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Company description
VWS (UK) LTD is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 14 May 1937; registered for 89 years; registered office reported in BOURNE END, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 36000 · Water collection, treatment and supply.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 13 procurement records, 1 waste registration. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- VWS (UK) LTD
- Company number
- 00327847
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 6 total · 0 outstanding · 6 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 December 2024Next accounts due
31 December 2026Last statement made up to
9 August 2026Next statement due
23 August 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 21.7%
- Mean bonus gap
- 36.0%
- Women receiving bonus
- 60.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 73.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 19.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 28.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 33.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 24.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 250 to 49910.0% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49911.0% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49919.0% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49914.0% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49916.0% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49917.0% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99928.0% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49922.0% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 July 2020 – 31 December 2020
- Filed
- 17 February 2021
- Shortest standard term
- 7 days
- Longest standard term
- 60 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-1
- Financial period started
- Not supplied
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £0
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 80.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Our standard payment terms are to pay undisputed invoices 30 days following the month of invoice.
- Dispute resolution process
In the first instance, all queries regarding payment of invoices should be directed to the Accounts Payable Team at vws.ap@veolia.com.
We will always provide explanations for delayed payment and indicate what actions the supplier needs to carry out in order to expedite payment.
In common with all businesses, we carry out a range of checks on all invoices against a number of criteria in order to ensure that the invoice is valid and correct and so qualifies to be paid within terms as an undisputed invoice.
If an invoice fails to pass all criteria we will advise the supplier as soon as possible, explain the nature of the error/query/failure and explain the corrective action that we require to bring the invoice to undisputed status and allow settlement to proceed in a timely manner.
If a supplier feels that they cannot resolve the issue with the Accounts Payable Team and needs to engage with a more senior representative, then the supplier will be directed to the relevant Business Unit Financial Controller within VWS (UK) Limited.
Earlier payment reports (5 shown)
- 41.0 average days to pay30.0% outside terms
- 37.0 average days to pay27.0% outside terms
- 50.0 average days to pay36.0% outside terms
- 50.0 average days to pay40.0% outside terms
- 45.0 average days to pay39.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- VWS (UK) LTD
- Group submission
- No
- Statement period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Approved
- 11 May 2026
- Sectors
- Utilities: gas, water and electricity Waste management and recycling
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- £36 million to £60 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 1 June 2026
Earlier linked statements (2)
- VWS (UK) LTD31 December 2023
- VWS (UK) LTD19 June 2020
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
06 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
BE24222 - Water Treatment System Service Contract
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-f325f7d3-091c-453b-b988-2eac6d8fcca1
- Supplier named in award
- VWS (UK) Ltd T/A Veolia Water Technologies
- Award value
- £15,052
- Contract period
- 1 November 2024 – 31 October 2025
- Published
- 28 October 2024
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 45232430
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-f325f7d3-091c-453b-b988-2eac6d8fcca1-2024-10-28T11:23:42Z
Water System Maintenance Service Contract Renewal
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-ccdc6f43-146a-43bf-99c1-c55f9a74d6a7
- Supplier named in award
- VWS (UK) LTD
- Award value
- £12,375
- Contract period
- 31 May 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Published
- 4 June 2024
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 71800000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-ccdc6f43-146a-43bf-99c1-c55f9a74d6a7-2024-06-04T10:53:10+01:00
Service Contract for Water Systems
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-7252280c-bf41-4c03-ae21-393470298550
- Supplier named in award
- VWS (UK) LTD
- Award value
- £13,039
- Contract period
- 1 November 2023 – 31 October 2024
- Published
- 6 October 2023
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 31161400
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-7252280c-bf41-4c03-ae21-393470298550-2023-10-06T13:24:16+01:00
BE23092 - Water Treatment Service Contract
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-49f409e7-7689-4b9f-a5b0-60c381d21a57
- Supplier named in award
- VWS (UK) Ltd T/A Veolia Water Technologies
- Award value
- £30,984
- Contract period
- 24 May 2023 – 25 May 2025
- Published
- 26 May 2023
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 45232430
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-49f409e7-7689-4b9f-a5b0-60c381d21a57-2023-05-26T08:29:46+01:00
Maintenance, Repair and Calibration of Medical Equipment
NHS Supply Chain · ocds-b5fd17-048d3b90-a98b-4a1e-a87d-a94be8163a87
- Supplier named in award
- VWS (UK) LTD
- Award value
- £1,600,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 October 2022 – 30 September 2028
- Published
- 20 April 2022
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 50421000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-048d3b90-a98b-4a1e-a87d-a94be8163a87-2022-04-20T11:55:08+01:00
Water Compliance
OFFICE OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER · ocds-b5fd17-cf96a206-e670-484f-83c1-2ccde8b56066
- Supplier named in award
- VWS (UK) LTD
- Award value
- £17,792
- Contract period
- 1 October 2021 – 30 September 2022
- Published
- 6 December 2021
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 90713100
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-cf96a206-e670-484f-83c1-2ccde8b56066-2021-12-06T14:49:58Z
Decontamination Capital Equipment and Associated Accessories
NHS SUPPLY CHAIN · ocds-b5fd17-ea6ee37f-3f84-4427-8304-76832385c1a6
- Supplier named in award
- VWS (UK) LTD
- Award value
- £42,750,000
- Contract period
- 4 February 2021 – 3 February 2025
- Published
- 7 January 2021
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 33168000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-ea6ee37f-3f84-4427-8304-76832385c1a6-2021-01-07T12:38:38Z
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Otv Birwelco Ltd
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006 (England)
- Legal form
- Private Company Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House Registry
- Registration number
- 02418965
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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08 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
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09 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
10 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
CSP26709 - Service of water systems
UK Research and Innovation · updated 28 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
CSP26609 - Service contract renewal
UK Research and Innovation · updated 18 June 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
CSP26170 - Service Contract Renewal including consumables CONTRACT 48250
UK Research and Innovation · updated 12 February 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Nitrate Removal Solutions
ANGLIAN WATER SERVICES LIMITED · updated 24 October 2025
- Tender value
- £27,500,000
- Awards
- 1
CSP25317 - Water Treatment Service Contract
UK Research and Innovation · updated 1 September 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
The Supply & Services of Biological & Tertiary Filtration Equipment
THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED · updated 3 August 2022
- Tender value
- £9,310,000
- Awards
- 8
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
12 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
VWS (UK) LTD
Registration CBDL104483 · expires Not supplied
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
14 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
6 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
1 exact company-number registration.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
15 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Detected change
Confirmation statement due date: 2026-08-23 → 2027-08-23
- Detected change
Accounts due date: 2026-09-30 → 2026-12-31
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
16 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
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