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COLLEGE KITS DIRECT LIMITED

Medical equipment · Brighton
Large

College Kits Direct Limited specializes in supplying bespoke student hair and beauty kits to colleges and academies across the UK. They also provide a range of professional products and training services for the education sector.

collegekitsdirect.com ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£540k
Live
7
Buyers
10
12m
£284k
At a glance
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Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities1
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts7 / 15
  • Top buyers10
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
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Quick answer — COLLEGE KITS DIRECT LIMITEDUpdated 20 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

COLLEGE KITS DIRECT LIMITED has won £540k across 10 public-sector buyers, with 7 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer St Helens College at 40% · 62% in Medical equipment · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
7 of 15Live contracts
40%Top-buyer concentration
62%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.

◐ From website & notices
Sectors served · 1/8
Central government✓
Local government✓
NHS & health✓
Housing✓
Utilities & energy✓
Financial services✓
Education✓
Defence✓
Services · 4
Bespoke Student Hair & Beauty KitsSupplying bespoke student hair & beauty kits to over 100 schools, colleges and academies. ↗Training & Staff CPDOffering over 60 fully accredited training courses for students and staff. ↗Consumable StockProviding a huge range of consumable stock with next day delivery. ↗Furniture & RefitsSpecializing in furniture and equipment for training environments. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 1 from notices
  • Provision of Hair, Barbering & Beauty KitsSunderland College · £27k

Extracted automatically from collegekitsdirect.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.

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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

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KPI performance

Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.

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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 · 7 live · 8 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Hairdressing Kits and Products
St Helens College3371120023 Mar 2026£124k3 yrsLive
Beauty, Nail Kits and Products
St Helens College3371120023 Mar 2026£91k3 yrsLive
CA16428 - Chesterfield College - Salon Equipment Contract Award
Chesterfield College3371140028 Aug 2025£70k4 moClosed
CA13272 - Salon Products and Equipment
CRESCENT PURCHASING LIMITED3915000001 May 2024£111k2 yrsClosed
CA12536 - South Devon College Mini-Competition for Beauty and Hairdressing Kits Using the CPC Framework Hair, Beauty and Wigs
South Devon College3371140018 Aug 2023—12 moClosed
Provision of Hair, Barbering & Beauty Kits
Sunderland College3371140015 Jun 2021£27k5 moClosed
CA10555 - South Devon College RFQ for Hair and Beauty kits
South Devon College3371140016 Sept 2022£13k1 moClosed
CA7633 - Hair, Beauty and Wigs Supplies
CRESCENT PURCHASING LIMITED3371140001 May 2021£97k3 yrsClosed
The City of Liverpool College - Hair & Beauty Equipment - AWARD
The City of Liverpool College3371140024 Jul 2020——Closed
CA4047 - Middlesbrough College and Stockton Riverside College: Supply of Hair and Beauty Kits
Middlesbrough College3371140001 Jul 2017£8k2 yrsClosed
Total live value £214k · mean award £36k1–10 of 15

Top buyers · 10 buyers · top 3 = 91%

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

✓ From notices
1
St Helens College
3 contracts
40%
since 2026
2
CRESCENT PURCHASING LIMITED
3 contracts
39%
since 2021
3
Chesterfield College
1 contract
13%
since 2025
4
Sunderland College
1 contract
5%
since 2022
5
South Devon College
2 contracts
2%
since 2022
6
Middlesbrough College
1 contract
1%
since 2017
7
The City of Liverpool College
1 contract
0%
since 2020
8
APUC Limited
1 contract
0%
9
City of Glasgow College
1 contract
0%
10
Education
1 contract
0%

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 62%.

✓ From notices
Medical equipment33
62%
Furniture & furnishings39
38%
⚠ Concentration: 62% 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
North West8 contracts
82%
Yorkshire1 contract
14%
South West2 contracts
3%
North East1 contract
2%
Scotland2 contracts
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). COLLEGE KITS DIRECT LIMITED highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
JP
Jupiter Play and Leisure Ltd
Yes£3.4m2
SP
SAFEPLAY PLAYGROUND SERVICES LTD t/a Fearless Ramps
Yes£3.4m2
S(
STREETSCAPE (PRODUCTS & SERVICES) LIMITED
Yes£3.4m2
EI
EIBEPLAY LIMITED
Yes£3.4m2
AP
ACE PLAY LIMITED
Yes£3.4m2
CK
COLLEGE KITS DIRECT LIMITED
No£284k—
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Red flags · 0 active

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

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✓ Clean. No active risk signals from Companies House status, charges or insolvency records.

Compliance scorecard

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Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 31 Dec 2024
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 13 Mar 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

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No news mentions found

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Companies House

Live sync — registered details, directors, PSC and SIC codes.

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Registered details

Company no.
06854627
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
21 Mar 2009
Reg. office
Crowhurst Corner, Crowhurst Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 8AP
SIC codes
47750
Last accounts
31 Dec 2024
Next accounts due
30 Sept 2026

Directors & PSC

  • VANS AGNEW, Peter Ross — director
    Appointed 23 Feb 2018
  • Capital (Hair And Beauty) Limited — 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.

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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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COLLEGE KITS DIRECT LIMITED
06854627 · this company

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