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National Centre for Social Research

National Centre for Social Research has won 40 UK public contracts worth £83.9m since 23 Jan 2024. See its competitors in research & development.

Company 04392418Companies House recordBased in LondonFirst contract 23 Jan 2024Latest contract 9 Sep 2026

Also published as NatCen Social Research, BioApp Solutions Limited, National Centre For Social Rsearch. These are the same company (04392418), so their contracts are counted together.

Contracts
40
Published value
£83.9mwhere stated
Without competition
5%2 contracts
Won by SMEs
13%of 32 with size known
Contracts won per month, last 24 months 35 contracts · busiest month January 2025

Biggest customers

  1. Department For Work and Pensions 4 contracts · £5.89m
  2. Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government 3 contracts · £12.8m
  3. Natural England 3 contracts · £133k
  4. Department for Education 2 contracts · £16.6m
  5. DfTc - Department for Transport 2 contracts · £14.8m
  6. Gambling Commission 2 contracts · £4.65m
  7. Government Commercial Agency 2 contracts · £1.57m
  8. Sustrans 2 contracts · £1.2m
  9. Crown Commercial Service 2 contracts · £1.05m
  10. Ministry of Justice 2 contracts · £201k

What they supply

  1. Research & development 28 contracts · £58.8m
  2. Business services 10 contracts · £24.9m
  3. Architecture & engineering 2 contracts · £117k

Competitors in research & development

Sector overview
  1. WSP UK Limited 60 contracts · £116m
  2. Ipsos (Market Research) Ltd 50 contracts · £51.4m
  3. IFF Research 44 contracts · £37.2m
  4. Ove Arup & Partners Ltd 42 contracts · £195m
  5. Ove Arup 30 contracts · £19.6m
  6. Ricardo AEA Ltd 28 contracts · £35.2m

These are the suppliers with the most research & development contracts in the last two years, which is where National Centre for Social Research wins most of its work. They are not necessarily bidding for the same contracts. See the whole sector.

All contracts won by National Centre for Social Research

Contracts won by National Centre for Social Research
Date Contract Buyer Value
9 Sep 2026 Department for Education £14.5m
3 Aug 2026 Government Commercial Agency £68,163
13 May 2026 Government Commercial Agency £1.5m
23 Mar 2026 University of Essex £59,983
21 Jan 2026 Department For Work and Pensions £1.48m
20 Jan 2026 Department for Education £2.11m
20 Jan 2026 DfTc - Department for Transport £14.5m
8 Jan 2026 Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs £48,000
8 Jan 2026 Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs £48,000
13 Nov 2025 Natural England £41,621
3 Nov 2025 H M Revenue & Customs £380k
23 Oct 2025 Department For Work and Pensions £4.29m
13 Oct 2025 UK SBS £484k
13 Oct 2025 Ministry of Justice £21,920
1 Oct 2025 Gambling Commission £4.5m
19 Sep 2025 Desnz £230k
10 Sep 2025 DfTc - Department for Transport £288k
29 Aug 2025 Natural England £57,915
13 Aug 2025 The Scottish Centre for Social Research (ScotCen) £73,920
12 Aug 2025 Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency) £130k
10 Jul 2025 Ministry of Justice £179k
7 Jul 2025 Department For Work and Pensions £34,821
2 Jun 2025 Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government £160k
24 Apr 2025 Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government £12.5m
16 Apr 2025 Crown Commercial Service £1m
11 Apr 2025 Scottish Government £8.1m
10 Mar 2025 Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government £154k
27 Feb 2025 Sustrans £600k
31 Jan 2025 Gambling Commission £150k
31 Jan 2025 Department for Business & Trade £234k
27 Jan 2025 Natural England £33,096
23 Jan 2025 Crown Commercial Service £50,000
21 Jan 2025 Home Office £128k
9 Dec 2024 Sustrans £600k
2 Dec 2024 Department for Culture, Media and Sport £139k
29 Nov 2024 National Centre for Social Research £43,425
26 Nov 2024 UK Shared Business Services Limited £840k
13 Nov 2024 Competition and Markets Authority £546k
2 Sep 2024 Department For Work and Pensions £94,999
23 Jan 2024 Office for National Statistics £13.5m

Contracts are matched to this supplier by company name as published in each notice. If a company appears under slightly different names, some of its contracts may be listed separately. How matching works.