At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
FERNS SURFACING LIMITED has won £11.4m across 2 public-sector buyers, with 10 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Kent County Council at 86% · 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.
- Framework for the Provision of Civil Engineering Labour
Extracted automatically from fernsgroup.co.uk 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 · 10 live · 6 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent County Council | — | 01 Apr 2026 | £5.0m | 5 yrs | pending | |
| South Gloucestershire Council | 45000000 | 01 Dec 2024 | £1.6m | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Kent County Council | 45111240 | 01 Jan 2025 | £35k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| Kent County Council | 45111240 | 06 Jan 2025 | £396k | 3 mo | Closed | |
| Kent County Council | 45111240 | 02 Sept 2024 | £62k | 1 mo | Closed | |
| Kent County Council | 45111240 | 16 Aug 2024 | £500k | 2.9 yrs | Live | |
| Kent County Council | 45111240 | 30 Jul 2024 | £750k | 3 yrs | Live | |
| Kent County Council | 45111240 | 29 May 2024 | £47k | 1 mo | Closed | |
| Kent County Council | 45111240 | 01 Apr 2024 | £2.0m | 3.3 yrs | Live | |
| Kent County Council | 45111240 | 01 Aug 2023 | £500k | 4 yrs | Live |
Top buyers · 2 buyers · top 3 = 100%
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). FERNS SURFACING LIMITED highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £360.0m | 2 | |
| No | £77.1m | 4 | |
| Yes | £67.6m | 2 | |
| No | £67.6m | 2 | |
| Yes | £67.6m | 2 | |
FS FERNS SURFACING LIMITED | Yes | £5.0m | — |
Red flags · 0 active
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Compliance scorecard
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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
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.
Registered details
- Company no.
- 03193093
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 01 May 1996
- Reg. office
- Tutsham Farm, West Farleigh, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 0NE
- SIC codes
- 42110 · 42220 · 42990
- Last accounts
- 31 May 2025
- Next accounts due
- 28 Feb 2027
Directors & PSC
- FERN, Harry David — directorAppointed 26 Apr 2024
- BUTCHER, Antony William Frederick — directorAppointed 16 Aug 2023
- FERN, Ian David — directorAppointed 07 May 1996
- Ferns Group Limited — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent
Financial
Filed accounts from Companies 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.
Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.
Social value
Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.
No social-value commitments yet
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