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NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH

Business services · London
Large

The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) is an independent social research organization that conducts complex and robust social research. They partner with various organizations to collect, analyze, and present evidence to inform decision-making.

natcen.ac.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£219.5m
Live
45
Buyers
52
12m
£26.7m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts45 / 171
  • Top buyers52
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCHUpdated 06 Jul 2026

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.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
45 of 171Live contracts
23%Top-buyer concentration
61%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

Jobs, skills, environmental, inequality and community commitments appear here once a claimed supplier attributes them to awarded contracts, or once we detect them on the supplier’s website.

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 · 2
Social ResearchConducting complex and robust social research to inform decision-making. ↗Survey Design and Data CollectionProviding telephone, web, and mobile surveys, along with data collection services. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • Provision of the English Housing Survey & Associated ResearchDEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES · £25.5m
  • BIS Research and Evaluation FrameworkUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £1.1m
  • Extension to the longitudinal Study of Early Education and Development (SEED)Department for Education · £1.0m
  • Bike Life Residents SurveySustrans · £669k
  • The Walking and Cycling Index Residents' Survey 2023Sustrans · £609k
  • Student Income and Expenditure Survey 2019/20Department for Education · £605k

Extracted automatically from natcen.ac.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.

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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.

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No buyer references yet

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Accreditations & memberships

Independently issued. Verification dates cross-checked against issuer registers.

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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 · 45 live · 126 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Provision of Evidence Reviews and Secondary Data Analysis
Government Commercial Agency7311000018 May 2026£1.5m3 yrsLive
T1187 Usability Testing
University of Essex7931100016 Mar 2026£60k4 moLive
Framework for Research and Evaluation Partners
COLLEGE OF POLICING LIMITED—01 Apr 2026£2.4m3 yrspending
Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers Con_3654
Department for Education7300000020 Jan 2026£2.1m2.9 yrsLive
National Travel Survey 2027+
DfTc - Department for Transport7931140001 Apr 2026£14.5m3.2 yrsLive
RDE998 - Literature Review: What factors mediate wellbeing impacts on CBRN opera
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS7320000012 Jan 2026£48k3 moClosed
RDE908 - Improving understanding of the use of private finance to support delive
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS7320000021 Nov 2025£74k6 moClosed
RDE952 - The People and Nature Survey's for England - Analysing children's data
Natural England7320000013 Nov 2025£42k5 moClosed
RDE869 - Evaluation of the River Walks Demonstrator Project
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS7320000004 Nov 2025£50k5 moClosed
PS25205 - Acas27410 - Evaluation of Acas Individual Conciliation Service
UK SBS7300000003 Nov 2025£484k1.5 yrsLive
Total live value £100.3m · mean award £1.3m1–10 of 171

Top buyers · 52 buyers · top 3 = 49%

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

✓ From notices
1
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
4 contracts
23%
since 2016
2
Crown Commercial Service
8 contracts
14%
since 2011
3
DfTc - Department for Transport
6 contracts
13%
since 2021
4
Department of Health and Social Care (T&T)
7 contracts
11%
since 2021
5
NHS Digital : Department of Health and Social Care
2 contracts
11%
since 2020
6
DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITIES & LOCAL GOVERNMENT
1 contract
7%
since 2011
7
Department for Education
8 contracts
5%
since 2017
8
Gambling Commission
4 contracts
3%
since 2021
9
H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS
6 contracts
2%
since 2021
10
Home Office
8 contracts
1%
since 2018

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 61%.

✓ From notices
Business services79
61%
R&D services73
39%
⚠ Concentration: 61% 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
London74 contracts
59%
North West12 contracts
28%
West Midlands5 contracts
9%
South West17 contracts
4%
North East6 contracts
0%
Eastern3 contracts
0%
Wales7 contracts
0%
Yorkshire1 contract
0%
Scotland6 contracts
0%
Region resolved for 52% of awarded value (by buyer postcode); the remainder lacks a usable address.

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
DE
Deloitte LLP
No£200.1m2
PC
PA Consulting
No£150.0m1
NC
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
No£26.7m—
I(
Ipsos (Market Research) Ltd
No£5.7m5
WU
WSP UK Limited
No£3.2m4
PF
People For Research Limited
Yes£3.0m1
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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
Due in -6d
Next due 30 Jun 2026
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 21 Mar 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.
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 — director
    Appointed 13 Nov 2025
  • SKERO, Nina — director
    Appointed 13 Nov 2025
  • BROOKS, James — director
    Appointed 13 Nov 2025
  • RIVERS, Ian — director
    Appointed 13 Nov 2025
  • ANITHA, Sundari, Professor — director
    Appointed 20 Jul 2023
  • GABBITAS, Saratha Rajeswaran — director
    Appointed 21 Jun 2022

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 CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
04392418 · this company

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