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UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

R&D services · Wallingford
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The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is a world-leading independent research institute focused on environmental science, addressing climate change, promoting biodiversity, and creating sustainable ecosystems. They conduct research and provide data and insights to tackle urgent environmental challenges.

ceh.ac.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£33.7m
Live
48
Buyers
24
12m
£2.2m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts48 / 200
  • Top buyers24
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — UK Centre for Ecology and HydrologyUpdated 13 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology has won £33.7m across 24 public-sector buyers, with 48 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer DEFRA at 54% · 84% in R&D services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
48 of 200Live contracts
54%Top-buyer concentration
84%Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

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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 · 3
Environmental Science ResearchConducting research to address climate change and promote biodiversity. ↗Data and InsightsDelivering data and insights needed to solve urgent environmental challenges. ↗Laboratory ServicesProviding laboratory services related to environmental science. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • Lowland Peat Project 3DEFRA · £5.5m
  • Catchment Sensitive Farming - Air Quality Modelling and MonitoringEnvironment Agency · £746k
  • Delivery of UNECE's International Cooperative Programme ICP Vegetation (ICPVEG) 2022-26DEFRA · £580k
  • UKCEH Saltmarsh Flux Towers PurchaseDEFRA · £547k
  • UK SBS - PS22008 - Land Use Platform A Holistic Assessment of Agriculture and Land Use Strategies to Achieve Net ZeroUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £240k
  • NCF R&D: ETPP-31 Assessment of Global Risk Analysis for Novel Tree SpeciesDEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS · £172k

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

Case studies

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Buyer references

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

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Accreditations & memberships

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KPI performance

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84

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Contracts · 48 live · 152 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
RDE1030 - Environment Act metal mines water target: background metal concentrati
Environment Agency7320000027 Feb 2026£47k5 moLive
Procurement for National River Flow Archive Peak Flows Dataset Maintenance
Environment Agency—01 Apr 2026£508k4 yrspending
RDE943 - PSS- Catchment Restoration Optimisation (CaRO)
Natural England7320000015 Jan 2026£99k2 moClosed
RDE1006 - CWQM guidance - additional follow on work
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS7320000011 Sept 2025£2k2 moClosed
RDE985 - Catchment Resilience Framework
Natural England7320000016 Jan 2026£94k2 moClosed
RDE988 - Understanding potable and non-potable water demand in the OxCam Corrid
Environment Agency7320000012 Jan 2026£48k3 moClosed
RDE949 - NTS Data Analysis & PEWS Integration
Environment Agency7320000018 Jan 2026£54k2 moClosed
RDE1002 - Can we better target riparian trees for multiple benefits? -further be
Environment Agency7320000001 Jan 2026£14k3 moClosed
RDE991 - Developing a saltmarsh carbon code
Environment Agency7320000002 Dec 2025£111k4 moClosed
Flood Hydrology Improvement Programme (FHIP), Project D5.2
Environment Agency4524640001 Dec 2025£130k12 moLive
Total live value £7.7m · mean award £168k1–10 of 200

Top buyers · 24 buyers · top 3 = 80%

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

✓ From notices
1
DEFRA
72 contracts
54%
since 2019
2
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
4 contracts
14%
since 2020
3
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
27 contracts
12%
since 2021
4
Environment Agency
36 contracts
9%
since 2023
5
Natural England
16 contracts
3%
since 2022
6
Business Energy and Industrial Strategy
3 contracts
2%
since 2021
7
EA
3 contracts
2%
since 2023
8
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
4 contracts
1%
since 2024
9
Met Office
11 contracts
1%
since 2022
10
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
1 contract
1%
since 2022

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 84%.

✓ From notices
R&D services73
84%
Construction work45
9%
Agricultural products03
6%
⚠ Concentration: 84% 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
London166 contracts
97%
South West15 contracts
2%
Eastern5 contracts
0%
West Midlands1 contract
0%
Wales2 contracts
0%
North West2 contracts
0%
Scotland2 contracts
0%
South East1 contract
0%
Northern Ireland1 contract
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
DE
Deloitte LLP
No£331.6m2
PC
PA Consulting
No£150.0m1
MG
M GROUP HIGHWAYS LIMITED
No£117.8m1
CU
CAPGEMINI UK PLC
No£33.8m2
IS
Influential Software Services
Yes£30.0m1
UC
UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
No£2.2m—
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Red flags · 0 active

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

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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 Dec 2024
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 29 Apr 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

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No modifications recorded

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News mentions

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No news mentions found

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Companies House

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

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Registered details

Company no.
11314957
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Guarant Nsc Limited Exemption
Incorporated
17 Apr 2018
Reg. office
Maclean Building Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB
SIC codes
96090
Last accounts
31 Dec 2024
Next accounts due
30 Sept 2026

Directors & PSC

  • HANNAH, David Meldrum, Professor — director
    Appointed 01 Jan 2026
  • CLARE, Philip Michael, Dr — director
    Appointed 10 Dec 2025
  • MONKS, Paul Steven, Professor — director
    Appointed 01 Oct 2025
  • DAVISON, Ruth Kelly — director
    Appointed 02 Jul 2025
  • BATCHELAR, Judith Margaret — director
    Appointed 02 Dec 2024
  • SHUCKBURGH, Emily Fleur, Professor — director
    Appointed 01 Jul 2024

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
UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY
11314957 · this company

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