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Great Blakenham Ipswich
SME
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Awarded
£5.5bn
Live
5
Buyers
23
12m
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At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts5 / 43
  • Top buyers23
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — VariousUpdated 13 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Various has won £5.5bn across 23 public-sector buyers, with 5 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Genesis Housing Association at 90% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
5 of 43Live contracts
90%Top-buyer concentration
—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
  • Integrated Transport Services Framework 1 and 2Lancashire County Council · £36.0m
  • Local News Partnership - 'Supplier' Applications 2021The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) · £31.0m
  • CORP - Integrated Transport Services Framework 1Lancashire County Council · £11.0m
  • LPS CORP Framework 1 - Provision of Transport Services in LancashireLancashire County Council · £11.0m
  • Passenger Transport Service using a Taxi or Private Hire Car DPSWarwickshire County Council · £3.3m
  • EHRC 1819-16 Panel of CounselEquality and Human Rights Commission · £3.0m

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 · 5 live · 38 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Local News Partnership - 'Supplier' Applications 2021
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)7962000001 Jul 2021£31.0m3 yrsClosed
Notice of Award of Contracts from the Council's Provision of Passenger Transport Services - Dynamic Purchasing System from 1 April 2021 to 30 June 2021
Lancashire County Council6012000001 Apr 2021£12.3 yrsClosed
5139 - Framework for ducting, gigabit managed service and infrastructure services
London Borough of Bexley4523100012 Feb 2021£2.3m2.2 yrsClosed
Estates Consumables
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust3100000008 Feb 2021£50k14 moClosed
National Public Sector Workplace Supplies and Services Framework 2020
Dartford Borough Council3019000001 Nov 2020—3 yrsClosed
Notice of Award of Contracts from the Council's Provision of Passenger Transport Services - Dynamic Purchasing System from 1 January to 30 June 2020
Lancashire County Council6012000001 Jul 2019£110 yrsLive
Tender for the Provision of planning and building control consultants
Erewash Borough Council7124000027 Jan 2020—3 yrsClosed
RMCB 025 - Dynamic Purchasing System for Building Construction, Design & Build Construction, Demountable (Temporary) Buildings, Asbestos Removal & Demolition
Shropshire Council4521000001 Oct 2019£125.0m5 yrsClosed
AMCV 272 - West Midlands ADASS Adult Social Care & Health Associate Support Dynamic Purchasing System
Shropshire Council on behalf of WMADASS7940000001 Oct 2019£3.5m5 yrsClosed
Notice of Award of Contracts from the Council's Provision of Passenger Transport Services - Dynamic Purchasing System from 1 January 2021 to 31 March 2021
Lancashire County Council6012000001 Jul 2019—10.1 yrsLive
Total live value £1 · mean award £128.9m1–10 of 43

Top buyers · 23 buyers · top 3 = 97%

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

✓ From notices
1
Genesis Housing Association
1 contract
90%
since 2017
2
Shropshire Council
3 contracts
4%
since 2018
3
Nottingham City Council
1 contract
3%
since 2017
4
Lancashire County Council
7 contracts
1%
since 2017
5
Warwickshire County Council
11 contracts
1%
since 2016
6
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
1 contract
1%
since 2021
7
Liverpool City Council
1 contract
0%
since 2017
8
Durham County Council
1 contract
0%
since 2017
9
Leicestershire County Council
1 contract
0%
since 2017
10
Shropshire Council on behalf of WMADASS
1 contract
0%
since 2019

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
West Midlands16 contracts
45%
East Midlands4 contracts
29%
North West9 contracts
17%
London2 contracts
6%
North East3 contracts
3%
South East3 contracts
0%
South West2 contracts
0%
Region resolved for 10% of awarded value (by buyer postcode); the remainder lacks a usable address.

Peers

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

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
AM
Alexander Mann Solutions
No£198.0m1
OP
Opus People Solutions
Yes£50.0m1
TA
trading as Wrightbus
No£47.6m1
BB
Bamford Bus Company Ltd
No£47.6m1
AD
Alexander Dennis
No£47.6m1
VA
Various
Yes——
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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 30 Sept 2025
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 17 Sept 2026
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.
03428739
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
03 Sept 1997
Reg. office
John Phillips & Co Ltd, 81 Centaur Court Claydon Bus Pk, Great Blakenham Ipswich, Suffolk, IP6 0NL
SIC codes
82990
Last accounts
30 Sept 2025
Next accounts due
30 Jun 2027

Directors & PSC

  • SMITH, Matthew James — director
    Appointed 04 Sept 2017
  • SMITH, Philip John — director
    Appointed 04 Sept 2017
  • SMITH, Mathew James — secretary
    Appointed 24 Feb 1998
  • Mr Matthew James Smith — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 25 to 50 percent · voting rights 25 to 50 percent
  • Mr Philip John Smith — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 25 to 50 percent · voting rights 25 to 50 percent

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

↔ From Cos 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.

↔ From Cos House
VARIOUS LIMITED
03428739 · this company

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