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Company description
STANDGUIDE LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 28 November 1990; registered for 35 years; registered office reported in MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 78109 · Other activities of employment placement agencies.
In its latest electronically filed accounts for the period ended 31 July 2025, it reported turnover £11,878,976, profit after tax £116,472, net assets £3,980,687, average employees 299. This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 3 PSC records, 18 procurement records. 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
- STANDGUIDE LIMITED
- Company number
- 02563257
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- MEDIUM
- Mortgage charges
- 1 total · 1 outstanding · 0 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 July 2025Next accounts due
30 April 2027Last statement made up to
5 December 2025Next statement due
19 December 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Filed financials
Latest electronic accounts
- Turnover
- £11,878,976
- Gross profit
- £10,592,352
- Operating profit
- £76,095
- Profit before tax
- £111,584
- Profit after tax
- £116,472
- Fixed assets
- £81,288
- Net assets
- £3,980,687
- Current assets
- £5,423,971
- Current liabilities
- £1,506,789
- Total assets less current liabilities
- £3,998,470
- Cash at bank
- £1,656,691
- Equity
- £3,980,687
Figures are taken from company-filed iXBRL/XBRL. Coverage is limited to electronic filings in the imported Companies House batch. Missing figures do not mean zero, and values have not been audited by BritDB.
04 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- Not supplied
- Mean bonus gap
- Not supplied
- Women receiving bonus
- 0.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 0.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 63.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 66.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 46.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 64.0%
Earlier reporting years (2)
- 250 to 4990.0% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4994.7% 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.
05 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC)
Nottingham City Council · ocds-b5fd17-377678c9-b930-4e13-be7c-90e28b26487f
- Supplier named in award
- Standguide Limited
- Award value
- £1,460,405
- Contract period
- 1 April 2025 – 30 September 2026
- Published
- 19 March 2025
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 85000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-377678c9-b930-4e13-be7c-90e28b26487f-2025-03-19T11:58:28Z
GMCA 959 Adult Skills Level 3 Targeted Offer
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) · ocds-b5fd17-37d7e2fd-c116-4e8d-87d7-b03d38db9842
- Supplier named in award
- Standguide Limited
- Award value
- £401,760.58
- Contract period
- 23 August 2024 – 31 July 2025
- Published
- 23 August 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 80000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-37d7e2fd-c116-4e8d-87d7-b03d38db9842-2024-08-23T10:50:00+01:00
GMCA Devolved Adult Education Budget - Academic Year 23/24
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) · ocds-b5fd17-4d67f77e-e8d7-44be-8b12-acb4fbe1b4eb
- Supplier named in award
- STANDGUIDE LIMITED
- Award value
- £1,149,951.28
- Contract period
- 1 August 2023 – 31 July 2024
- Published
- 23 August 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 80000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-4d67f77e-e8d7-44be-8b12-acb4fbe1b4eb-2023-08-23T11:48:57+01:00
Adult Skills Level 3 Targeted Offer
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) · ocds-b5fd17-08703118-c115-4de6-ac32-2fb8b1ca42c4
- Supplier named in award
- STANDGUIDE LIMITED
- Award value
- £724,256.53
- Contract period
- 30 June 2023 – 31 July 2024
- Published
- 9 August 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 80000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-08703118-c115-4de6-ac32-2fb8b1ca42c4-2023-08-09T13:54:35+01:00
Mini Competition for Adult Education Provision Lot 1
NORTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-6e86f828-ad09-4f8c-974e-296a436b2f7f
- Supplier named in award
- STANDGUIDE LIMITED
- Award value
- £6,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 August 2020 – 31 July 2023
- Published
- 22 July 2020
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 80000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-6e86f828-ad09-4f8c-974e-296a436b2f7f-2020-07-22T11:14:26+01:00
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.
06 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Standguide Group Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Country registered
- Uk
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Limited Company
- Place registered
- England & Wales
- Registration number
- 11380394
- Notified
- 30 July 2018
Mr George Howard Grenfell BainesSee 3 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- United Kingdom
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 30 July 2018
Mr Phillip Michael SlaterSee 2 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 30 July 2018
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
07 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.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
08 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.
09 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.
10 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Delivery of Wirral Council's Connect to Work Individual Placement Support (IPS) Programme
Wirral Council · updated 11 September 2026
- Tender value
- £4,044,721
- Awards
- 1
Connect to Work Lot 1C- Individual Placement and Supported (IPS) Out of Work- North East Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire County Council · updated 10 September 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Connect to Work Lot 1B- Individual Placement and Supported (IPS) Out of Work
Lincolnshire County Council · updated 10 September 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
REQ-1664 Connect to Work Lot 1A- Individual Placement and Supported (IPS) Out of Work-Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire County Council · updated 11 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 4
Open Framework for the Connect to Work Programme across Greater Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire County Council · updated 26 June 2026
- Tender value
- £30,000,000
- Awards
- 3
Connect to Work
Lancashire County Council · updated 13 March 2026
- Tender value
- £23,972,049
- Awards
- 8
Connect to Work
Norfolk County Council · updated 4 December 2025
- Tender value
- £8,804,400
- Awards
- 5
Skills Bootcamps Wave 5
SOUTH YORKSHIRE MAYORAL COMBINED AUTHORITY · updated 10 October 2024
- Tender value
- £20,000,000
- Awards
- 18
Training Services for Adults
Lancashire Combined County Authority · updated 2 September 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 12
Lot 2-IPS & SEQF-Nottingham & Nottinghamshire
East Midlands Combined County Authority · updated 6 August 2026
- Tender value
- £32,612,559
- Awards
- 2
Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority Connect to Work (CtW) Programme
Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority · updated 30 April 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Connect to Work (Supported Employment) - IPS Provision in North, Mid and East Kent
Kent County Council · updated 20 April 2026
- Tender value
- £15,977,975
- Awards
- 3
Cumbria Connect to Work (CtW) Programme
Cumberland Council · updated 1 April 2026
- Tender value
- £9,883,966
- Awards
- 1
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.
11 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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.
12 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
13 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
13 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
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.
14 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
15 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Company-filed electronic accounts and extracted headline financial facts.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House 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.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.