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CARDIFF UNIVERSITY

UK public-sector supplier
Large
cardiff.ac.uk ↗
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Awarded
£84.9m
Live
39
Buyers
31
12m
£71.2m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts39 / 73
  • Top buyers31
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
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Quick answer — CARDIFF UNIVERSITYUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

CARDIFF UNIVERSITY has won £84.9m across 31 public-sector buyers, with 39 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLC at 82% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
39 of 73Live contracts
82%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.

⚑ Self-reported & from notices

Service tags, sectors served and target geographies appear here once a supplier verifies ownership of this profile.

Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • Innovation Academic FrameworkNATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLC · £70.0m
  • UKSBS PR16195 X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) facilityUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £3.1m
  • Digital Languages Mentoring ProjectDepartment for Education · £94k
  • External Evaluation and Research provider for the Out of Programme Pause Initiative.Health Education England · £90k
  • HEVAS ResearchHealth Education England · £15k
  • CR18006OME - Open Call for Research on Public Sector Pay and Workforces 2018UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £8k

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

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.

✓ 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 · 39 live · 34 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
ITEP1168 - Cyber R&D Project
National Highways—13 Jul 2026£240k9 moLive
Design of an operational flood warning system for CVL
Transport for Wales—03 Jun 2026£724k12 mopending
'When I am Ready’ scheme evaluation
Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government—30 Mar 2026£150k13 mopending
Innovation Academic Framework
NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLC—01 Apr 2026£70.0m5 yrspending
OPTOMETRY EDUCATION FRAMEWORK
Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)—01 Jan 2026—4 yrsLive
Ail-Safoni Prawf Darllen Cymraeg I Standardisation of the Welsh Reading Test
Adnodd Cyfyngedig—10 Nov 2025£36k17 moLive
Optometry Education
Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)—22 Sept 2025£155k6 mopending
Delivery of the Workforce Survey for Social Care Workers in Wales (2026-2030)
Social Care Wales—04 Aug 2025£218k14 mopending
Understanding Cornish Places Website
Cornwall Council7240000004 Jun 2024£45k3.1 yrsLive
Contract for the Supply of Scientific Research Equipment to the University of Birmingham
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM3800000029 Jun 2022£89k1 moClosed
Total live value £508k · mean award £1.2m1–10 of 73

Top buyers · 31 buyers · top 3 = 94%

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

✓ From notices
1
NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLC
2 contracts
82%
since 2026
2
Department for Education
4 contracts
8%
since 2017
3
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
2 contracts
4%
since 2017
4
Transport for Wales
2 contracts
2%
since 2026
5
National Highways
2 contracts
1%
since 2026
6
Office for National Statistics
3 contracts
0%
since 2016
7
DEFRA
3 contracts
0%
since 2019
8
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
4 contracts
0%
since 2021
9
Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)
14 contracts
0%
since 2025
10
Social Care Wales
2 contracts
0%
since 2025

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
London7 contracts
91%
South West10 contracts
5%
Wales44 contracts
4%
South East4 contracts
1%
Yorkshire2 contracts
0%
West Midlands1 contract
0%

Peers

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

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
CU
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
No£71.2m—
SC
St Christopher’s Fellowship
Yes£59.0m1
FC
FOSTER CARE LINK LIMITED
Yes£59.0m1
IR
IFF Research
No£10.4m1
AI
Ambition Institute
Yes£9.3m2
SD
School-Led Development Trust
Yes£9.3m2
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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

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

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Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
—
No filing on record
Confirmation statement
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No filing on record
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

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.
RC000089
Status
Active
Type
Royal Charter
SIC codes
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Directors & PSC

No active officers or PSCs on record.

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.

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CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
RC000089 · this company

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