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LAMBDA PHOTOMETRICS LIMITED

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Lambda Photometrics Limited is a technical distributor in the UK and Ireland, specializing in characterisation, measurement, and analysis equipment. They offer a range of products including metrology, microscopy, and test instrumentation.

lambdaphoto.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£5.1m
Live
10
Buyers
18
12m
£1.2m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts10 / 48
  • Top buyers18
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
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Quick answer — LAMBDA PHOTOMETRICS LIMITEDUpdated 27 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

LAMBDA PHOTOMETRICS LIMITED has won £5.1m across 18 public-sector buyers, with 10 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer UK Research and Innovation at 48% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
10 of 48Live contracts
48%Top-buyer concentration
—Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

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ESG & policies vault · 0/5

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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.

◐ From website & notices
Services · 3
Metrology & MicroscopyProducts related to metrology and microscopy including electron microscopy and optical profilers. ↗Test & MeasurementSpectrum analysers and time frequency standards for testing and measurement applications. ↗Scientific InstrumentationFrequency standards and oscillators for scientific applications. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • Contract Award: Load Pull Tuners and associated accessoriesNational Physical Laboratory · £133k
  • Laser SystemUniversity of Bedfordshire · £82k
  • 1734/331/SW/NAMRC/17 High-resolution table-top Scanning Electron MicroscopeUNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · £80k
  • 1193 - Electronics InstrumentationCENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED · £60k
  • Fizeau InterferometerDIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED · —
  • Electronic Components and Associated Products, Services Kits, Tools, Fixings, Test & Measurement Equipment & BatteriesNorth Western Universities Purchasing Consortium · —

Extracted automatically from lambdaphoto.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

Case studies

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Buyer references

Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.

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Accreditations & memberships

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KPI performance

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84

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Contracts · 10 live · 38 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
UKRI-5460 Harvesting of 200 discs
UK Research and Innovation—17 Dec 2025£970k12 mopending
DLSITT1072 - Supply of a Fizeau Interferometer for Diamond Light Source
DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED—09 Oct 2025£214k5 mopending
Optical Vector Analyser & Optical Spectrum Analyser
ASTON UNIVERSITY—01 Jul 2025—5 yrsLive
BE25010 - Digital delay I pulse generator
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED3110000029 Jan 2025£48k—Closed
UKRI-4053 EPAC Compressor Fold Mirror
UK Research & Innovation3800000002 Oct 2024£159k9 moClosed
UKRI-3503 Collimated Optics, Software and Uniform VIS to TIR Source System
UK Research and Innovation3860000021 Feb 2024£160k5 moClosed
GB-Swindon: UKRI-3546 Compressor Polished Grating Substrate
UK Research & Innovation4250000014 Nov 2023£69k6 moClosed
GB-Cambridge: UKRI-3517 Camera for imaging cells
UK Research & Innovation3865100002 Nov 2023£57k2 moClosed
Off-Axis Parabola Reflective Collimator System
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory3800000029 Sept 2023£116k17 moClosed
GB-Swindon: UKRI-3054 Polished Grating Substrate
UK Research and Innovation4544200020 Jul 2023£83k6 moClosed
Total live value — · mean award £107k1–10 of 48

Top buyers · 18 buyers · top 3 = 69%

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

✓ From notices
1
UK Research and Innovation
10 contracts
48%
since 2019
2
University of Leeds
2 contracts
12%
since 2019
3
UK Research & Innovation
5 contracts
8%
since 2022
4
ASTON UNIVERSITY
5 contracts
4%
since 2016
5
DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LIMITED
3 contracts
4%
since 2017
6
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
3 contracts
4%
since 2022
7
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
2 contracts
4%
since 2016
8
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
6 contracts
3%
since 2022
9
National Physical Laboratory
1 contract
3%
since 2021
10
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
1 contract
2%
since 2021

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
South West27 contracts
66%
Yorkshire3 contracts
14%
South East6 contracts
8%
West Midlands7 contracts
8%
North East3 contracts
2%
Eastern1 contract
2%
North West1 contract
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). LAMBDA PHOTOMETRICS LIMITED highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
RM
Reveal Media Ltd
Yes£9.6m1
GV
gvav ltd
Yes£6.6m6
CV
CHARTERHOUSE VOICE & DATA LIMITED
No£5.9m2
PC
Pacific Computers Limited
Yes£5.9m4
IA
INFORMATION AND DATA NETWORKS SUPPLIES LIMITED
No£5.9m1
LP
LAMBDA PHOTOMETRICS LIMITED
No£1.2m—
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Red flags · 0 active

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✓ Clean. No active risk signals from Companies House status, charges or insolvency records.

Compliance scorecard

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Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 31 Dec 2024
Confirmation statement
Due in -59d
Next due 30 May 2026
Outstanding charges
0
No charges registered
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

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No modifications recorded

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News mentions

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Companies House

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Registered details

Company no.
01332370
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
03 Oct 1977
Reg. office
Lambda House, Lower Luton Road, Harpenden, AL5 5BZ
SIC codes
33130 · 46690 · 74909
Last accounts
31 Dec 2024
Next accounts due
30 Sept 2026

Directors & PSC

  • RAMSAY, Ian Cambell — director
    Appointed 01 Dec 2012
  • CLARKE, Peter Michael — secretary
    Appointed 31 Dec 2006
  • Mr Ian Cambell Ramsay — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent

Financial

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£

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.

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LAMBDA PHOTOMETRICS LIMITED
01332370 · this company

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