At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
A T Little & Sons Ltd, trading as Browns Books has won £58.4m across 20 public-sector buyers, with 26 live contracts.
Why: top buyer Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO at 55% · 100% in Printed matter · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.
ESG & policies vault · 0/5
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Capabilities
What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.
- 376F_22 Library Stock
- 376E_24 Digital Library Content and Print Books
- 376E_20 eBooks, eAudiobooks and Print Books
- 991_22 - Supply of Early Years & Curriculum Product Ranges
Extracted automatically from brownsbfs.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Case studies
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Buyer references
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No buyer references yet
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Accreditations & memberships
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No accreditations recorded
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KPI performance
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No verified KPI scores yet
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Contracts · 26 live · 19 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO | — | 01 Apr 2026 | £10.0m | 12 mo | pending | |
| Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO | — | 01 Apr 2026 | £22.0m | 2 yrs | pending | |
| LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY | 22100000 | 02 Aug 2025 | £55k | 12 mo | Live | |
| University of Sunderland | 22113000 | 30 Jun 2025 | £111k | 4 yrs | Live | |
| University of Sunderland | 22000000 | 30 Jun 2025 | £661k | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Department for Work & Pensions | 22000000 | 02 Apr 2025 | £38k | — | Closed | |
| Espo | 22110000 | 01 Nov 2024 | £4.0m | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Leeds Arts University | 22113000 | 20 Aug 2024 | £66k | 2 yrs | Live | |
| LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY | 22100000 | 01 Aug 2024 | £45k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| UNIVERSITY OF DERBY | 22113000 | 04 Apr 2024 | £400k | 3.1 yrs | Live |
Top buyers · 20 buyers · top 3 = 92%
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: 100%.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). A T Little & Sons Ltd, trading as Browns Books highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
AT A T Little & Sons Ltd, trading as Browns Books | Yes | £32.1m | — |
| No | £3.9m | 10 | |
| No | £3.0m | 1 | |
| Yes | £2.0m | 2 | |
| Yes | £1.2m | 9 | |
| Yes | £1.2m | 3 |
Red flags · 0 active
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Compliance scorecard
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Modifications
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No modifications recorded
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News mentions
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No news mentions found
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Companies House
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No Companies House record linked
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Financial
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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
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No social-value commitments yet
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