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Exception Limited

Business services · Edinburgh
SME
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Awarded
£24.4m
Live
3
Buyers
9
12m
£35k
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts3 / 15
  • Top buyers9
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
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Quick answer — Exception LimitedUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Exception Limited has won £24.4m across 9 public-sector buyers, with 3 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Olga Chernick at 53% · 100% in Business services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
3 of 15Live contracts
53%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

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.

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 · 3 live · 12 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
IT Strategic Review (DDat) within Durham
Durham Constabulary7941000025 May 2026£35k2 moLive
IT Service Review - Independent Peer Review and Support
South Yorkshire Police Headquarters7222100018 Nov 2024£16k6 moClosed
Smarter Working
Magnox Limited7200000001 Apr 2023£2.0m12 moClosed
Programme Manager Niche i-Cloud Project
Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire7220000001 Aug 2022£61k4 moClosed
Programme Manager for Niche i-Cloud Project
Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire7200000024 Jan 2022£90k9 moClosed
OPCC Website Commissioning Support
Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire7220000010 Jan 2022£30k4 moClosed
Consultancy for the Future Service Provision Programme in terms of all ICT aspects and advice
Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire7222000001 Aug 2021£959k8 moClosed
Agile Project / Delivery Manager for digital product development and contract management
The National Archives7200000019 Oct 2021£156k11 moClosed
Consultancy for Future Service Provision
Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire7200000001 Jun 2021£48k10 moClosed
Digital Resource Pool Framework
Ofgem7200000010 Feb 2021£556k1.8 yrsClosed
Total live value £35k · mean award £1.6m1–10 of 15

Top buyers · 9 buyers · top 3 = 92%

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

✓ From notices
1
Olga Chernick
1 contract
53%
since 2020
2
Student Loans Company
1 contract
30%
since 2019
3
Magnox Limited
1 contract
8%
since 2023
4
Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire
6 contracts
5%
since 2021
5
Ofgem
2 contracts
2%
since 2021
6
The National Archives
1 contract
1%
since 2021
7
Durham Constabulary
1 contract
0%
since 2026
8
South Yorkshire Police Headquarters
1 contract
0%
since 2024
9
South Yorkshire Police
1 contract
0%

Category mix

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

✓ From notices
Business services79
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
North East1 contract
65%
South West1 contract
17%
East Midlands6 contracts
11%
London2 contracts
5%
South East1 contract
1%
Yorkshire2 contracts
0%
Region resolved for 47% of awarded value (by buyer postcode); the remainder lacks a usable address.

Peers

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

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
DE
Deloitte LLP
No£131.8m4
TS
Trustmarque Solutions Ltd
No£18.0m1
FC
FRAZER-NASH CONSULTANCY LIMITED
No£12.1m1
CA
CACI LIMITED
No£11.7m1
SC
Scrumconnect Limited
No£6.6m1
EX
Exception Limited
Yes£35k—
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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.

↔ Cross-checked
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 11 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.

✓ 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.
SC239401
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
11 Nov 2002
Reg. office
8 Coates Crescent, Edinburgh, EH3 7AL
SIC codes
62012
Last accounts
31 Dec 2024
Next accounts due
30 Sept 2026

Directors & PSC

  • HENDRY, Alasdair James — director
    Appointed 21 Jul 2022
  • Exception 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.

↔ 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
EXCEPTION LIMITED
SC239401 · this company

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