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National Oceanography Centre

R&D services · Southampton
Large

The National Oceanography Centre conducts research and provides data on oceanographic science, climate change, and marine ecosystems. They aim to benefit society and planetary health through their work.

noc.ac.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£13.9m
Live
14
Buyers
11
12m
£10.9m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities1
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts14 / 30
  • Top buyers11
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
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Quick answer — National Oceanography CentreUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

National Oceanography Centre has won £13.9m across 11 public-sector buyers, with 14 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Met Office at 89% · 100% in R&D services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
14 of 30Live contracts
89%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.

⚑ Self-reported
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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
Sectors served · 1/8
Central government✓
Local government✓
NHS & health✓
Housing✓
Utilities & energy✓
Financial services✓
Education✓
Defence✓
Services · 3
Climate SolutionsThey work on understanding and providing solutions for climate-related issues. ↗Biodiversity ResearchThey study marine biodiversity, including species taxonomy and ecosystem interactions. ↗Hazards and Pollution ResearchThey investigate natural hazards and pollution in marine environments. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 1 from notices
  • Allonby Bay HPMA Carbon Stock Project: analysis of carbon coresNatural England · £30k

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

Case studies · 1

Delivery stories from the supplier’s website. Clients are not yet cross-checked against award records.

◐ From supplier website
£7 Million Project for Environmental DataNOC leads a project to make petabytes of environmental data accessible to the public. ↗

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

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

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KPI performance

Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.

✓ Verified
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 · 14 live · 16 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
UKCI Wave Modelling
Met Office—01 Sept 2026£138k7 moLive
DN772326 - Framework for Applied Science Technology and Engineering Requirements
Met Office7310000024 Apr 2026£1.3m8 yrsLive
Framework for Applied Science Technology Engineering Requirements (FASTER)
Met Office—24 Apr 2026£9.1m3 yrsLive
Management of the Marine Env. Monitoring & Assessment National Database - Plus
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS—29 Dec 2025£345k3.3 yrspending
CEFAS24-142 Contract for NOC as Tier 2 Partner in the Sustainable Blue Economies (SBE) Platform
CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE7200000014 Jan 2025£57k9 moClosed
MEDIN Sponsorship
The Crown Estate9836000031 Mar 2024£100k5 yrsLive
Tide Gauge Data Network: Quality Assurance & Archive
Environment Agency7135192001 Oct 2023£123k2 yrsClosed
Allonby Bay HPMA Carbon Stock Project: analysis of carbon cores
Natural England9071150025 Sept 2023£30k6 moClosed
MERMAN Admin Support 2023
DEFRA7200000001 Jul 2023£64k12 moClosed
Science research
Met Office7300000030 Aug 2023£300k1 moClosed
Total live value £10.7m · mean award £463k1–10 of 30

Top buyers · 11 buyers · top 3 = 95%

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

✓ From notices
1
Met Office
13 contracts
89%
since 2022
2
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
1 contract
4%
since 2022
3
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
2 contracts
2%
since 2025
4
UK Research & Innovation
3 contracts
2%
since 2021
5
Environment Agency
1 contract
1%
since 2023
6
DEFRA
3 contracts
1%
since 2022
7
The Crown Estate
1 contract
1%
since 2024
8
CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE
1 contract
0%
since 2025
9
Natural England
1 contract
0%
since 2023
10
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
3 contracts
0%

Category mix

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

✓ From notices
R&D services73
100%
⚠ 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
South West20 contracts
94%
London8 contracts
5%
Eastern2 contracts
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). National Oceanography Centre highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
DE
Deloitte LLP
No£200.0m1
PC
PA Consulting
No£150.0m1
CU
CAPGEMINI UK PLC
No£33.8m2
IS
Influential Software Services
Yes£30.0m1
CI
CGI IT UK LIMITED
No£14.1m1
NO
National Oceanography Centre
No£10.9m—
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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

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Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 30 Sept 2025
Confirmation statement
Due in 3d
Next due 15 Jul 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

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.

✓ Live sync

Registered details

Company no.
11444362
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Guarant Nsc Limited Exemption
Incorporated
02 Jul 2018
Reg. office
National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH
SIC codes
72190
Last accounts
30 Sept 2025
Next accounts due
30 Jun 2027

Directors & PSC

  • MUNRO, Rebecca Jane — director
    Appointed 11 Sept 2025
  • COLLINS, Lisa Maureen, Professor — director
    Appointed 20 Feb 2025
  • CLARKE, John Francis — director
    Appointed 19 Feb 2025
  • KHAJEH-HOSSEINY, Hosein, Dr — director
    Appointed 07 Jan 2025
  • HARBORD, Clare Mary Petre — director
    Appointed 08 May 2024
  • MCSWEENEY, David Keith — director
    Appointed 08 Apr 2024

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
NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE
11444362 · this company

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