At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH has won £219.5m across 52 public-sector buyers, with 45 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES at 23% · 61% in Business services · 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.
- Provision of the English Housing Survey & Associated Research
- BIS Research and Evaluation Framework
- Extension to the longitudinal Study of Early Education and Development (SEED)
- Bike Life Residents Survey
- The Walking and Cycling Index Residents' Survey 2023
- Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2019/20
Extracted automatically from natcen.ac.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Case studies
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Buyer references
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No buyer references yet
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Accreditations & memberships
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No accreditations recorded
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KPI performance
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No verified KPI scores yet
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Contracts · 45 live · 126 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government Commercial Agency | 73110000 | 18 May 2026 | £1.5m | 3 yrs | Live | |
| University of Essex | 79311000 | 16 Mar 2026 | £60k | 4 mo | Live | |
| COLLEGE OF POLICING LIMITED | — | 01 Apr 2026 | £2.4m | 3 yrs | pending | |
| Department for Education | 73000000 | 20 Jan 2026 | £2.1m | 2.9 yrs | Live | |
| DfTc - Department for Transport | 79311400 | 01 Apr 2026 | £14.5m | 3.2 yrs | Live | |
| DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS | 73200000 | 12 Jan 2026 | £48k | 3 mo | Closed | |
| DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS | 73200000 | 21 Nov 2025 | £74k | 6 mo | Closed | |
| Natural England | 73200000 | 13 Nov 2025 | £42k | 5 mo | Closed | |
| DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS | 73200000 | 04 Nov 2025 | £50k | 5 mo | Closed | |
| UK SBS | 73000000 | 03 Nov 2025 | £484k | 1.5 yrs | Live |
Top buyers · 52 buyers · top 3 = 49%
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: 61%.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £200.1m | 2 | |
| No | £150.0m | 1 | |
NC NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH | No | £26.7m | — |
| No | £5.7m | 5 | |
| No | £3.2m | 4 | |
| Yes | £3.0m | 1 |
Red flags · 0 active
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Compliance scorecard
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Modifications
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No modifications recorded
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News mentions
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No news mentions found
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Companies House
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Registered details
- Company no.
- 04392418
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Guarant Nsc Limited Exemption
- Incorporated
- 12 Mar 2002
- Reg. office
- 3rd Floor Block 3 Tiller And Lock, 250 City Road, London, EC1V 2AB
- SIC codes
- 72200
- Last accounts
- 30 Jun 2024
- Next accounts due
- 30 Jun 2026
Directors & PSC
- PARK, Alison Macdonald — directorAppointed 13 Nov 2025
- SKERO, Nina — directorAppointed 13 Nov 2025
- BROOKS, James — directorAppointed 13 Nov 2025
- RIVERS, Ian — directorAppointed 13 Nov 2025
- ANITHA, Sundari, Professor — directorAppointed 20 Jul 2023
- GABBITAS, Saratha Rajeswaran — directorAppointed 21 Jun 2022
Financial
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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
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No social-value commitments yet
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