A T Little & Sons Ltd T/A Browns Books: UK Public Sector Contracts Won & Awards
SME·Companies House: Private Limited Company·Melton·Nationwide (UK)·Main market: Printed books
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Where they wini
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33 awards (32 for a named lot, 97%, 1 for a whole procedure with no lot named) · top CPV classes, shares of all 33 awards. An award may cover more than one class.
2211 Printed books20 awards · 61% · 19 awards naming a lot + 1 whole-procedure awards7998 Subscription services4 awards · 12% · awards naming a lot3916 School furniture3 awards · 9% · awards naming a lot3019 Various office equipment and supplies1 award · 3% · awards naming a lotAttributable award value
£607kOn 3 of 33 award records; the five largest make 100%. Largest rows below.i
Typical attributable award
£207k middle valuemoderate · n=3i
Largest published awards i | Authority | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Supply of Books and e-Books | University of Kent | — | — | £300,000 † |
| Books and E Books | Aston University | — | — | £206,667 † |
| Browns Books Library Services E-Book Tender Call Off | Coventry University | — | — | £100,000 † |
Where their buyers arei
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ITL1 region of the buyer office · known for 42 of 42 awarded procedures · each procedure counts once
Yorkshire and the Humber9 procedures · 21%
South East England9 procedures · 21%
East Midlands8 procedures · 19%
North East England5 procedures · 12%
West Midlands5 procedures · 12%
Greater London4 procedures · 10%
North West England1 procedure · 2%
South West England1 procedure · 2%
Bidding recordi
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Procurement Act 2023 award notices name every bidder · 2 notices name this supplier, covering 3 lots since 13 Apr 2026 · observed bids, not an estimate
Contract lots contested
0 won · 0 lostFewer than three decided lots: no rate is claimed.i
Framework / DPS places
3 of 3Lots on 2 notices: a place is won per lot.i
Authorities bid for
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| Notice | Authority | Outcome | Bidders | Published |
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| 991_26 Supply of Early Years and Curriculum Product Ranges | ESPO | appointed | 61 | 24 Apr 2026 |
| 376F_26 Library Stock | ESPO | appointedall 2 lots bid for | 3 | 13 Apr 2026 |
Bidder names come from Procurement Act 2023 award notices, which list every bidder (from 2025). Older notices name no bidders, so earlier contests do not appear here. Latest ten notices shown.
Who they sell toi
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Authorities named on this supplier’s published awards · ranked by distinct procedures · a framework or DPS adds one award record per appointed supplier
Authority type · official UK type when published, else name/id class, else not classified · by award records (a single panel can dominate)
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Type not classified70%(23 awards)
23 of 33 awards are Type not classified (70%).Local authority18%(6 awards)
6 of 33 awards are Local authority (18%).Education12%(4 awards)
4 of 33 awards are Education (12%).
| Authority | Procedures | Share | Award records | Last activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY | 7 | 16.7% | 7 | 20 Jul 2026 |
| ESPO | 5 | 11.9% | 11 | 12 Mar 2026 |
| University of Southampton | 5 | 11.9% | 5 | 22 Sept 2022 |
| University of Reading | 2 | 4.8% | 14 | 9 Jul 2025 |
| Aston University | 2 | 4.8% | 2 | 10 Mar 2026 |
| Leeds Arts University | 2 | 4.8% | 2 | 30 Jul 2024 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON ENTERPRISE LIMITED | 2 | 4.8% | 2 | 12 Aug 2026 |
| University of Sunderland | 2 | 4.8% | 2 | 30 Jun 2025 |
Share = of the 42 procedures with an award naming this supplier. Last activity = award date, or notice publication when no award date was published.
Contracts endingi
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58 of 62 awards carry an end date, 18 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Ends | Published value |
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| Library Print Books | 30 Nov 2026 | £530,000 |
| Lot 1. Supply of Curriculum Product Ranges | 31 Mar 2027 | £10,000,000 ceiling |
| Browns_Books, e-books, e-textbooks and associated services | 27 Apr 2027 | £400,000 |
| Print publications: supply to schools, Multi-Academy Trusts, academic departments (generally non-library) | 23 May 2027 estimated | £40,000,000 ceiling |
| E-book aggregator: title-by-title perpetual access purchase | 23 May 2027 estimated | £120,000,000 ceiling |
| E-book aggregator: e-textbooks | 23 May 2027 estimated | £120,000,000 ceiling |
| Sales to individual staff/students and bursary provision | 23 May 2027 estimated | £10,000,000 ceiling |
| NCG230105DA - Book Supply for NCG ***AWARD NOTICE*** | 1 Jun 2027 | £600,000 |
| Print publications: standard suppliers for library stock | 29 Jun 2027 estimated | £70,000,000 ceiling |
| Call off order from SUPC awarded framework agreement for Books, e-books, e-textbooks, and associated services (LIB4061 SU) | 31 Jul 2027 | £45,000 ceiling |
Soonest 10 of 12.
Recent awards
Latest 30 of 33 award records naming this supplier
Contracts Finder adds 29 more procedures won by this supplier, mostly below the Find a Tender threshold or from before 2025. Each is counted once beside any Find a Tender copy; they are in the totals, not in this list.
| Award / procedure | Authority | Awarded | Published value |
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| Lot 1. Supply of Curriculum Product Ranges | ESPO | 12 Mar 2026 | £10,000,000 framework ceiling · 1 of 48 appointed suppliers |
| Lot 1. Adult Stock | ESPO | 5 Mar 2026 | £22,000,000 framework ceiling · 1 of 3 appointed suppliers |
| Lot 2. Children's Stock | ESPO | 5 Mar 2026 | £22,000,000 framework ceiling · 1 of 3 appointed suppliers |
| Supply of Books and e-Books | University of Kent | Not published | £300,000 † from the contract notice |
| Browns Books Library Services E-Book Tender Call Off | Coventry University | Not published | £100,000 † from the contract notice |
| Books and E Books | Aston University | Not published | £206,667 † from the contract notice |
| Print publications: standard suppliers for library stock | University of Reading | Not published | £70,000,000 † framework ceiling · 1 of 2 appointed suppliers |
| Print publications: supply to schools, Multi-Academy Trusts, academic departments (generally non-library) | University of Reading | Not published | £40,000,000 † framework ceiling · 1 of 6 appointed suppliers |
| E-book aggregator: title-by-title perpetual access purchase | University of Reading | Not published | £120,000,000 † framework ceiling · 1 of 5 appointed suppliers |
| E-book aggregator: e-textbooks | University of Reading | Not published | £120,000,000 † framework ceiling · 1 of 5 appointed suppliers |
About this data
- One profile per supplier. Built from award and contract notices that name this supplier; different spellings and registration numbers of the same company are merged into this profile.
- Values are published values. The table mirrors what the notice published: framework ceilings and joint awards are labelled and never counted as this supplier's money, and † marks a value taken from the contract notice when the award published none. Only awards made to this supplier alone count towards its value, excluding VAT. It is not turnover.
- Regions in the buyer chart describe the buyer office, not where the work is delivered or the supplier’s registered address.
- Contract end dates. Published on 40 of 62 awards, estimated from the published duration on 18 more (marked “estimated”); those feed “Contracts ending”. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.