At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Formara Limited has won £1.6m across 4 public-sector buyers, with 1 live contract. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer southend on sea at 65% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.
ESG & policies vault · 0/5
Key governance & sustainability policies. Published documents link out; missing ones are greyed.
Capabilities
What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.
- Tender for Printing and Associated Services
- Provision of a Design and Print Services
- To Print and Post Survey Packs
Extracted automatically from formara.co.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.
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.
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 · 3
Credentials listed on the supplier’s website. Not yet checked against issuer registers.
Extracted automatically from formara.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
KPI performance
Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.
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 · 1 live · 3 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southend-on-Sea City Council | 22000000 | 01 Jun 2023 | £536k | 3 yrs | Closed | |
| UNIVERSITY OF EXETER | 22000000 | 16 Nov 2020 | £38k | 3 mo | Closed | |
| southend on sea | 22000000 | 01 Nov 2016 | £1.1m | 5 yrs | Closed | |
| Southend City Council | — | — | — | — | Live |
Top buyers · 4 buyers · top 3 = 100%
Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Formara Limited highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £190.0m | 1 | |
| No | £8.5m | 1 | |
| No | £6.8m | 5 | |
| No | £5.6m | 4 | |
| Yes | £3.1m | 2 | |
FO Formara Limited | Yes | — | — |
Red flags · 0 active
Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.
Compliance scorecard
Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.
Modifications
Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.
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.
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.
Registered details
- Company no.
- 01114482
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 18 May 1973
- Reg. office
- 16 The Candlemakers, Temple Farm Business Park, Southend-On-Sea, Essex, SS2 5RX
- SIC codes
- 18129
- Last accounts
- 31 Dec 2025
- Next accounts due
- 30 Sept 2027
Directors & PSC
- CAORSI LAWLOR, Alejandro — directorAppointed 08 Sept 2023
- POND, Andrew Leslie — directorAppointed 19 Jul 2023
- AFSHAR, Taha, Dr — directorAppointed 28 Jun 2023
- Lifeboat Management Ltd — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent · right to appoint and remove directors
Financial
Filed accounts from Companies 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.
Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.
Social value
Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.
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.