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Hugh James

Cardiff
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Hugh James is a leading full-service law firm in the UK, providing a wide range of legal services for businesses and individuals.

hughjames.com ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£8.6m
Live
21
Buyers
19
12m
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At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities3
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts21 / 25
  • Top buyers19
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — Hugh JamesUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Hugh James has won £8.6m across 19 public-sector buyers, with 21 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Central Housing Investment Consortium Limited ("CHIC") at 48% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
21 of 25Live contracts
48%Top-buyer concentration
—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 · 3
Banking and FinanceCommercial LawProjects (PPP, PFI, MIM)
Frameworks & DPS · 3 from notices
  • Great Places Housing Group (GPHG) Legal Services Framework: 2023 - 2027Great Places Housing Group Limited · £667k
  • Legal ServicesCOMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR APPLICATIONS CATAPULT LIMITED · £525k
  • Legal Services FrameworkSingle Source Regulations Office (SSRO) · £125k

Extracted automatically from hughjames.com 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

Once a claimed supplier publishes delivery stories — the buyer, the sector, what was delivered and the outcome — they appear here.

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.

✓ 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 · 21 live · 4 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Prosecution and Legal Services
DVSA - Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency7910000001 Nov 2024£500k4 yrsLive
Great Places Housing Group (GPHG) Legal Services Framework: 2023 - 2027
Great Places Housing Group Limited7910000001 Apr 2023£667k4 yrsLive
Legal Services Panel
CLARION HOUSING GROUP LIMITED7910000001 Apr 2022£2.4m10 yrsLive
Legal Services
COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR APPLICATIONS CATAPULT LIMITED7910000031 Mar 2020£525k4 yrsClosed
Framework Agreement for the provision of Prosecution and Legal Services
DVSA - Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency7911000004 Nov 2019£333k4 yrsClosed
Legal Services Framework
Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO)7911100001 Feb 2019£125k3 yrsClosed
CHIC Solicitors Framework
Central Housing Investment Consortium Limited ("CHIC")7910000001 Jul 2016£4.1m4 yrsClosed
Provision of Legal Services
Prifysgol Bangor / Bangor University79100000———Live
Legal Services Framework
Surrey County Council79100000———Live
Legal Services Framework
Cartrefi Conwy Cyfyngedig79100000———Live
Total live value £3.5m · mean award £345k1–10 of 25

Top buyers · 19 buyers · top 3 = 85%

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

✓ From notices
1
Central Housing Investment Consortium Limited ("CHIC")
1 contract
48%
since 2016
2
CLARION HOUSING GROUP LIMITED
2 contracts
27%
since 2022
3
DVSA - Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
3 contracts
10%
since 2019
4
Great Places Housing Group Limited
2 contracts
8%
since 2023
5
COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR APPLICATIONS CATAPULT LIMITED
1 contract
6%
since 2020
6
Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO)
1 contract
1%
since 2019
7
Prifysgol Bangor / Bangor University
1 contract
0%
8
Surrey County Council
1 contract
0%
9
Cartrefi Conwy Cyfyngedig
1 contract
0%
10
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service
1 contract
0%

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
West Midlands1 contract
54%
London2 contracts
31%
North West2 contracts
9%
Wales12 contracts
7%
South East3 contracts
0%
South West1 contract
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Hugh James highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
TL
TLT LLP
Yes£28.0m13
DP
DLA PIPER EUROPE LLP
Yes£25.8m20
AG
ADDLESHAW GODDARD LLP
Yes£20.4m14
AS
Ashurst
No£13.7m11
BS
Burges Salmon LLP
Yes£10.4m23
HJ
Hugh James
Yes——
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Red flags · 0 active

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

✓ Verified
Annual accounts due in 18d. Next filing due 31 Jul 2026.

Compliance scorecard

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

↔ Cross-checked
Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Due in 18d
Next due 31 Jul 2026
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 27 Oct 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.

✓ From notices
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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

We haven't matched any recent UK press coverage to this supplier. Mentions appear here automatically as they're published.

Companies House

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

✓ Live sync

Registered details

Company no.
OC358642
Status
Active
Type
LLP
Incorporated
13 Oct 2010
Reg. office
Two Central Square, Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS
SIC codes
—
Last accounts
31 Oct 2024
Next accounts due
31 Jul 2026

Directors & PSC

  • Mr Alun Rhys Jones — person with significant control
    voting rights 25 to 50 percent limited liability partnership · right to share surplus assets 25 to 50 percent limited liability partnership
  • Mr Matthew Tossell — person with significant control
    voting rights 25 to 50 percent limited liability partnership · right to share surplus assets 25 to 50 percent limited liability partnership

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

↔ From Cos House
£

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
HUGH JAMES LLP
OC358642 · this company

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