At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Designer Contracts Ltd has won £84.9m across 16 public-sector buyers, with 5 live contracts.
Why: top buyer University of Essex at 60% · 100% in Construction materials · 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.
- Guinness Property Contractor Frameworks 1 - Responsive Repairs 2 - Empty Homes
- Supply and Fitting of Soft Flooring in Derbyshire County Council Adult Care Establishments
Extracted automatically from designercontracts.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.
No case studies yet
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Buyer references
Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.
No buyer references yet
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Accreditations & memberships
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No accreditations recorded
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KPI performance
Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.
No verified KPI scores yet
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Contracts · 5 live · 16 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Procurement for Housing | — | 02 Dec 2025 | £20.0m | 4 yrs | pending | |
| University of Essex | — | 01 Oct 2025 | £50.0m | 4 yrs | pending | |
| University of Essex | 44000000 | 01 Oct 2025 | £625k | 4 yrs | Live | |
| HIGHTOWN HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED | 44112200 | 16 Nov 2022 | £35k | 1.9 yrs | Closed | |
| Procurement for Housing | 39000000 | 09 Nov 2021 | £5.6m | 3 yrs | Closed | |
| THE GUINNESS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED | 45211320 | 03 May 2021 | £439k | 4 yrs | Closed | |
| NEUPC Ltd | 44112200 | 08 Sept 2020 | £2.3m | 4 yrs | Closed | |
| NEUPC Ltd | 44112200 | 08 Sept 2020 | £2.3m | 4 yrs | Closed | |
| CRESCENT PURCHASING LIMITED | 44000000 | 01 Nov 2019 | £67k | 3 yrs | Closed | |
| Quadrant Construction Services Ltd | 71310000 | 11 Oct 2019 | £172k | 14 mo | Closed |
Top buyers · 16 buyers · top 3 = 97%
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). Designer Contracts Ltd highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £350.0m | 1 | |
DC Designer Contracts Ltd | No | £70.6m | — |
| Yes | £9.5m | 4 | |
| Yes | £9.5m | 3 | |
| Yes | £9.4m | 5 | |
| Yes | £9.3m | 3 |
Red flags · 0 active
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Compliance scorecard
Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.
Modifications
Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.
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.
No news mentions found
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Companies House
Registered details, directors and PSC.
No Companies House record linked
A Companies House number is on file but the record has not been synced yet.
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 · 1/5
Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes. Each is tagged self-reported or from the website.
Extracted automatically from designercontracts.com on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.