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Hopwells Ltd

Ilkeston
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Hopwells Ltd is a wholesaler specializing in catering food, including frozen, chilled, and ambient products for the food service, education, and hospitality sectors.

hopwells.com ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£231.8m
Live
14
Buyers
25
12m
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At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts14 / 33
  • Top buyers25
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
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Quick answer — Hopwells LtdUpdated 13 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Hopwells Ltd has won £231.8m across 25 public-sector buyers, with 14 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer The Association of North East Councils Limited at 52% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
14 of 33Live contracts
52%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

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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 · 2/8
Central government✓
Local government✓
NHS & health✓
Housing✓
Utilities & energy✓
Financial services✓
Education✓
Defence✓
Services · 4
Catering Food
Frozen Food
Chilled Food
Food Service
Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • YPO - 001114 Food Deal 2YPO · £29.4m
  • Multi Temperature Food SolutionsFOODBUY EUROPE LIMITED · £13.3m
  • 83_21 Grocery, Fresh, Chilled and Frozen FoodsEspo · £10.0m
  • 18-047 Food & BeveragesRotherham MBC · £1.4m
  • Supply and Delivery of Frozen FoodsLeicestershire County Council · £1.0m
  • The supply of frozen foods to SchoolsBarnsley Metropolitan Borough Council · £313k

Extracted automatically from hopwells.com 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.

✓ 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

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No accreditations recorded

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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 · 14 live · 19 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Supply & Distribution of Ambient, Chilled and Frozen products to Finham Park Multi Academy Trust
Finham Park Multi Academy Trust C/O Pelican Procurement Services1500000031 Aug 2024£214k2 yrsLive
Supply of frozen foods and delivery
Peterborough City Council1500000001 Apr 2024£30k3 yrsLive
Schools Catering - Hopwells Limited
Leicestershire County Council1500000001 Jan 2024£3.0m9 moClosed
PAN2891 - Food - Frozen and Multi-temperature
Leicester City Council1500000001 Aug 2023£1.9m2 yrsClosed
TC139 - School Meals Frozen Food Procurement
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council5552400026 Jun 2023£1.3m3 yrsClosed
2302-02-23 Supply of Frozen Foods
East Riding of Yorkshire Council1500000001 May 2023£7.7m4 yrsLive
YPO - 001114 Food Deal 2
YPO1500000014 Oct 2022£29.4m4 yrsLive
Supply and Delivery of Frozen Foods
Leicestershire County Council1510000001 Jan 2023£1.0m12 moClosed
Frozen Food Contract
Bedford Borough Council1500000025 Apr 2022£120k2 yrsClosed
83_21 Grocery, Fresh, Chilled and Frozen Foods
Espo1500000001 Aug 2021£10.0m2 yrsClosed
Total live value £37.8m · mean award £7.0m1–10 of 33

Top buyers · 25 buyers · top 3 = 74%

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

✓ From notices
1
The Association of North East Councils Limited
1 contract
52%
since 2019
2
YPO
3 contracts
15%
since 2016
3
Espo
3 contracts
7%
since 2017
4
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
3 contracts
7%
since 2018
5
FOODBUY EUROPE LIMITED
1 contract
6%
since 2021
6
North Chadderton School
1 contract
6%
since 2018
7
Leicestershire County Council
2 contracts
2%
since 2022
8
Leicester City Council (c/o ESPO)
1 contract
2%
since 2019
9
Knowsley Council
1 contract
1%
since 2018
10
The Council of the City of Stoke-on-Trent (c/o ESPO)
1 contract
1%
since 2018

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
North East2 contracts
61%
Yorkshire7 contracts
25%
East Midlands7 contracts
12%
North West3 contracts
2%
South East4 contracts
0%
Eastern2 contracts
0%
West Midlands2 contracts
0%

Peers

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

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
SA
Sports and Leisure Management Ltd
No£378.0m2
SU
SMG UK Ltd t/a ASM Global
No£328.5m4
HO
Holdsworth
No£45.0m1
TR
Thomas Ridley Foodservice Ltd
No£23.3m3
BG
BFS Group T/A Bidvest Foodservice
Yes£19.7m8
HO
Hopwells Ltd
No——
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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 27 Dec 2024
Confirmation statement
Due in -49d
Next due 26 May 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

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Companies House

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

✓ Live sync

Registered details

Company no.
01404481
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
08 Dec 1978
Reg. office
T.I.M. Commercials, Furnace Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 5EP
SIC codes
56290
Last accounts
27 Dec 2024
Next accounts due
30 Sept 2026

Directors & PSC

  • HOPWELL, Lilian — director
  • ACTON, Abigail — director
    Appointed 01 Jan 2024
  • DAWSON, Andrew — director
    Appointed 01 Jan 2024
  • FIELD, Martin Patrick — director
    Appointed 06 Sept 2018
  • FIELD, Martin Patrick — secretary
    Appointed 06 Sept 2018
  • HOPWELL, Ashley Travis — director
    Appointed 10 Nov 2017
  • T. P. Hopwell (Holdings) Limited — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent · 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
HOPWELLS LTD
01404481 · this company

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