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Perspective Economics

R&D services · Belfast
SME

Perspective Economics is an independent research and advisory practice based in Belfast, specializing in emerging technologies and complex sectors. They build evidence where none exists and provide actionable insights for government and industry.

perspectiveeconomics.com ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£2.3m
Live
5
Buyers
11
12m
£483k
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities4
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts5 / 30
  • Top buyers11
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
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Quick answer — Perspective EconomicsUpdated 27 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Perspective Economics has won £2.3m across 11 public-sector buyers, with 5 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Department for Science, Innovation & Technology at 35% · 100% in R&D services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
5 of 30Live contracts
35%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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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 · 1
Research and Advisory ServicesThey provide proprietary data collection, econometric modelling, and AI-augmented analysis of complex datasets. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 4 from notices
  • Impact of the Energy Research ProgrammeUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £126k
  • Epic EvaluationUniversity of Plymouth · £24k
  • PS21001 - European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Research Study - RAF102/2021UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £23k
  • PR2003 - Velocity ERDF Project - Summative AssessmentSOUTH EAST MIDLANDS LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED · £18k

Extracted automatically from perspectiveeconomics.com 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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Accreditations & memberships

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KPI performance

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Contracts · 5 live · 25 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
PS25311 - AI Sector Study
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED7311000004 Mar 2026£236k5 moLive
Semiconductor Sector Study 2025 - 26
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology7300000019 Nov 2025£98k4 moClosed
OfDIA Market Sectoral analysis
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology7311000015 Sept 2025£149k6 moClosed
PS24271 - Understanding the UK Innovation Workforce in Private Sector Organisations
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED7320000002 Apr 2025£46k8 moClosed
prj_4697 - AI Sector Study 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology7311000024 Jan 2025£244k3 moClosed
Semiconductor workforce study
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology7321000024 Oct 2024£81k5 moClosed
UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) Sector Study 2023 - Part 1: Economic Estimation.
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology7300000005 Feb 2024£245k5 moClosed
A review of ESRC's investment into the Impact Acceleration Accounts
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED7300000028 Nov 2023£57k5 moClosed
PS23321 - Semiconductor sector analysis
Business Energy and Industrial Strategy7300000007 Nov 2023£93k5 moClosed
GB-Leeds: Leeds Health & Care Research and Innovation Ecosystem (LHCRIE)
University of Leeds7940000026 May 2023£39k8 moClosed
Total live value £236k · mean award £77k1–10 of 30

Top buyers · 11 buyers · top 3 = 79%

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

✓ From notices
1
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
6 contracts
35%
since 2024
2
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
7 contracts
24%
since 2020
3
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
4 contracts
20%
since 2019
4
Business Energy and Industrial Strategy
2 contracts
8%
since 2023
5
University of Leeds
2 contracts
4%
since 2021
6
Department for International Trade
1 contract
3%
since 2021
7
University of Plymouth
3 contracts
2%
since 2018
8
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
1 contract
2%
since 2022
9
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
2 contracts
1%
since 2023
10
SOUTH EAST MIDLANDS LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
1 contract
1%
since 2018

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
London15 contracts
67%
South West10 contracts
27%
Yorkshire3 contracts
6%
North West1 contract
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Perspective Economics highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
I(
Ipsos (Market Research) Ltd
No£5.7m4
WU
WSP UK Limited
No£3.2m3
PF
People For Research Limited
Yes£3.0m1
SE
Seiche Ltd
No£1.6m1
VG
Verian Group UK Ltd
No£1.5m4
PE
Perspective Economics
Yes£483k—
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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 31 Dec 2024
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 16 Jan 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

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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.
NI649980
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
27 Dec 2017
Reg. office
Pearl Assurance House, 1 Donegall Square East, Belfast, BT1 5HB
SIC codes
74909
Last accounts
31 Dec 2024
Next accounts due
30 Sept 2026

Directors & PSC

  • DONALDSON, Sam Joseph — director
    Appointed 01 Oct 2019
  • HOBSON, Jonathan — director
    Appointed 27 Dec 2017
  • Mr Sam Joseph Donaldson — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 25 to 50 percent · voting rights 25 to 50 percent · right to appoint and remove directors
  • Mr Jonathan Hobson — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 50 to 75 percent · voting rights 50 to 75 percent · right to appoint and remove directors

Financial

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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.

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PERSPECTIVE ECONOMICS LIMITED
NI649980 · this company

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