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The James Hutton Institute

R&D services · Invergowrie
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The James Hutton Institute focuses on crops, soil, and environmental research. It engages in various scientific services and research projects aimed at improving agricultural practices and sustainability.

hutton.ac.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£3.5m
Live
9
Buyers
8
12m
£8k
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities5
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts9 / 23
  • Top buyers8
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
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Quick answer — The James Hutton InstituteUpdated 13 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

The James Hutton Institute has won £3.5m across 8 public-sector buyers, with 9 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer DEFRA at 92% · 100% in R&D services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
9 of 23Live contracts
92%Top-buyer concentration
100%Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.

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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
Services · 1
Scientific ServicesIncludes analytical services, improving crop production, and research collaborations. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 5 from notices
  • RDE 516 - A road map to deploying disease resistant ash trees into UK plantingDEFRA · £80k
  • Long Term Monitoring Network - Soils Analysis 2019DEFRA · £30k
  • Long Term Monitoring Network Soil Samples AnalysisDEFRA · £19k
  • Soils Analysis for the Natural England Long Term Monitoring Programme 2017DEFRA · £17k
  • Review of biases in metabarcoding primers for DNA analysisNatural England · £16k

Extracted automatically from hutton.ac.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

Case studies · 1

Delivery stories from the supplier’s website. Clients are not yet cross-checked against award records.

◐ From supplier website
SeaDyes: Scaling sustainable marine-derived dyes through scientific and commercial collaboration

Extracted automatically from hutton.ac.uk 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.

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No buyer references yet

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Accreditations & memberships

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No accreditations recorded

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KPI performance

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84

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Contracts · 9 live · 14 historic

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TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
RDE1001 - A road map to deploying disease resistant ash trees into UK planting
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS7320000018 Dec 2025£8k1 moClosed
RDE747 UK Strategic Bracken Management Framework
Natural England7320000014 Feb 2025£36k1 moClosed
Contract 12903313: Scoping Study until 30/9/25
University Of The West Of England8030000002 Dec 2024£40k10 moClosed
Ref: 2023-655 Supply Statistical advice and analysis to AHDB's Recommended List
AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD7710000001 Dec 2024£100k2 yrsLive
RDE 516 - A road map to deploying disease resistant ash trees into UK planting
DEFRA7320000001 Mar 2024£80k13 moClosed
Review of biases in metabarcoding primers for DNA analysis
Natural England7311000012 Sept 2023£16k4 moClosed
Supply of Statistical Services: Recommended List
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS7300000001 Jun 2022£60k2 yrsClosed
SCF0325 - SENSE: Synergies in Integrated Systems: Improving resource use efficiency while mitigating GHG emissions through well-informed decisions about circularity
DEFRA7300000001 Mar 2022£100k3 yrsClosed
Defra Research Development and Evidence Framework Award
DEFRA7310000028 Jan 2022£2.8m3 yrsClosed
Long Term Monitoring Network Soil Samples Analysis
DEFRA9070000004 Sept 2020£19k6 moClosed
Total live value £100k · mean award £150k1–10 of 23

Top buyers · 8 buyers · top 3 = 97%

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

✓ From notices
1
DEFRA
9 contracts
92%
since 2017
2
AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD
1 contract
3%
since 2024
3
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
3 contracts
3%
since 2015
4
Natural England
4 contracts
2%
since 2023
5
University Of The West Of England
1 contract
1%
since 2024
6
Scottish Government
3 contracts
0%
7
Office for Environmental Protection
1 contract
0%
8
Forestry and Land Scotland
1 contract
0%

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 100%.

✓ From notices
R&D services73
100%
⚠ Concentration: 100% 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
London16 contracts
96%
West Midlands2 contracts
3%
South West1 contract
1%
Scotland4 contracts
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). The James Hutton Institute highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
MG
M GROUP HIGHWAYS LIMITED
No£117.8m1
I(
Ipsos (Market Research) Ltd
No£5.7m4
WU
WSP UK Limited
No£3.2m4
PF
People For Research Limited
Yes£3.0m1
LM
Leica Microsystems (UK) Limited
No£1.9m1
TJ
The James Hutton Institute
No£8k—
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Red flags · 0 active

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✓ Clean. No active risk signals from Companies House status, charges or insolvency records.

Compliance scorecard

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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 29 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.

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No modifications recorded

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News mentions

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Companies House

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

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Registered details

Company no.
SC374831
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Guarant Nsc Limited Exemption
Incorporated
15 Mar 2010
Reg. office
The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA
SIC codes
72190
Last accounts
31 Mar 2025
Next accounts due
31 Dec 2026

Directors & PSC

  • CORBIN, Anne Elizabeth — secretary
    Appointed 07 Aug 2025
  • MACCOLL TURPIN, Anne Josephine — director
    Appointed 30 Nov 2023
  • COWIE, Sarah Catherine — director
    Appointed 01 Nov 2023
  • KOZLOVA, Olga Vladimirovna, Dr — director
    Appointed 01 Nov 2023
  • BOWSHER, Caroline, Professor — director
    Appointed 01 Nov 2023
  • MCDONALD, Susan Hillen — director
    Appointed 01 Nov 2023

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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THE JAMES HUTTON INSTITUTE
SC374831 · this company

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