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Company description
MEL RESEARCH LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 13 December 1994; registered for 31 years; registered office reported in BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 74909 · Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c..
In its latest electronically filed accounts for the period ended 30 September 2025, it reported net assets £85,242, average employees 87. This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 4 PSC records, 36 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
- MEL RESEARCH LIMITED
- Company number
- 03000946
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 2 total · 1 outstanding · 1 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
30 September 2025Next accounts due
30 June 2027Last statement made up to
8 September 2026Next statement due
22 September 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Filed financials
Latest electronic accounts
- Fixed assets
- £21,459
- Net assets
- £85,242
- Current assets
- £676,514
- Current liabilities
- £608,786
- Total assets less current liabilities
- £89,187
- Cash at bank
- £51,946
- Equity
- £19,622
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 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
MEL Research Limited
Registration Z7114827
- Registered from
- 10 September 2002
- Current end date
- 9 September 2027
- Trading names
- MEL REGENERATION, MEL RESEARCH & SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
05 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Exploring Adults' Engagement with Suicide, Self-Harm, and Eating Disorder Online Content
OFCOM · ocds-b5fd17-9f73f6a6-980c-4dce-af90-4602f359f418
- Supplier named in award
- MEL Research Ltd
- Award value
- £60,126
- Contract period
- 2 September 2025 – 1 April 2026
- Published
- 11 September 2025
- Procedure
- Other - Mini Competition via Ofcom Market Research Framework Agreement
- Main CPV
- 79310000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-9f73f6a6-980c-4dce-af90-4602f359f418-2025-09-11T12:52:28+01:00
Complaints Handling Satisfaction Survey
OFFICE OF RAIL REGULATION · ocds-b5fd17-5eaea1e4-8369-4a8b-80f6-f778fd1ee78c
- Supplier named in award
- M·E·L Research Ltd
- Award value
- £108,284
- Contract period
- 24 March 2025 – 31 March 2029
- Published
- 13 March 2025
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79311000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-5eaea1e4-8369-4a8b-80f6-f778fd1ee78c-2025-03-13T13:25:01Z
MEL research costs 2024: Survey Costs, Survey Prize Draw, interview costs.
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-e02cf185-7256-4b63-94aa-0435c5b08641
- Supplier named in award
- MEL Research Limited
- Award value
- £32,395.83
- Contract period
- 30 June 2024 – 31 January 2026
- Published
- 24 September 2024
- Procedure
- Other - Other
- Main CPV
- 73110000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e02cf185-7256-4b63-94aa-0435c5b08641-2024-09-24T10:35:16+01:00
Interpretation Evaluation Research 2024/25
English Heritage Trust · ocds-b5fd17-d643ccf9-f583-4755-89f6-0b4cd720ef93
- Supplier named in award
- MEL Research Limited
- Award value
- £30,000
- Contract period
- 17 June 2024 – 13 December 2024
- Published
- 22 October 2024
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79310000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-d643ccf9-f583-4755-89f6-0b4cd720ef93-2024-10-22T11:59:34+01:00
Passenger Assist Survey
OFFICE OF RAIL AND ROAD · ocds-b5fd17-408e4d53-33e2-4c20-9725-2d4829f4f293
- Supplier named in award
- MEL Research Ltd
- Award value
- £239,931
- Contract period
- 8 April 2024 – 30 June 2027
- Published
- 4 April 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79311000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-408e4d53-33e2-4c20-9725-2d4829f4f293-2024-04-04T13:48:15+01:00
English Heritage - Creative Programming Evaluation Research
English Heritage Trust · ocds-b5fd17-6a0ebe9c-c245-4b22-accb-177d59a53bd1
- Supplier named in award
- MEL RESEARCH LIMITED
- Award value
- £40,000
- Contract period
- 4 March 2024 – 1 October 2024
- Published
- 22 March 2024
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79310000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-6a0ebe9c-c245-4b22-accb-177d59a53bd1-2024-03-22T11:08:46Z
Ofcom Market Research Framework 2024 - 2028
OFCOM · ocds-b5fd17-bafb3dbe-5101-40bb-96e4-09a29afacdb2
- Supplier named in award
- MEL Research Ltd
- Award value
- £20,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2028
- Published
- 17 June 2024
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79310000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-bafb3dbe-5101-40bb-96e4-09a29afacdb2-2024-06-17T13:19:09+01:00
Natural England's All People Survey 2024
Natural England · ocds-b5fd17-995b9a52-e894-4ff5-a340-7e800df4db9d
- Supplier named in award
- MEL RESEARCH LIMITED
- Award value
- £13,300
- Contract period
- 14 November 2023 – 31 May 2024
- Published
- 15 January 2024
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 73000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-995b9a52-e894-4ff5-a340-7e800df4db9d-2024-01-15T10:31:06Z
English Heritage - International Education research
English Heritage Trust · ocds-b5fd17-baf2650a-8e87-43ae-96d1-45262f6d6f30
- Supplier named in award
- MEL RESEARCH LIMITED
- Award value
- £29,883
- Contract period
- 1 August 2023 – 30 November 2023
- Published
- 11 August 2023
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79310000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-baf2650a-8e87-43ae-96d1-45262f6d6f30-2023-08-11T16:01:39+01:00
Tenant Satisfaction Measures
YORKSHIRE HOUSING LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-87db6120-ef4f-439d-94f8-534ca22bd61f
- Supplier named in award
- MEL RESEARCH LIMITED
- Award value
- £75,903
- Contract period
- 17 July 2023 – 16 July 2024
- Published
- 17 November 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79310000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-87db6120-ef4f-439d-94f8-534ca22bd61f-2023-11-17T13:18:23Z
English Heritage - Interpretation research
English Heritage Trust · ocds-b5fd17-8e96453b-7667-46f5-ba4b-7e0f96fb52ed
- Supplier named in award
- MEL RESEARCH LIMITED
- Award value
- £49,900
- Contract period
- 3 July 2023 – 30 November 2023
- Published
- 11 August 2023
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79310000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-8e96453b-7667-46f5-ba4b-7e0f96fb52ed-2023-08-11T16:03:11+01:00
Sustrans' Data Collection Framework
SUSTRANS LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-96f94022-debc-41ee-a91f-a908deebd8e8
- Supplier named in award
- MEL RESEARCH LIMITED
- Award value
- £380,000
- Contract period
- 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2026
- Published
- 14 February 2023
- Procedure
- Accelerated Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 73000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-96f94022-debc-41ee-a91f-a908deebd8e8-2023-02-14T16:35:44Z
Residents' survey 2022
Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council · ocds-b5fd17-bedcaaba-f7d4-4018-a4a5-97b8ad4649d1
- Supplier named in award
- MEL RESEARCH LIMITED
- Award value
- £42,340
- Contract period
- 21 April 2022 – 7 October 2022
- Published
- 28 June 2022
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79310000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-bedcaaba-f7d4-4018-a4a5-97b8ad4649d1-2022-06-28T13:58:05+01:00
Staff Engagement Survey
STAR PROCUREMENT LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-18903d41-ce60-4662-b4cc-93a7bbe2a392
- Supplier named in award
- M E L Research
- Award value
- £25,870
- Contract period
- 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2024
- Published
- 16 March 2022
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79311000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-18903d41-ce60-4662-b4cc-93a7bbe2a392-2022-03-16T16:23:21Z
Legal Services Consumer Panel Tracker Survey
LEGAL SERVICES BOARD · ocds-b5fd17-6c522b02-37c0-4cc2-b38b-a193317f2bf7
- Supplier named in award
- MEL Research Limited
- Award value
- £79,656
- Contract period
- 13 January 2022 – 31 March 2024
- Published
- 21 January 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Main CPV
- 73300000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-6c522b02-37c0-4cc2-b38b-a193317f2bf7-2022-01-21T15:30:04Z
Stakeholder consultation on proposals for property licensing designations in London Borough of Newham
LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM · ocds-b5fd17-48dd9b4b-b46e-4c32-a4cc-99e26dc896ba
- Supplier named in award
- MEL RESEARCH LIMITED
- Award value
- £29,950
- Contract period
- 30 September 2021 – 14 February 2022
- Published
- 25 October 2021
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 73110000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-48dd9b4b-b46e-4c32-a4cc-99e26dc896ba-2021-10-25T17:57:20+01:00
Customer Insight / Customer Satisfaction Surveys
LEEDS FEDERATED HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-3628b396-968c-496f-9398-0f09f4cd6527
- Supplier named in award
- MEL RESEARCH LIMITED
- Award value
- £48,000
- Contract period
- 1 June 2021 – 31 May 2023
- Published
- 7 September 2022
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79342311
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-3628b396-968c-496f-9398-0f09f4cd6527-2022-09-07T16:06:56+01:00
Swan Housing Customer Segmentation and Journey Mapping 2021
SWAN HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-44025672-a2d6-4a3e-b168-9c439c0c8f1c
- Supplier named in award
- MEL RESEARCH LIMITED
- Award value
- £57,878.84
- Contract period
- 18 May 2021 – 31 December 2021
- Published
- 16 August 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Main CPV
- 73000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-44025672-a2d6-4a3e-b168-9c439c0c8f1c-2021-08-16T21:00:20+01:00
Customer Segmentation
LEEDS FEDERATED HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-3c222bea-2728-4dcf-90aa-e6223cbce612
- Supplier named in award
- MEL RESEARCH LIMITED
- Award value
- £30,000
- Contract period
- 13 May 2019 – 12 May 2022
- Published
- 7 September 2022
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79310000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-3c222bea-2728-4dcf-90aa-e6223cbce612-2022-09-07T15:40:46+01:00
Customer Segmentation
LEEDS FEDERATED HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-4d74ae7e-cd68-4547-983e-9f3f93f29f20
- Supplier named in award
- MEL RESEARCH LIMITED
- Award value
- £30,000
- Contract period
- 13 May 2019 – 12 May 2022
- Published
- 7 September 2022
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79310000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-4d74ae7e-cd68-4547-983e-9f3f93f29f20-2022-09-07T15:38:24+01:00
HDC 196 Residents Survey - Community Engagement invitation to quote
Harborough District Council · ocds-b5fd17-e1a47b33-30f5-4615-a1ed-2e559b3f3a9a
- Supplier named in award
- MEL RESEARCH LIMITED
- Award value
- £20,000
- Contract period
- 17 September 2017 – 16 September 2018
- Published
- 30 November 2017
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79320000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e1a47b33-30f5-4615-a1ed-2e559b3f3a9a-2017-11-30T15:42:27Z
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
Mel Research Group Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 12242226
- Notified
- 5 November 2021
Mrs Ching Yi Chen
- Has significant influence or control (as a trust)
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 16 April 2018
- Ceased
- 5 November 2021
Mrs Karen EtheridgeSee 5 companies with this PSC name →
- Has significant influence or control
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 16 April 2018
- Ceased
- 5 November 2021
Aston Research Enterprises Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 09433106
- Notified
- 1 May 2016
- Ceased
- 16 April 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
Evaluation Services for Film Academy 2026 to 2029
British Film Institute · updated 26 August 2026
- Tender value
- £170,000
- Awards
- 1
Provision of External Research Providers
NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL · updated 25 August 2026
- Tender value
- £500,000
- Awards
- 15
Residents Survey
London Borough of Harrow · updated 3 June 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Boundary Survey
Staffordshire County Council · updated 23 April 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Lot 2 Public Perception Surveying
Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands · updated 25 March 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Customer Research Surveys
Karbon Homes · updated 17 March 2026
- Tender value
- £330,000
- Awards
- 1
Invitation to Tender for Closed Framework for Research and Evaluation Services
ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUND TRUSTEE LIMITED · updated 11 February 2026
- Tender value
- £400,000
- Awards
- 5
Inclusive Communities Approach Household Survey in the West Midlands
West Midlands Combined Authority · updated 29 January 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Evaluation Consultant - Inspiring Everyone: RAF Museum Midlands Development Programme
ROYAL AIR FORCE MUSEUM · updated 17 December 2025
- Tender value
- £45,000
- Awards
- 1
PROCUREMENT FOR THE SUPPLY OF RESEARCH SERVICES - EVALUATION OF THE ARMED FORCES FAMILIES FUND: SUPPORTING PARTNERS PROGRAMME
ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUND TRUSTEE LIMITED · updated 18 November 2025
- Tender value
- £83,000
- Awards
- 1
Tenancy Relations Pilot Project Evaluation
Greater Manchester Combined Authority · updated 7 November 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Public responses to climate-related heritage loss (NP 312)
Historic England · updated 11 September 2025
- Tender value
- £30,000
- Awards
- 1
DCC Festivals & Events Evaluation
Durham County Council · updated 22 January 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Research and Evaluation Framework
Care Quality Commission · updated 30 July 2024
- Tender value
- £6,666,667
- Awards
- 11
Stakeholder Framework
NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED · updated 8 May 2024
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 27
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
15 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
- Detected change
Confirmation statement due date: 2026-09-22 → 2027-09-22
- 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.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
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.