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N.D. BROWN LIMITED

Transport equipment · Slade Heath
SME

N.D. Brown Limited specializes in commercial vehicle hire, particularly hot boxes, grab hire, and tipper hire. They offer a wide range of vehicles for various applications.

ndbrown.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£42.7m
Live
24
Buyers
20
12m
£20.2m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts24 / 41
  • Top buyers20
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — N.D. BROWN LIMITEDUpdated 13 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

N.D. BROWN LIMITED has won £42.7m across 20 public-sector buyers, with 24 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government at 47% · 100% in Transport equipment · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
24 of 41Live contracts
47%Top-buyer concentration
100%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

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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.

◐ From website & notices
Services · 4
Vehicle HireCommercial vehicle hire including hot boxes, grab hire, and tipper hire. ↗Hot Box HireSpecialized hot box vehicles for various applications. ↗
Grab HireGrab hire services for efficient material handling.
Tipper HireTipper vehicles available for hire. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • 271_24 Vehicle Rental (Self-Drive)Espo · £3.8m
  • 271_20 - Vehicle Rental (Self-Drive)Espo · £2.6m
  • Framework for the Provision of Vehicle HireKirklees Council · £489k
  • Hire of VehiclesLeeds City Council · £350k
  • Framework Agreement for the Hire of Civil Engineering Plant,Vehicles and Equipment without Operator(s)Kirklees Council · £230k
  • Vehicle Hire Self Drive - St Helens Borough CouncilSt Helens Council · £158k

Extracted automatically from ndbrown.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.

⚑ Self-reported
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No case studies yet

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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.

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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 · 24 live · 17 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
HGV Hire
WALSALL HOUSING GROUP LIMITED3400000022 Jun 2026£201k12 moLive
WGCP - Vehicle Hire IV Framework
Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government—12 Mar 2026£20.0m4 yrspending
Hire of four 18t tippers to LCC specifications
Leicestershire County Council—14 Oct 2025—7 moClosed
CA13962 - Tender 03/2024 - Vehicle Hire Framework
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD) 5011111001 Jul 2025£0.084 yrsLive
CSKL & TPPL Vehicle Rental Framework 2025
Commercial Services Kent Limited3410000001 Jun 2025£1.6m4 yrsLive
Hire of Vehicles With and Without Operator - Surface Dressing Framework
Cyngor Gwynedd—09 Jul 2025£22k1.8 yrsLive
271_24 Vehicle Rental (Self-Drive)
Espo3411000001 Nov 2024£3.8m2 yrsLive
Vehicle Hire Self Drive - St Helens Borough Council
St Helens Council6000000006 Jul 2024£158k1.8 yrsClosed
Framework Agreement for the Hire of Civil Engineering Plant,Vehicles and Equipment without Operator(s)
Kirklees Council4241000001 May 2024£230k4 yrsLive
Provision of tarmac hot box.
Hull City Council3121310013 Sept 2023£41k4 moClosed
Total live value £6.3m · mean award £1.0m1–10 of 41

Top buyers · 20 buyers · top 3 = 94%

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

✓ From notices
1
Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government
1 contract
47%
since 2026
2
Commercial Services Kent Limited
5 contracts
32%
since 2017
3
Espo
4 contracts
16%
since 2016
4
Kirklees Council
5 contracts
3%
since 2017
5
Leeds City Council
2 contracts
1%
since 2015
6
Leicestershire County Council
6 contracts
1%
since 2021
7
WALSALL HOUSING GROUP LIMITED
1 contract
0%
since 2026
8
St Helens Council
2 contracts
0%
since 2024
9
Stoke-on-Trent Council
1 contract
0%
since 2018
10
Hull City Council
2 contracts
0%
since 2023

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 100%.

✓ From notices
Transport equipment34
100%
Repair & maintenance50
0%
⚠ Concentration: 100% of recent awarded value sits in a single CPV division. A category-specific downturn would materially affect revenue.

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
Wales4 contracts
47%
South East5 contracts
32%
East Midlands10 contracts
16%
Yorkshire10 contracts
4%
West Midlands2 contracts
0%
North West2 contracts
0%
Northern Ireland5 contracts
0%
Scotland1 contract
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). N.D. BROWN LIMITED highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
NB
N.D. BROWN LIMITED
Yes£20.2m—
FZ
Faun Zoeller (UK) Limited
No£9.2m2
NV
Northgate Vehicle Hire Limited
No£8.0m3
KC
Kier Construction
No£7.3m1
DE
Dennis Eagle Limited
No£6.9m3
EC
ESH CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Yes£6.5m1
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Red flags · 0 active

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

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

Compliance scorecard

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

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Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 31 Mar 2025
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 23 Apr 2027
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

Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.

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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

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Companies House

Live sync — registered details, directors, PSC and SIC codes.

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Registered details

Company no.
01471913
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
09 Jan 1980
Reg. office
Slade Heath Garage, Old Stafford Road, Slade Heath, Wolverhampton, WV10 7PD
SIC codes
77120
Last accounts
31 Mar 2025
Next accounts due
31 Dec 2026

Directors & PSC

  • BROWN, Nigel Dundas — director
  • CHUNGH, Gurcharan Singh — secretary
    Appointed 21 Jun 2021
  • CHUNGH, Gurcharan Singh — director
    Appointed 21 Jun 2021
  • BROWN, Harry Dundas — director
    Appointed 20 Aug 2019
  • FERNYHOUGH, Mark James — director
    Appointed 13 Aug 2012
  • BROWN, Sarah Jane — director
    Appointed 06 Apr 1993
  • Mr Nigel Dundas Brown — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

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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.

↔ From Cos House
N.D. BROWN LIMITED
01471913 · this company

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