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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

R&D services · Highfield, Southampton
SMEdissolved

The University of Southampton is a higher education institution that offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as research opportunities across various disciplines.

southampton.ac.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£142.8m
Live
22
Buyers
41
12m
£10.4m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts22 / 84
  • Top buyers41
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags2
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTONUpdated 13 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON has won £142.8m across 41 public-sector buyers, with 22 live contracts.

Why: top buyer Department of Health and Social Care (T&T) at 54% · 100% in R&D services · 2 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
2Active red flags
dissolvedCompany status
22 of 84Live contracts
54%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.

⚑ Self-reported
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No social-value commitments yet

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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
Sectors served · 1/8
Central government✓
Local government✓
NHS & health✓
Housing✓
Utilities & energy✓
Financial services✓
Education✓
Defence✓
Services · 3
Postgraduate ResearchOpportunities for PhD and research degrees. ↗Undergraduate StudyOffers a variety of undergraduate degree courses. ↗Short CoursesProvides various short courses for professional development. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • Children and Young People Education Mental Health Practitioner Programme, Health Education England- NHS/SoEPS/19.497South of England Procurement Centre · £2.5m
  • Cancer Vaccine Launchpad (CVLP)NHS England · £1.4m
  • Prison testing ProgrammeDepartment of Health and Social Care (DHSC) - Test & Trace · £215k
  • Customised Wafer Fabrication RunsUniversity of Bristol · £210k
  • Monitoring and EvaluationSouthampton City Council · £40k
  • NE Casework TrackerDEFRA · £26k

Extracted automatically from southampton.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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No case studies yet

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Buyer references

Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.

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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

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Contracts · 22 live · 62 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
DN772326 - Framework for Applied Science Technology and Engineering Requirements
Met Office7310000024 Apr 2026£1.3m8 yrsLive
Framework for Applied Science Technology Engineering Requirements (FASTER)
Met Office—24 Apr 2026£9.1m3 yrsLive
MIGRATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE - literature review covering the causal link between migration and housing
Home Office7330000001 Sept 2025£15k7 moClosed
MIGRATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE - the impact of migration on housing in the UK
Home Office7330000001 Sept 2025£17k7 moClosed
DHSC: Statistical Advisor to Medicine Margin Survey
Department of Health and Social Care (T&T)7941000002 Jun 2025£117k5 yrsLive
PS24247 the Orbital Sustainability Risk Index feasibility study
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED7300000017 Jan 2025£20k2 moClosed
Operationalisation of prototype geospatial query and reporting database/tool
Natural England9071150028 Jan 2025£12k2 moClosed
Wessex Public Health Specialty Training- MSc in Public Health
NHS England8000000023 Oct 2024£291k4 yrsLive
Space Environmental Modelling - A
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED7300000015 Aug 2024£25k4 moClosed
Research and Evaluation Framework
Care Quality Commission7931200001 Jul 2024£152k4 yrsLive
Total live value £14.9m · mean award £1.7m1–10 of 84

Top buyers · 41 buyers · top 3 = 76%

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

✓ From notices
1
Department of Health and Social Care (T&T)
3 contracts
54%
since 2017
2
Health Education England
1 contract
15%
since 2022
3
Met Office
2 contracts
7%
since 2026
4
NHS England
4 contracts
7%
since 2023
5
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
2 contracts
4%
since 2020
6
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
19 contracts
3%
since 2014
7
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
4 contracts
3%
since 2016
8
South of England Procurement Centre
1 contract
2%
since 2019
9
Ministry of Defence, DIO,
1 contract
1%
since 2022
10
Office for National Statistics
2 contracts
1%
since 2016

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
Yorkshire7 contracts
50%
South West31 contracts
33%
South East9 contracts
14%
Wales2 contracts
2%
London17 contracts
1%
North East1 contract
0%
East Midlands1 contract
0%
North West3 contracts
0%
Eastern1 contract
0%
Region resolved for 43% of awarded value (by buyer postcode); the remainder lacks a usable address.

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
DE
Deloitte LLP
No£200.0m1
PC
PA Consulting
No£150.0m1
AT
Atamis Ltd
Yes£36.4m3
UO
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
Yes£10.4m—
IR
IFF Research
No£10.4m1
AI
Ambition Institute
Yes£9.3m2
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Red flags · 2 active

Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.

✓ Verified
Company status: Dissolved. Companies House records this company as last active 23 May 2017.
Annual accounts overdue. Filing was due 30 Apr 2017.

Compliance scorecard

Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.

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Trading status
Dissolved
Last active 23 May 2017
Annual accounts
Overdue
Due 30 Apr 2017
Confirmation statement
—
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

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.
05436927
Status
Dissolved
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
27 Apr 2005
Reg. office
Finance Dept,Building 37, Southampton Uni, University Rd, Highfield, Southampton, Hampshire, SO17 1BJ
SIC codes
74990
Last accounts
31 Jul 2015
Next accounts due
30 Apr 2017

Directors & PSC

  • POOK, Sarah Catherine — director
    Appointed 23 Feb 2015
  • BAKER, Juliette — secretary
    Appointed 30 Sept 2010
  • University Of Southampton — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent
  • Ms Sarah Catherine Pook — person with significant control
    right to appoint and remove directors

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
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON CONSULTING LIMITED
05436927 · this company

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