W. V. Howe Limited: UK Public Sector Contracts Won & Awards
SME·Companies House: Private Limited Company·Birmingham·West Midlands·Main market: Kitchen equipment, household and domestic items and catering supplies
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Where they wini
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44 awards (43 for a named lot, 98%, 1 for a whole procedure with no lot named) · top CPV classes, shares of all 44 awards. An award may cover more than one class.
3931 Catering equipment26 awards · 59% · awards naming a lot3922 Kitchen equipment, household and domestic items and catering supplies13 awards · 30% · 12 awards naming a lot + 1 whole-procedure awards5088 Repair and maintenance services of hotel and restaurant equipment4 awards · 9% · awards naming a loti
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Based on 3 wins in its industry (CPV division 39). Small sample.
Largest published awards i | Authority | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| HMPPS Light Catering Equipment | Ministry of Justice | — | — | £2,615,000 † |
| Supply of Catering Light Equipment | Leeds City Council | — | — | £270,000 † |
| Light Equipment Products | University of Birmingham C/O Pelican Procurement Services | — | — | £150,463 † |
| Lot 1 - Supply of Light Catering Equipment | Leeds City Council | 1 Dec 2025 | 2 yrs | £73,998 ≈ £37k/yr |
Where their buyers arei
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ITL1 region of the buyer office · known for 28 of 28 awarded procedures · each procedure counts once
Bidding recordi
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Procurement Act 2023 award notices name every bidder · 1 notice names this supplier, covering 4 lots since 27 Oct 2026 · observed bids, not an estimate
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| Notice | Authority | Outcome | Bidders | Published |
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| 98_26 Heavy and Light Catering Equipment - Supply, Maintenance and Kitchen Design | ESPO | appointedall 4 lots bid for | 39 | 27 Oct 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
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Local authority55%(24 awards)
24 of 44 awards are Local authority (55%).Type not classified27%(12 awards)
12 of 44 awards are Type not classified (27%).Education16%(7 awards)
7 of 44 awards are Education (16%).Central government2%(1 award)
1 of 44 awards is Central government (2%).
| Authority | Procedures | Share | Award records | Last activity |
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| ESPO | 5 | 17.9% | 24 | 19 Mar 2026 |
| Leeds City Council | 3 | 10.7% | 3 | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Surrey County Council | 3 | 10.7% | 3 | 8 Jan 2025 |
| Hampshire County Council | 2 | 7.1% | 9 | 30 Nov 2023 |
| THE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITED | 2 | 7.1% | 7 | 10 Jul 2023 |
| Newcastle City Council | 2 | 7.1% | 2 | 11 Feb 2025 |
| Shropshire Council | 2 | 7.1% | 2 | 27 Jun 2024 |
| Ministry of Justice | 1 | 3.6% | 1 | 28 Sept 2022 |
Share = of the 28 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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51 of 59 awards carry an end date, 9 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
Soonest 10 of 22.
Recent awards
Latest 30 of 44 award records naming this supplier
Contracts Finder adds 15 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. Tableware | ESPO | 19 Mar 2026 | £333,333 framework ceiling · 1 of 5 appointed suppliers |
| Lot 2. Polycarbonate | ESPO | 19 Mar 2026 | £266,667 framework ceiling · 1 of 2 appointed suppliers |
| Lot 3. Food Preparation | ESPO | 19 Mar 2026 | £100,000 framework ceiling · 1 of 4 appointed suppliers |
| Lot 4. Cookware | ESPO | 19 Mar 2026 | £133,333 framework ceiling · 1 of 4 appointed suppliers |
| Lot 5. Utensils and Packs | ESPO | 19 Mar 2026 | £266,667 framework ceiling · 1 of 6 appointed suppliers |
| Lot 6. Measuring Equipment | ESPO | 19 Mar 2026 | £116,667 framework ceiling · 1 of 4 appointed suppliers |
| Lot 7. Tea and Coffee Making | ESPO | 19 Mar 2026 | £50,000 framework ceiling · 1 of 4 appointed suppliers |
| Lot 8. Items for Direct Delivery to ESPO Customers | ESPO | 19 Mar 2026 | £233,333 framework ceiling · 1 of 5 appointed suppliers |
| Lot 1. Catering Equipment | ESPO | 5 Mar 2026 | £45,000,000 framework ceiling · 1 of 34 appointed suppliers |
| Lot 2. Light Catering Equipment and Catering Consumables | ESPO | 5 Mar 2026 | £45,000,000 framework ceiling · 1 of 15 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 42 of 59 awards, estimated from the published duration on 9 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.