At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Wicksteed has won £3.3m across 9 public-sector buyers, with 3 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Norse Commercial Services Limited at 90% · 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.
- Bois Moor Road Play Area, Chesham
- Supply and Installation of New Play Equipment
- Church Road rec - Play Area Improvements
Extracted automatically from wicksteed.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 wicksteed.co.uk 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
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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
Once buyers report contract KPIs — delivery on time, on budget, satisfaction, adoption and accessibility — a weighted grade and breakdown appear here.
Contracts · 3 live · 9 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norse Commercial Services Limited | — | 01 Dec 2025 | £3.0m | 2.9 yrs | Live | |
| West Northamptonshire Council | 37535200 | 25 Mar 2025 | £39k | 5 mo | Closed | |
| Chesham Town Council | 37535200 | 21 Oct 2024 | £45k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| Mike Deegan Consulting | 45000000 | 01 Apr 2023 | £35k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| Durham County Council | 43000000 | 01 Mar 2021 | £32k | 4 mo | Closed | |
| High Peak Borough Council & Staffordshire Moorlands District Council | 37535200 | 09 Mar 2020 | £11k | 1 mo | Closed | |
| Durham County Council | 43325000 | 20 Feb 2020 | £40k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| Durham County Council | 37500000 | 22 Jun 2019 | £39k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| Oxford City Council | 92000000 | 15 Aug 2017 | £48k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| Wigan Council | 37535200 | 26 Jun 2017 | £50k | 3 mo | Closed |
Top buyers · 9 buyers · top 3 = 95%
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). Wicksteed highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £117.8m | 1 | |
| No | £77.1m | 4 | |
| Yes | £67.6m | 2 | |
| No | £67.6m | 2 | |
| Yes | £67.6m | 2 | |
WI Wicksteed | Yes | £3.0m | — |
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
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Registered details
- Company no.
- 02240750
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 06 Apr 1988
- Reg. office
- Wicksteed Leisure Ltd, Digby Street, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN16 8YJ
- SIC codes
- 74990
- Last accounts
- 31 Dec 2024
- Next accounts due
- 30 Sept 2026
Directors & PSC
- HOWARD, Charles Edward John, Hon — directorAppointed 06 Apr 2021
- Castle Rising Holdings Ltd — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent · right to appoint and remove directors as firm
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
Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.
No social-value commitments yet
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