At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Photonic Solutions Ltd has won £14.4m across 27 public-sector buyers, with 32 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer UK Research & Innovation at 52% · 100% in Laboratory 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.
- RE20457 - Pump Lasers - Request for Proposal
- Large Area Solar Simulator
- Laser supply & installation
- Contract Award Notice - ITT - Femtosecond Laser for Precision Machining
- UKRI - 20ns Pulsed Seeded Laser
- 1489/MH Tuneable Dye Laser
Extracted automatically from photonicsolutions.co.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.
No case studies yet
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Buyer references
Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.
No buyer references yet
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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
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Contracts · 32 live · 96 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA | 38636100 | 15 Jan 2026 | £334k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| UK Research and Innovation | — | 30 Jan 2026 | £193k | 14 mo | pending | |
| UK Research and Innovation | — | 02 Dec 2025 | £29k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| UK Research and Innovation | — | 31 Oct 2025 | £170k | 3 mo | pending | |
| University of Leeds | — | 03 Oct 2025 | — | 2 yrs | Live | |
| UK Research and Innovation | 38636100 | 11 Feb 2025 | £83k | 2 mo | Closed | |
| UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED | 50000000 | 30 Jan 2025 | £21k | 1 mo | Closed | |
| UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED | 42900000 | 20 Jan 2025 | £15k | — | Closed | |
| UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED | 42967000 | 20 Jan 2025 | £15k | 1 mo | Closed | |
| UK Research & Innovation | 38970000 | 24 Dec 2024 | £26k | 2 mo | Closed |
Top buyers · 27 buyers · top 3 = 70%
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). Photonic Solutions Ltd highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | £67.6m | 2 | |
| No | £67.6m | 2 | |
| Yes | £67.6m | 2 | |
| No | £67.6m | 2 | |
| Yes | £67.6m | 2 | |
PS Photonic Solutions Ltd | Yes | £726k | — |
Red flags · 0 active
Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.
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.
- SC194276
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 11 Mar 1999
- Reg. office
- Unit 2.2 Quantum Court Research Park, Riccarton, Currie, Midlothian, EH14 4AP
- SIC codes
- 46520
- Last accounts
- 30 Apr 2025
- Next accounts due
- 31 Jan 2027
Directors & PSC
- AGATE, Mear Benjamin — directorAppointed 20 Jun 2017
- BLAIN, Andrew Robert Joseph — directorAppointed 20 Jun 2017
- GARVIE, Craig Simon — directorAppointed 20 Jun 2017
- MARK, Elaine — directorAppointed 20 Jun 2017
- Photonic Solutions Associates Ltd — 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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