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RAPESCO OFFICE PRODUCTS PLC

Sevenoaks
SME
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Awarded
£6.5m
Live
11
Buyers
7
12m
£3.7m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities5
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts11 / 23
  • Top buyers7
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
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Quick answer — RAPESCO OFFICE PRODUCTS PLCUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

RAPESCO OFFICE PRODUCTS PLC has won £6.5m across 7 public-sector buyers, with 11 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO at 57% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
11 of 23Live contracts
57%Top-buyer concentration
—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

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ESG & policies vault · 0/5

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

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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.

⚑ Self-reported & from notices

Service tags, sectors served and target geographies appear here once a supplier verifies ownership of this profile.

Frameworks & DPS · 5 from notices
  • YPO - 000915 The Supply of All Filing Products Plastic and ManillaYPO · £923k
  • 157_20 - Pencils, Erasers, Sharpeners and Sketching MaterialsEspo · £655k
  • 50_19 Office filing, Presentation and Storage ProductsEspo · £391k
  • Glue Sticks, Adhesive and Adhesive Tapes - Y21017Kent bCounty Council (t/a KCS) · £333k
  • 172_20 Stationery and Office SundriesEspo · £176k

Case studies

Delivery stories the supplier has published, with sector and outcome.

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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

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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 · 11 live · 12 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
155_26 Glues, Adhesives and Adhesive Tapes
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO—01 Apr 2026£3.7m12 mopending
Framework for the Supply of Office Stationery. - AWARD
Hampshire County Council3019200001 Feb 2025£13k4 yrsLive
Glue Sticks, Adhesive and Adhesive Tapes - Y21017
Kent bCounty Council (t/a KCS)2491120001 Mar 2021£333k4 yrsClosed
172_20 Stationery and Office Sundries
Espo2241000001 Jan 2020£176k2.3 yrsClosed
Untitled
East Riding of Yorkshire Council3019200001 Dec 2019£54k4 yrsClosed
157_20 - Pencils, Erasers, Sharpeners and Sketching Materials
Espo3019210001 Mar 2020£655k13 moClosed
Framework for the Supply of Office Stationery - AWARD
Hampshire County Council3019200001 Jun 2019£0.034 yrsClosed
50_19 Office filing, Presentation and Storage Products
Espo1892300001 Mar 2019£391k2.1 yrsClosed
YPO - 000915 The Supply of All Filing Products Plastic and Manilla
YPO3019110025 Oct 2018£923k3.6 yrsClosed
176_18 - The supply of stationery staplers, perforators and tackers
Espo3019000001 Mar 2018£220k13 moClosed
Total live value £13k · mean award £282k1–10 of 23

Top buyers · 7 buyers · top 3 = 94%

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

✓ From notices
1
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO
2 contracts
57%
since 2026
2
Espo
8 contracts
23%
since 2016
3
YPO
2 contracts
14%
since 2018
4
Kent bCounty Council (t/a KCS)
3 contracts
5%
since 2021
5
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
2 contracts
1%
since 2019
6
Hampshire County Council
5 contracts
0%
since 2016
7
Herts Fullstop Ltd
1 contract
0%

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
East Midlands10 contracts
84%
Yorkshire4 contracts
16%
South East5 contracts
0%
Eastern1 contract
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). RAPESCO OFFICE PRODUCTS PLC highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
BG
Banner Group Ltd
Yes£52.0m70
LU
LYRECO UK LIMITED
Yes£38.5m33
BO
BATES OFFICE SERVICES LTD
Yes£30.9m9
ER
EQUANS Regeneration Limited
Yes£29.4m1
HW
Hankinson Whittle Limited
Yes£29.4m1
RO
RAPESCO OFFICE PRODUCTS PLC
Yes£3.7m—
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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.

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Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 31 May 2025
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 17 Jan 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.

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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.

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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.
00634473
Status
Active
Type
Public limited
Incorporated
06 Aug 1959
Reg. office
1 Connections Business Park, Otford Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14 5DF
SIC codes
28230
Last accounts
31 May 2025
Next accounts due
30 Nov 2026

Directors & PSC

  • JAMES, David John Scott — director
  • WARD, Nicholas Timothy — director
    Appointed 22 Oct 1997
  • WARD, Nicholas Timothy — secretary
    Appointed 11 Jun 1997
  • Rapesco Holdings Plc — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

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£

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.

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RAPESCO OFFICE PRODUCTS PLC
00634473 · this company

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