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SQW Ltd

R&D services · Oxford
Large
sqw.co.uk ↗
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Awarded
£32.6m
Live
44
Buyers
80
12m
£2.3m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts44 / 210
  • Top buyers80
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
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Quick answer — SQW LtdUpdated 13 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

SQW Ltd has won £32.6m across 80 public-sector buyers, with 44 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED at 17% · 88% in R&D services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
44 of 210Live contracts
17%Top-buyer concentration
88%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
  • TD1274 - Provision of Consultancy Support for the revision of the D2N2 Strategic Economic PlanDERBY CITY COUNCIL · £3.2m
  • Consultancy and Advisory Services for HealthN H S Shared Business Services · £3.0m
  • Homes England Strategic Research and Economic Analysis Professional Services Framework 2020-2024Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency) · £2.9m
  • 664_17 Consultancy ServicesEspo · £1.5m
  • BIS Research and Evaluation FrameworkUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £1.1m
  • Improving Surgical Training, External Evaluation and Research Tender - Health Education England - NHS/SoEPS/18.436NHS South of England Procurement Services · £224k

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 · 44 live · 166 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
PS26126 - Evaluation of the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of fees for postgraduate research training
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED7300000013 Jul 2026£91k7 moLive
UKRI-5447 Smart Data Research UK Mid Term Evaluation
UK Research and Innovation7321000013 Apr 2026£94k10 moLive
Evaluation of Creative Health
West Yorkshire Combined Authority7941900030 Mar 2026£30k1.9 yrsLive
FRA083 Research Analyst Framework
WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme)—26 Jan 2026—2 yrspending
GB-Sheffield: Equity Impact Research
British Business Bank6600000027 Jan 2026£69k5 moClosed
PS25226 - Research into appraisal methods for R&D spending
ICS on behalf of DSIT and DESNZ7300000016 Dec 2025£207k3 moClosed
DCMS R&D Programme Evaluation
Department for Culture, Media and Sport7300000004 Dec 2025£83k5 moClosed
Evaluation of the Innovate 25/26 Made Smarter Innovation Programme.
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED7300000027 Nov 2025£59k4 moClosed
Evaluation of the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts HQ Retention
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology7300000024 Nov 2025£600k7 yrsLive
GMCA 1477 Economic Inactivity Trailblazer Evaluation Partner
Greater Manchester Combined Authority - GMP—30 Oct 2025£392k8 mopending
Total live value £4.8m · mean award £155k1–10 of 210

Top buyers · 80 buyers · top 3 = 39%

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

✓ From notices
1
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
37 contracts
17%
since 2016
2
Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency)
16 contracts
12%
since 2020
3
DERBY CITY COUNCIL
1 contract
10%
since 2017
4
N H S Shared Business Services
1 contract
9%
since 2024
5
Espo
3 contracts
8%
since 2017
6
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES
2 contracts
6%
since 2022
7
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
4 contracts
4%
since 2024
8
British Business Bank
7 contracts
4%
since 2021
9
Department for Education
5 contracts
2%
since 2018
10
Cambridgeshire County Council
2 contracts
2%
since 2023

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 88%.

✓ From notices
R&D services73
88%
Business services79
9%
Financial services66
4%
⚠ Concentration: 88% of recent awarded value sits in a single CPV division. A category-specific downturn would materially affect revenue.

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
East Midlands11 contracts
22%
South West49 contracts
22%
London32 contracts
20%
North East30 contracts
17%
Yorkshire20 contracts
7%
North West24 contracts
6%
Eastern7 contracts
3%
South East12 contracts
2%
West Midlands4 contracts
1%
Scotland3 contracts
0%
Northern Ireland2 contracts
0%

Peers

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

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
IS
Influential Software Services
Yes£30.0m1
CU
CAPGEMINI UK PLC
No£29.8m1
CI
CGI IT UK LIMITED
No£14.1m1
AE
AECOM LIMITED
No£12.6m3
AT
AtkinsRéalis Limited
No£12.5m1
SQ
SQW Ltd
No£2.3m—
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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
Up to date
Last made up to 31 Mar 2025
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 06 Mar 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
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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.
01701564
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
22 Feb 1983
Reg. office
Oxford Centre For Innovation Blue Boar Court, 9 Alfred Street, Oxford, OX1 4EH
SIC codes
70229
Last accounts
31 Mar 2025
Next accounts due
31 Dec 2026

Directors & PSC

  • DOEL, Christine Marie, Doctor — director
    Appointed 31 Mar 2023
  • DELAHUNTY, Luke Benjamin — director
    Appointed 16 Aug 2022
  • WRIGHT, Katharine Hannah — secretary
    Appointed 01 Nov 2016
  • WRIGHT, Katharine Hannah — director
    Appointed 01 Nov 2016
  • CRICHTON-MILLER, David James Laurens — director
    Appointed 08 Jun 2015
  • Sqw Group Limited — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent

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.

↔ From Cos House
SQW LIMITED
01701564 · this company

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