At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
RICARDO UK LIMITED has won £9.8m across 15 public-sector buyers, with 12 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Ministry of Defence, DIO, at 67% · 100% in Transport equipment · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.
ESG & policies vault · 0/5
Key governance & sustainability policies. Published documents link out; missing ones are greyed.
Capabilities
What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.
- Gasket 1C
- SBRI Greenhouse Gas Removals Innovation Competition - Phase 1 [Design Study]
- PS23341 - The UK Electric motors capability - ITQ
Extracted automatically from ricardo.com 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.
Extracted automatically from ricardo.com 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.
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
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KPI performance
Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.
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 · 12 live · 9 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defence Equipment and Support | 34111000 | 01 Oct 2025 | £0.92 | 5 yrs | Live | |
| York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority | — | 16 Jul 2025 | — | 1 mo | Closed | |
| UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED | 73000000 | 02 Sept 2024 | £70k | 4 mo | Closed | |
| Leicester City Council | 73000000 | 01 May 2024 | £77k | 3 yrs | Live | |
| UK Research & Innovation | 73000000 | 01 Dec 2023 | £94k | 4 mo | Closed | |
| Ministry of Defence, DIO, | 39711430 | 20 Jun 2023 | £130k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| The Metropolitan Police Federation | 35412200 | 15 Dec 2022 | £1 | 6 yrs | Live | |
| UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED | 73000000 | 02 Aug 2021 | £2.5m | 1.7 yrs | Closed | |
| MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency | 79000000 | 01 Apr 2021 | £230k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| Business Energy and Industrial Strategy | 73000000 | 05 Apr 2021 | £238k | 8 mo | Closed |
Top buyers · 15 buyers · top 3 = 96%
Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.
Category mix
CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 100%.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). RICARDO UK LIMITED highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £119.1m | 1 | |
| Yes | £19.9m | 1 | |
| Yes | £2.7m | 1 | |
| Yes | £2.3m | 1 | |
| No | £1.8m | 1 | |
RU RICARDO UK LIMITED | Yes | £0.92 | — |
Red flags · 0 active
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Compliance scorecard
Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.
Modifications
Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.
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.
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.
Registered details
- Company no.
- 02815682
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 06 May 1993
- Reg. office
- Shoreham Technical Centre, Old Shoreham Road, Shoreham-By-Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5FG
- SIC codes
- 28150 · 71122
- Last accounts
- 30 Jun 2025
- Next accounts due
- 31 Mar 2027
Directors & PSC
- LORAIN-BROCA, Jean Jacques Joseph — directorAppointed 01 Jan 2024
- OMS O’DONNELL, Francisco Jason — directorAppointed 01 Jan 2024
- BEASLEY, Matthew Gerard — directorAppointed 25 Nov 2022
- MELLO, Teresa — secretaryAppointed 04 Jul 2019
- Ricardo Investments Limited — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 percent
Financial
Filed accounts from Companies 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.
Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.
Social value
Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.
No social-value commitments yet
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