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Company description
SEPURA LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 16 January 2002; registered for 24 years; registered office reported in CAMBRIDGE. Its primary declared activity is 72190 · Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 3 PSC records, 20 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
- SEPURA LIMITED
- Company number
- 04353801
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 22 total · 1 outstanding · 21 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 2025Next accounts due
30 September 2027Last statement made up to
17 November 2025Next statement due
1 December 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 15.7%
- Mean bonus gap
- -17.4%
- Women receiving bonus
- 95.7%
- Men receiving bonus
- 89.9%
- Women in top quartile
- 7.6%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 13.6%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 24.2%
- Women in lower quartile
- 27.3%
Earlier reporting years (3)
- 250 to 49922.8% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49921.7% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49929.9% 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 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 29 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 14 days
- Longest standard term
- 90 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-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £8,443,491
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £8,604,006
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £17,640,344
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £12,865,673
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 46.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 1.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 90 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
The average time taken to pay invoices has remained consistent with the prior half-year's payment practice report as there has been no major changes to payment terms with the company's key suppliers.
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Sepura's standard payment terms are Net Monthly and bespoke terms are agreed on an individual basis.
- Other payment-term information
29.6% of invoices are paid to Net 60, Net 90 or bespoke terms
70.4% of invoices are paid to the accepted Net Monthly terms.
5.7% of these invoices were paid outside of the accepted terms due to disputes, e.g. late deliveries, quality, quantity, compliance of spec, missing invoices, and other.
Of the 5.7% paid outside of the accepted terms, 83% of the disputes were resolved and payments were made within 30 days. - Dispute resolution process
Sepura Limited has a dedicated Accounts Payable Team that offers suppliers support and query resolution. There are two contact methods, email and telephone Monday to Friday. Contact made via email is actioned by one of the AP Team members within 48 hours. Depending on the nature of the query, the majority are resolved within 3 working days.
For telephone queries, these are answered immediately and the process remains unchanged.
On the rare occassion that queries cannot be resolved by the AP Team, they are escalated to the Treasury Manager, Finance Manager or Financial Controller for resolution.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 38.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 39.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 38.0 average days to pay74.0% outside terms
- 40.0 average days to pay70.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay69.0% outside terms
- 43.0 average days to pay74.0% outside terms
- 41.0 average days to pay75.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay64.0% outside terms
- 34.0 average days to pay65.0% outside terms
- 37.0 average days to pay71.0% outside terms
- 47.0 average days to pay69.0% 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
SEPURA LIMITED
LEI 213800OJ7SKW13ASAN04 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 16 January 2002
- Initial LEI registration
- 11 November 2016
- LEI last updated
- 10 November 2025
- Next renewal
- 12 November 2026
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Other legal names
- SEPURA PLC
- Legal address
- 9000 CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH PARK, BEACH DRIVE, WATERBEACH, GB-CAM, CB25 9TL, GB
- Headquarters address
- 9000 CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH PARK, BEACH DRIVE, WATERBEACH, GB-CAM, CB25 9TL, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
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06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- SEPURA LIMITED
- Group submission
- No
- Statement period
- 1 January 2019 – 31 December 2019
- Approved
- 18 November 2020
- Sectors
- Information technology and telecommunication
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Not reported as covered
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- £60 million to £100 million
- Years producing statements
- 1 to 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 24 March 2021
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.
07 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Sepura Limited
Registration Z7642835
- Registered from
- 13 February 2003
- Current end date
- 12 February 2027
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.
08 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Radio Refresh
Northumbria Police · ocds-b5fd17-fe94a8af-e7b2-4cee-93a3-8003dccda27e
- Supplier named in award
- Sepura Limited
- Award value
- £899,285
- Contract period
- 26 June 2026 – 25 June 2031
- Published
- 1 July 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-fe94a8af-e7b2-4cee-93a3-8003dccda27e-2026-07-01T09:42:55+01:00
Purchase of high capacity battery pack
British Transport Police · ocds-b5fd17-1461daa1-2b84-4c84-a5ca-9f5140ce5eb6
- Supplier named in award
- SEPURA LIMITED
- Award value
- £49,970
- Contract period
- 15 December 2025 – 15 January 2026
- Published
- 19 December 2025
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32500000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-1461daa1-2b84-4c84-a5ca-9f5140ce5eb6-2025-12-19T11:40:13Z
Supply of Airwave vehicle kist
THE POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR LINCOLNSHIRE · ocds-b5fd17-4e7c4392-4b47-43b0-8dea-7b1033e7e57a
- Supplier named in award
- Sepura PLC
- Award value
- £57,231
- Contract period
- 29 August 2025 – 29 September 2025
- Published
- 29 August 2025
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32570000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-4e7c4392-4b47-43b0-8dea-7b1033e7e57a-2025-08-29T14:28:42+01:00
SCG22 Single Console Support Transceiver
British Transport Police · ocds-b5fd17-56325791-5720-40e4-9116-6711f6df3532
- Supplier named in award
- Sepura Ltd
- Award value
- £40,061.70
- Contract period
- 5 June 2025 – 4 July 2025
- Published
- 3 July 2025
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 72222300
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-56325791-5720-40e4-9116-6711f6df3532-2025-07-03T14:49:48+01:00
Radios & Accessories - Call Off Contract
Leicestershire Police · ocds-b5fd17-9519ddd9-9c87-4c31-ac9f-28c33fb15f97
- Supplier named in award
- SEPURA LIMITED
- Award value
- £360,702
- Contract period
- 26 July 2024 – 31 December 2024
- Published
- 5 September 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-9519ddd9-9c87-4c31-ac9f-28c33fb15f97-2024-09-05T13:13:40+01:00
Supply of Tetra Radios
Northumbria Police · ocds-b5fd17-44b46968-5ca7-45bd-9df7-83f96f8dc2d5
- Supplier named in award
- Sepura Limited
- Award value
- £27,269
- Contract period
- 28 August 2024 – 27 August 2025
- Published
- 5 September 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-44b46968-5ca7-45bd-9df7-83f96f8dc2d5-2024-09-05T16:44:55+01:00
Communications Equipment
H M Revenue & Customs · ocds-b5fd17-fda8d893-51cc-4a16-8046-a82f332a7a5f
- Supplier named in award
- SEPURA LIMITED
- Award value
- £1,440,000
- Contract period
- 1 November 2023 – 31 December 2026
- Published
- 5 January 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32344210
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-fda8d893-51cc-4a16-8046-a82f332a7a5f-2024-01-05T12:58:56Z
Purchase of Airwave Vehicle Sets
THE POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR LINCOLNSHIRE · ocds-b5fd17-7501b946-060c-420a-937a-1b4c25197fd2
- Supplier named in award
- SEPURA LIMITED
- Award value
- £42,138
- Contract period
- 14 June 2023 – 30 June 2023
- Published
- 15 June 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32260000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-7501b946-060c-420a-937a-1b4c25197fd2-2023-06-15T08:59:34+01:00
Airwave Terminals , hand held devices
LANCASHIRE CONSTABULARY · ocds-b5fd17-5c27d804-ca5b-4d87-bc81-cca8cf88ea2e
- Supplier named in award
- SEPURA LIMITED
- Award value
- £1,438,278.20
- Contract period
- 1 March 2023 – 28 February 2031
- Published
- 1 March 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 30200000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-5c27d804-ca5b-4d87-bc81-cca8cf88ea2e-2023-03-01T12:00:37Z
Radios and Accessories
British Transport Police · ocds-b5fd17-180514b0-318b-4128-9334-386cf31a5dd5
- Supplier named in award
- SEPURA LIMITED
- Award value
- £24,000
- Contract period
- 16 November 2022 – 15 December 2022
- Published
- 23 March 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-180514b0-318b-4128-9334-386cf31a5dd5-2023-03-23T16:45:46Z
Airwave Contract
COLLEGE OF POLICING LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-f263820a-008f-44bd-bf31-6c855d4e452a
- Supplier named in award
- SEPURA LIMITED
- Award value
- £127,897.28
- Contract period
- 14 November 2022 – 31 December 2023
- Published
- 25 November 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-f263820a-008f-44bd-bf31-6c855d4e452a-2022-11-25T15:22:05Z
Radio Batteries
British Transport Police · ocds-b5fd17-8ebe28e5-4ec0-40cc-891d-f2922298e400
- Supplier named in award
- SEPURA LIMITED
- Award value
- £26,000
- Contract period
- 4 July 2022 – 4 August 2022
- Published
- 27 September 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-8ebe28e5-4ec0-40cc-891d-f2922298e400-2022-09-27T16:42:24+01:00
OTAP licences
THE POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR LINCOLNSHIRE · ocds-b5fd17-e96d1fe3-595e-4625-bf6f-c7ddd03801af
- Supplier named in award
- SEPURA LIMITED
- Award value
- £66,000
- Contract period
- 31 December 2022 – 30 December 2025
- Published
- 12 August 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e96d1fe3-595e-4625-bf6f-c7ddd03801af-2022-08-12T19:11:57+01:00
Handheld Radio Bundle
Ambulance Radio Programme (ARP) · ocds-b5fd17-d74e942b-6f02-4927-9c67-9a52ad960718
- Supplier named in award
- SEPURA LIMITED
- Award value
- £203,250
- Contract period
- 17 December 2021 – 23 December 2022
- Published
- 14 January 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-d74e942b-6f02-4927-9c67-9a52ad960718-2022-01-14T15:44:24Z
Radio Batteries and Accessories
British Transport Police · ocds-b5fd17-c417537f-58fc-4cdc-abbc-914b96dda93c
- Supplier named in award
- SEPURA LIMITED
- Award value
- £22,000
- Contract period
- 7 July 2021 – 6 August 2021
- Published
- 6 October 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32500000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-c417537f-58fc-4cdc-abbc-914b96dda93c-2021-10-06T11:46:43+01:00
Award notification HC15189 Hampshire Constabulary Radio
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-07af0f7e-b119-4cda-855c-d85f8f627b63
- Supplier named in award
- SEPURA LIMITED
- Award value
- £102,623
- Contract period
- 1 January 2020 – 31 October 2020
- Published
- 5 March 2020
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-07af0f7e-b119-4cda-855c-d85f8f627b63-2020-03-05T16:25:28Z
Supply, Delivery & Support of Tetra Compatible Radio Terminals and Peripheral Equipment (Airwave)
Yorkshire and the Humber Procurement · ocds-b5fd17-2817fcbc-ac24-4a56-8133-953694dbd154
- Supplier named in award
- SEPURA LIMITED
- Award value
- £900,000
- Contract period
- 30 December 2019 – 29 December 2023
- Published
- 31 December 2019
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-2817fcbc-ac24-4a56-8133-953694dbd154-2019-12-31T10:28:10Z
SUPPLY, DELIVERY & SUPPORT OF TETRA COMPATIBLE RADIO TERMINALS AND PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT (AIRWAVE)
Yorkshire and the Humber Procurement · ocds-b5fd17-5a3e1ae4-2b79-47fc-9b8f-db9ad95ecd13
- Supplier named in award
- SEPURA LIMITED
- Award value
- £600,000
- Contract period
- 23 December 2019 – 22 December 2023
- Published
- 24 December 2019
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 32000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-5a3e1ae4-2b79-47fc-9b8f-db9ad95ecd13-2019-12-24T10:21:01Z
SUPPLY, DELIVERY & SUPPORT OF TETRA COMPATIBLE RADIO TERMINALS AND PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT (AIRWAVE)
Yorkshire and the Humber Procurement · ocds-b5fd17-c72ee16f-98ab-4538-b755-a90569645749
- Supplier named in award
- SEPURA LIMITED
- Award value
- £999,000
- Contract period
- 19 December 2019 – 18 December 2023
- Published
- 24 December 2019
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 64000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-c72ee16f-98ab-4538-b755-a90569645749-2019-12-24T10:13:57Z
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.
09 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Sepura Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- England And Wales
- Legal form
- Private Limited Company
- Place registered
- England And Wales
- Registration number
- 13903973
- Notified
- 14 July 2022
Mr Qingzhou ChenSee 4 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Nationality
- Chinese
- Country of residence
- China
- Notified
- 25 May 2017
- Ceased
- 14 July 2022
Project Shortway Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England & Wales
- Legal authority
- English Law
- Legal form
- Private Company Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- England & Wales
- Registration number
- 10515575
- Notified
- 24 May 2017
- Ceased
- 14 July 2022
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10 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
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11 Northern Ireland charity register
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12 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
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13 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
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14 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
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15 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
16 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
1 procurement process 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.
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17 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
18 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.
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Financial regulation and licences.
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