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Cedar Recruitment Ltd

Business services · London
SME

Cedar Recruitment Ltd specializes in recruitment for professionals in Finance, Tax, Change & Transformation, Procurement, and Public Sector & Not-for-Profit. They focus on identifying and engaging high-caliber individuals for their clients.

cedarrecruitment.com ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£357.7m
Live
8
Buyers
18
12m
£344.8m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities1
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts8 / 30
  • Top buyers18
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — Cedar Recruitment LtdUpdated 27 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Cedar Recruitment Ltd has won £357.7m across 18 public-sector buyers, with 8 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO at 82% · 100% in Business services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
8 of 30Live contracts
82%Top-buyer concentration
100%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

Jobs, skills, environmental, inequality and community commitments appear here once a claimed supplier attributes them to awarded contracts, or once we detect them on the supplier’s website.

ESG & policies vault · 0/5

Key governance & sustainability policies. Published documents link out; missing ones are greyed.

↔ Cross-checked
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 · 5
Accountancy & FinanceChange & TransformationProcurementPublic Sector & Not-for-ProfitTax
Frameworks & DPS · 1 from notices
  • Cirrus Consortium Agency Labour and Recruitment Services Framework 2025CIRRUS PURCHASING LTD · £10.0m

Extracted automatically from cedarrecruitment.com 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.

⚑ Self-reported
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No case studies yet

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.

✓ Confirmed by buyer
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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

Independently issued. Verification dates cross-checked against issuer registers.

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No accreditations recorded

B-Corp, ISO, Cyber Essentials, Living Wage and similar credentials appear here once added by a claimed supplier and cross-checked against the issuing register.

KPI performance

Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.

✓ Verified
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 · 8 live · 22 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
3S_26 Strategic HR and Recruitment Services
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO—07 Jul 2026£291.7m2 yrspending
Framework for Permanent, Interim and Recruitment Marketing Solutions
London Borough of Waltham Forest—16 Mar 2026£50.0m2 yrspending
Procurement Business Partner
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust7962000018 Feb 2026£40k3 moClosed
Recruitment Services
UK Export Finance7960000029 Jan 2026£100k3 yrsLive
Interim Commercial Lead
UK Export Finance7962000013 Oct 2025£74k6 moClosed
Cirrus Consortium Agency Labour and Recruitment Services Framework 2025
CIRRUS PURCHASING LTD7960000025 Sept 2025£10.0m4 yrsLive
TEN-2425-043 - Recruitment Services
National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)—01 Sept 2025£2.8m2 yrspending
Interim Contract Manager
UK Export Finance7962000028 Jun 2025£39k3 moClosed
ARP Interim Commercial Specialist
Department of Health and Social Care (T&T)7962000019 May 2025£95k6 moClosed
Procurement Recruitment
mhs homes group7960000022 Apr 2025£43k4 moClosed
Total live value £10.1m · mean award £11.9m1–10 of 30

Top buyers · 18 buyers · top 3 = 98%

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

✓ From notices
1
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO
1 contract
82%
since 2026
2
London Borough of Waltham Forest
2 contracts
14%
since 2026
3
CIRRUS PURCHASING LTD
1 contract
3%
since 2025
4
National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)
2 contracts
1%
since 2025
5
NATIONAL WEALTH FUND LIMITED
2 contracts
0%
since 2023
6
UK Export Finance
6 contracts
0%
since 2024
7
UK INFRASTRUCTURE BANK LIMITED
1 contract
0%
since 2021
8
Department of Health and Social Care (T&T)
2 contracts
0%
since 2021
9
Sport England
1 contract
0%
since 2023
10
FELICIA ANN FOX
1 contract
0%
since 2024

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 100%.

✓ From notices
Business services79
100%
⚠ Concentration: 100% of recent awarded value sits in a single CPV division. A category-specific downturn would materially affect revenue.

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
East Midlands2 contracts
82%
London9 contracts
14%
North West2 contracts
3%
Yorkshire4 contracts
1%
South East1 contract
0%
South West4 contracts
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Cedar Recruitment Ltd highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
AM
Alexander Mann Solutions
No£426.8m12
CR
Cedar Recruitment Ltd
Yes£344.8m—
CL
COMENSURA LIMITED (04085767)
Yes£60.0m4
OP
Opus People Solutions
Yes£50.0m1
RS
Reed Specialist Recrutiment
No£31.7m3
NP
NHS PROFESSIONALS LIMITED
No£7.1m2
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Red flags · 0 active

Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.

✓ Verified
✓ 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.

↔ Cross-checked
Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 31 Mar 2025
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 19 Feb 2027
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.

✓ From notices
±

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.

✓ Live sync

Registered details

Company no.
04665436
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
13 Feb 2003
Reg. office
Elsley Court, 20-22 Great Titchfield Street, London, W1W 8BE
SIC codes
78200
Last accounts
31 Mar 2025
Next accounts due
31 Dec 2026

Directors & PSC

  • BENTWOOD, Howard — director
    Appointed 13 Feb 2003
  • Mr Howard Bentwood — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent · right to appoint and remove directors

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

↔ From Cos 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.

↔ From Cos House
CEDAR RECRUITMENT LIMITED
04665436 · this company

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