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Cranfield University

Sewage & refuse
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Cranfield University is a postgraduate university that specializes in advanced education and research in various fields, including engineering, management, and technology. It offers a range of taught and research degrees, as well as professional development programs.

cranfield.ac.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£80.0m
Live
30
Buyers
36
12m
£14.2m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts30 / 117
  • Top buyers36
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — Cranfield UniversityUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Cranfield University has won £80.0m across 36 public-sector buyers, with 30 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Crown Commercial Service at 53% · 50% in Sewage & refuse · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
30 of 117Live contracts
53%Top-buyer concentration
50%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 · 1/8
Central government✓
Local government✓
NHS & health✓
Housing✓
Utilities & energy✓
Financial services✓
Education✓
Defence✓
Services · 4
Taught degreesOffers various MSc programs. ↗Research degreesProvides opportunities for research degrees. ↗Professional developmentOffers executive and professional development programs. ↗ApprenticeshipsProvides apprenticeship programs. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • SBRI Hydrogen Supply - Phase 2Business Energy and Industrial Strategy · £6.6m
  • Chevening Cyber Security Fellowship: India and Western BalkansForeign Commonwealth and Development Office · £1.2m
  • Provision of iLog Training FrameworkMinistry of Defence, DIO, · £674k
  • Bench-Scale Water Treatment Efficacy Study of Poly and Perfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) ProjectDEFRA · £355k
  • DELIVERING AGRICULTURAL GREENHOUSE GAS AND AMMONIA INVENTORIES AND PROJECTIONDEFRA · £209k
  • Chlorate in Drinking WaterDEFRA · £137k

Extracted automatically from cranfield.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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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 · 30 live · 87 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Flight Test Courses
UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE)—07 Apr 2026—1 moClosed
RDE963 - The Effects of PFAS on Soil Health
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS7320000005 Jan 2026£50k3 moClosed
Open Access LandIS Portal
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS9071410030 Sept 2025£14.2m4.5 yrsLive
RDE267: Forward look review: opportunities for Defra's crop Genetic Improvement
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS7320000001 Jul 2025£99k10 moClosed
Flight Test Course
UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE)3474140001 Apr 2025£26k6 moClosed
Horizon Scanning Function SOH Study
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology7300000010 Mar 2025£49k2 moClosed
Policy Index (SOH) Research
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology7300000010 Mar 2025£49k2 moClosed
Horizon Scanning Study
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology7300000010 Mar 2025£49k2 moClosed
Contract for the provision of Senior Leader Level 7 (ST0480) Apprenticeship call off contract, to South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit
NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT8000000024 Feb 2025£17k3.1 yrsLive
Landis Sub-Licence Natural England 2025
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS9071150025 Sept 2024£77k12 moClosed
Total live value £16.7m · mean award £684k1–10 of 117

Top buyers · 36 buyers · top 3 = 81%

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

✓ From notices
1
Crown Commercial Service
7 contracts
53%
since 2015
2
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
7 contracts
18%
since 2023
3
Business Energy and Industrial Strategy
3 contracts
9%
since 2019
4
DEFRA
26 contracts
7%
since 2016
5
University of Leeds
10 contracts
3%
since 2023
6
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
14 contracts
2%
since 2021
7
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office
3 contracts
2%
since 2017
8
Nottingham Trent University
3 contracts
2%
since 2015
9
Ministry of Defence, DIO,
7 contracts
1%
since 2018
10
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)
2 contracts
1%
since 2020

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value.

✓ From notices
Sewage & refuse90
50%
IT services72
50%
R&D services73
0%

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
North West10 contracts
54%
London52 contracts
38%
South West20 contracts
3%
Yorkshire14 contracts
3%
East Midlands4 contracts
2%
Eastern3 contracts
0%
South East4 contracts
0%
West Midlands1 contract
0%

Peers

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

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
CU
Cranfield University
No£14.2m—
I(
Ipsos (Market Research) Ltd
No£10.6m7
IR
IFF Research
No£10.4m1
BP
BPP Professional Education Ltd
No£4.5m1
WU
WSP UK Limited
No£3.0m2
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
—
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

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Companies House

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

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Registered details

Company no.
RC000151
Status
Active
Type
Royal Charter
SIC codes
—

Directors & PSC

No active officers or PSCs on record.

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.

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CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
RC000151 · this company

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