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Awarded
£16.9m
Live
3
Buyers
9
12m
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  • Top buyers9
  • Category mix
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  • Peers5
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  • Red flags1
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Quick answer — CaratUpdated 20 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Carat has won £16.9m across 9 public-sector buyers, with 3 live contracts.

Why: top buyer Post Office Limited at 74% · 1 active risk flag · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
1Active red flags
dissolvedCompany status
3 of 10Live contracts
74%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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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 · 3 live · 7 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Media Planning, buying and attribution
Post Office Limited7934000031 Aug 2021£12.5m5 yrsLive
GB-London: Media Buying
British Business Bank7934100001 Apr 2018£162k7 moClosed
CARTEL LEAD GENERATION - MEDIA BUYING
Competition and Markets Authority7934100006 Mar 2018£83k1 moClosed
Provision of Media Buying - VED evasion campaign 2017
D V L A7934000001 Sept 2017£660k7 moClosed
Media Buying
Equality and Human Rights Commission7221250001 Sept 2016£100k2.2 yrsClosed
M6 J10a - 13 Radio Advert
Highways Agency7131100029 Mar 2016£84k1 moClosed
SO14748; HM Treasury Media Planning - Contract
Crown Commercial Service7934200028 Oct 2015£50k6 moClosed
Media Buying
Department for Culture, Media and Sport7934200002 Jan 2015£3.3m12 moClosed
Media Planning, Buying and Associated Services 2023
Scottish Government79341000———Live
Media Planning, Buying and Associated Services 2023
Scottish Government79341000———Live
Total live value £12.5m · mean award £1.7m

Top buyers · 9 buyers · top 3 = 97%

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

✓ From notices
1
Post Office Limited
1 contract
74%
since 2021
2
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
1 contract
19%
since 2015
3
D V L A
1 contract
4%
since 2017
4
British Business Bank
1 contract
1%
since 2018
5
Equality and Human Rights Commission
1 contract
1%
since 2016
6
Highways Agency
1 contract
0%
since 2016
7
Competition and Markets Authority
1 contract
0%
since 2018
8
Crown Commercial Service
1 contract
0%
since 2015
9
Scottish Government
2 contracts
0%

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
London3 contracts
98%
Yorkshire1 contract
1%
North West2 contracts
1%
Scotland2 contracts
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Carat highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
WA
WAVEMAKER LIMITED
No£38.0m1
SM
SMRS Ltd
Yes£10.0m2
BM
Bauer Media Outdoor UK Ltd
No£5.0m2
PL
PEOPLESCOUT LTD (trading as TMP WORLDWIDE)
No£4.9m1
W6
WPP 650
No£4.4m1
CA
Carat
No——
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Red flags · 1 active

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

✓ Verified
Company status: Dissolved. Companies House records this company as last active 23 Mar 2021.

Compliance scorecard

Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.

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Trading status
Dissolved
Last active 23 Mar 2021
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 31 Dec 2019
Confirmation statement
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No filing on record
Outstanding charges
0
All historic charges satisfied
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
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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.
01378339
Status
Dissolved
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
12 Jul 1978
Reg. office
10 Triton Street, Regent's Place, London, United Kingdom, NW1 3BF
SIC codes
99999
Last accounts
31 Dec 2019

Directors & PSC

  • SPERRIN, Nicholas Stephen — director
    Appointed 06 Jan 2021
  • ROMIJN, Dennis Romijn — director
    Appointed 21 Jun 2019
  • SEXTON, Richard — director
    Appointed 02 Jan 2002
  • Dentsu Aegis London Limited — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent

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
CARAT LIMITED
01378339 · this company

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