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PORCHLIGHT

Canterbury
SME

Porchlight is an organization dedicated to helping individuals facing homelessness and the associated challenges of poverty and inequality. They provide various support services including housing assistance, mental health support, and skills development.

porchlight.org.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£3.9m
Live
2
Buyers
4
12m
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At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities1
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts2 / 6
  • Top buyers4
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
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  • Companies House
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Quick answer — PORCHLIGHTUpdated 10 Aug 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

PORCHLIGHT has won £3.9m across 4 public-sector buyers, with 2 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Kent County Council at 59% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
2 of 6Live contracts
59%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
Sectors served · 2/8
Central government✓
Local government✓
NHS & health✓
Housing✓
Utilities & energy✓
Financial services✓
Education✓
Defence✓
Services · 4
Housing SupportAssistance with finding and maintaining housing. ↗Mental Health SupportServices aimed at improving mental and physical health. ↗Work and LearningSupport for work, learning, health, and skills development. ↗Community ConnectionPrograms to combat loneliness and isolation. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 1 from notices
  • Children and Young People Financial Education Innovation and Evaluation Programme GrantsMONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE · £69k

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

Case studies · 2

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

◐ From supplier website
Jacqui's Story"I feel like I belong again" ↗April's Story"Without a job I lost my confidence. Now I feel like I have value" ↗

Extracted automatically from porchlight.org.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

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 · 2 live · 4 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
TMBC - Rough Sleeper Accommodation and Support Services
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council—17 Jul 2025£292k9 mopending
Management of Emergency Temporary Accommodation Services at Betsham House
London Borough of Bexley7033300003 Apr 2023£1.3m3 yrsClosed
Kent Homeless Support Service
Kent County Council9834100001 Oct 2022£2.3m1.5 yrsClosed
Children and Young People Financial Education Innovation and Evaluation Programme Grants
MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE7311000001 Dec 2020£69k10 moClosed
SC220098 Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (Live Well Kent and Medway)
Kent County Council85000000———Live
Management of Emergency Temporary Accommodation Services at Betsham House
London Borough of Bexley————Live
Total live value — · mean award £649k

Top buyers · 4 buyers · top 3 = 98%

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

✓ From notices
1
Kent County Council
2 contracts
59%
since 2022
2
London Borough of Bexley
2 contracts
32%
since 2023
3
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
1 contract
7%
since 2025
4
MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE
1 contract
2%
since 2020

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
South East6 contracts
100%

Peers

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

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
OH
Optima Health UK Limited
No£29.4m1
LH
Lotus Home Care Limited
Yes£13.4m2
PH
PRIVATE HOME CARE UK LIMITED
Yes£13.1m1
C&
City & County Care Services Ltd
Yes£13.1m1
DC
Domiciliary Care Services (UK) Limited
Yes£13.1m1
PO
PORCHLIGHT
Yes——
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Red flags · 0 active

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

✓ Verified
✓ 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 Mar 2025
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 14 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

Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.

✓ From notices
±

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.
01157482
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Guarant Nsc Limited Exemption
Incorporated
18 Jan 1974
Reg. office
15 New Town Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1BX
SIC codes
55900
Last accounts
31 Mar 2025
Next accounts due
31 Dec 2026

Directors & PSC

  • LONG, Edward Wilfred — secretary
    Appointed 18 Mar 2026
  • COADY-MAYALL, Bernadette — director
    Appointed 21 Jul 2025
  • VINCE, Emily Katherine — director
    Appointed 19 Mar 2025
  • LINSTEAD, Anna — director
    Appointed 29 Jan 2025
  • ELLIS-WAGHORN, Claire — director
    Appointed 27 Jan 2024
  • CHAPMAN, Anne Lesley — director
    Appointed 27 Jan 2024

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
PORCHLIGHT
01157482 · this company

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