At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Colchester Machine Tool Solutions Limited has won £431k across 4 public-sector buyers, with 1 live contract. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Ministry of Justice at 35% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.
ESG & policies vault · 0/5
Key governance & sustainability policies. Published documents link out; missing ones are greyed.
Capabilities
What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.
Extracted automatically from colchester.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Case studies · 1
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Extracted automatically from colchester.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
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 · 1 live · 7 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Justice | — | 08 Dec 2025 | £150k | 4 yrs | pending | |
| UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED | 42621000 | 29 Aug 2024 | £21k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED | 42621000 | 19 Aug 2024 | £50k | 4 mo | Closed | |
| UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED | 42621000 | 28 Feb 2023 | £23k | 1 mo | Closed | |
| University of Plymouth | 42600000 | 19 Sept 2022 | £108k | 15 mo | Closed | |
| WARRINGTON & VALE ROYAL COLLEGE | 42000000 | 01 Jan 2021 | £52k | 1 mo | Closed | |
| UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED | 38000000 | 14 Feb 2019 | £29k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| Ministry of Justice | — | — | — | — | Live |
Top buyers · 4 buyers · top 3 = 88%
Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Colchester Machine Tool Solutions Limited highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
MA Manz AG | No | £5.5m | 1 |
| Yes | £3.3m | 1 | |
| Yes | £2.8m | 2 | |
| Yes | £2.2m | 1 | |
| Yes | £1.7m | 5 | |
CM Colchester Machine Tool Solutions Limited | Yes | £150k | — |
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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Registered details
- Company no.
- 00144979
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 30 Sept 1916
- Reg. office
- Colchester Machine Tool Solutions Lowfields Way, Lowfields Business Park, Elland, West Yorkshire, HX5 9DA
- SIC codes
- 28490
- Last accounts
- 31 Dec 2024
- Next accounts due
- 30 Sept 2026
Directors & PSC
- CATTOOR, Christopher — directorAppointed 29 Jan 2024
- HUSSAIN, Sarah Shabbir — secretaryAppointed 16 Nov 2021
- WRIGHT, Jonathan — directorAppointed 10 Feb 2021
Financial
Filed accounts from Companies House.
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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