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Company description
STORY CONTRACTING LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 3 February 1999; registered for 27 years; registered office reported in CUMBRIA. Its primary declared activity is 41201 · Construction of commercial buildings, with 1 additional SIC activity reported.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 trade marks, 9 procurement records, 1 waste registration, 2 other public-register 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
- STORY CONTRACTING LIMITED
- Company number
- 03709861
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 9 total · 4 outstanding · 5 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 March 2025Next accounts due
31 December 2026Last statement made up to
3 February 2026Next statement due
17 February 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 48.1%
- Mean bonus gap
- 31.2%
- Women receiving bonus
- 27.7%
- Men receiving bonus
- 50.8%
- Women in top quartile
- 11.6%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 12.8%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 18.5%
- Women in lower quartile
- 32.6%
Earlier reporting years (7)
- 500 to 99926.9% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99925.9% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9990.9% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99934.3% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99922.4% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99931.5% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99936.0% 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 October 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Filed
- 30 April 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 14 days
- Longest standard term
- 62 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- Construction Supply Chain Payment Charter
- Construction retentions
- Reported as used
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 April 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £44,299,019
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £22,716,989
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £999,701
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £118,825
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 37.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 2.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Retention circumstances
Mainly the civil contracts use retentions
Retention parity policy
Not always applied and generally match 5% applied to us
Retention release
Subcontractor requests retention to be released. Payment made once both parties agree retention is due
- Retention in all contracts
- No
- Retention in standard terms
- No
- Retention threshold
- Not supplied
- Standard retention rate
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with client
- 10.0%
- Retention compared with payments
- 0.0%
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Default terms are end of month following invoice date
- Dispute resolution process
Disputes escalated to the buyer if not resolved by the Purchase Ledger team.
All open invoices are reporting on and regularly reviewed.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 32.0 average days to pay19.0% outside terms
- 31.0 average days to pay13.0% outside terms
- 41.0 average days to pay14.0% outside terms
- 32.0 average days to pay18.0% outside terms
- 39.0 average days to pay13.0% outside terms
- 42.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
- 37.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- 38.0 average days to pay18.0% outside terms
- 40.0 average days to pay19.0% outside terms
- 47.0 average days to pay18.0% 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 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
STORY CONTRACTING LIMITED
LEI 213800VINXFK3OXP8526 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 3 February 1999
- Initial LEI registration
- 4 December 2020
- LEI last updated
- 9 January 2025
- Next renewal
- 8 January 2025
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Other legal names
- STORY RAIL LIMITED
- Legal address
- BURGH ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, CARLISLE, GB-CMA, CA2 7NA, GB
- Headquarters address
- BURGH ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, CARLISLE, GB-CMA, CA2 7NA, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
UK Additional public registers
Schools, childcare, care and HSE records
Story Contracting Limited
19 May 2026 · Prohibition Notice Immediate
Story Contracting Limited
19 May 2026 · Prohibition Notice Immediate
Identity methods differ by source. DfE links use source-supplied company numbers. Ofsted and Scottish care links are unique exact name-and-postcode candidates. HSE links require one unique exact Companies House organisation name. Verify candidate associations independently.
06 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Story Contracting Limited
Registration ZA022937
- Registered from
- 2 December 2013
- Current end date
- 1 December 2026
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.
07 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Early Contractor Involvement for the Design for the Replacement of Middle Blackdene Footbridge
Durham County Council · ocds-b5fd17-1c4cd8c3-b709-4ba2-b622-8020341ce09e
- Supplier named in award
- Story Contracting Ltd
- Award value
- £40,794.32
- Contract period
- 6 July 2026 – 4 December 2026
- Published
- 21 August 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 45221119
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-1c4cd8c3-b709-4ba2-b622-8020341ce09e-2026-08-21T13:49:05+01:00
ECI for Design & Build Scheme for Sherburn House Bridge
Durham County Council · ocds-b5fd17-bce105bd-adf5-4784-a962-64209ca2ad52
- Supplier named in award
- Story Contracting Ltd
- Award value
- £119,197.35
- Contract period
- 9 March 2026 – 31 October 2026
- Published
- 20 July 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 45000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-bce105bd-adf5-4784-a962-64209ca2ad52-2026-07-20T13:56:38+01:00
Civil Engineering and Infrastructure Works
THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-9250e269-967b-4915-98ee-408a5cec1f82
- Supplier named in award
- Story Contracting Limited
- Award value
- £1,000,000,000
- Contract period
- 3 March 2025 – 2 March 2031
- Published
- 20 February 2025
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 45200000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-9250e269-967b-4915-98ee-408a5cec1f82-2025-02-20T14:15:26Z
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.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
Story Contracting Plan Safe Work Safe
Owner Story Contracting Limited · classes 41,45
- Filed / designated
- 19 June 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 June 2023
STORY
Owner Story Contracting Limited · classes 36,37,40,42
- Filed / designated
- 22 December 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 December 2019
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
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.
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.
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
CM3107 Lightning Protection Supply and Inspection Services
YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED · updated 18 September 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 672
Civil Engineering & Infrastructure Works
THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITED · updated 2 September 2026
- Tender value
- £1,000,000,000
- Awards
- 1
UVDB Powered by Achilles QUDM for Goods, Works and Services
AFFINITY WATER LIMITED · updated 19 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Cleator Moor Community Hub and Town Square Public Realm Works
Cumberland Council · updated 13 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Capital Works (Construction) Framework 2025-2029
Cumberland Council · updated 5 February 2026
- Tender value
- £175,000,000
- Awards
- 3
Wider Ecosystem
NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP LIMITED · updated 25 October 2024
- Tender value
- £8,000,000,000
- Awards
- 47
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
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
Construction of railways and underground railways
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
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: STORY RAIL LIMITED
- 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.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Organisation enforcement records linked by one unique exact company name.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
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.