100 | 10 Jul 2024 | £40k | 1 mo | Closed | |
| Coventry City Council (COV) | 34000000 | 04 Jul 2024 | £147k | 1 mo | Closed | |
| London Borough of Croydon | 16700000 | 31 May 2024 | £131k | 1 mo | Closed | |
| London Borough of Croydon | 16310000 | 31 May 2024 | £271k | 1 mo | Closed | |
| ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY | 34113200 | 04 Apr 2024 | £30k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| The Royal Parks Limited | 34223200 | 03 Apr 2024 | £31k | 1 mo | Closed |
Top buyers · 40 buyers · top 3 = 81%
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: 73%.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Farol Ltd highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £117.8m | 1 | |
| No | £21.1m | 1 | |
| No | £6.8m | 4 | |
| No | £4.2m | 2 | |
| No | £4.0m | 1 | |
FA Farol Ltd | No | £560k | — |
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
No published contract variations for this supplier. Modification notices appear here as they are issued under the Procurement Act 2023.
News mentions
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No news mentions found
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Companies House
Live sync — registered details, directors, PSC and SIC codes.
Registered details
- Company no.
- 04157398
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 09 Feb 2001
- Reg. office
- Rycote Lane Farm, Milton Common, Thame, Oxon, OX9 2NZ
- SIC codes
- 46610
- Last accounts
- 31 Jan 2026
- Next accounts due
- 31 Oct 2027
Directors & PSC
- PHIPPS, Daniel Lee — directorAppointed 12 May 2025
- CHAMPION, Guy Roger Strutte — directorAppointed 01 Apr 2016
- BALCH, Matthew Jack — directorAppointed 28 Apr 2015
- MOORE, James Ronald Charles — directorAppointed 01 Apr 2014
- VELLACOTT, Benjamin Thomas — secretaryAppointed 09 Feb 2001
- VELLACOTT, Benjamin Thomas — directorAppointed 09 Feb 2001
- Farol 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
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
Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.
No social-value commitments yet
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