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Company description
DARWIN GROUP LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 16 March 2005; registered for 21 years; registered office reported in SHREWSBURY, SHROPSHIRE. Its primary declared activity is 32990 · Other manufacturing n.e.c., with 1 additional SIC activity reported.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 7 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
- DARWIN GROUP LIMITED
- Company number
- 05395228
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 5 total · 1 outstanding · 4 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
30 November 2025Next statement due
14 December 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 23 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 14 days
- Longest standard term
- Not supplied
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- Reported as used
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
- £24,255,023
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £10,743,393
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £978,286
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £4,507,790
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 38.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 35.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 90 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
Maximum terms are 60 days from end of month of invoice
Retention circumstances
Our business consists of two main routes to market.
The first is our hire route. Within hire, other than in a small number of cases, construction contracts do not include a retention clause.
The second is our sales route. Within sales, most construction contracts would include a retention clause. Where the main contract between Darwin Group and its customer is a JCT contract or NEC, or bespoke contract, the specified retention clause would be stepped down to the supply chain. For example, if the retention clause was 5%, we would step this down to any subcontract orders placed. Darwin Group Form of Subcontract includes a retention clause. When trading on Darwin Group's own terms we would also consider spend and risk when assessing the need to include retention. For example, if Darwin Group has appointed a subcontractor that we had not worked with before, this could be seen as high risk, so we may want to include retention within the contract regardless of its value.
Retention parity policy
Terms within the main contract would be stepped down to the supply chain. The retention rate within the main contract would dictate the % we apply when using JCT, NEC etc.
Darwin Group Form of Subcontract would normally be 5% however this can be negotiated.
Retention release
The subcontractor would issue an application for payment to Darwin Group and following review a Payment Notice would be issued to the subcontractor. Upon receipt of an invoice by Darwin Group, the payment would be made in accordance with the subcontract.
Retention release stages
Retention is normally released in two stages. Half would be released upon practical completion / hand over of the project and the remaining 50% would be released 12 months later when the defects period ends.
- Retention in all contracts
- No
- Retention in standard terms
- No
- Retention threshold
- £10,000
- Standard retention rate
- 5.0%
- Retention compared with client
- 75.0%
- Retention compared with payments
- 5.0%
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
30 days from month end
- Dispute resolution process
Darwin Group Limited values its suppliers and actively seeks to ensure prompt payment to reduce the risk of invoice rejections.
We work together with our partners to ensure errors are resolved before payment is due and where this is not possible ensuring the supplier is fully aware of the issue.
Any disputes are discussed in the first instance with the members of the accounts payable and credit control departments.
Where a dispute needs to be escalated it can be done so via emailing ap@darwingroup.com
Root cause analysis of invoice accuracy ensures Darwin Group is striving to improve performance in this area.
Earlier payment reports (4 shown)
- 32.0 average days to pay10.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
- 34.0 average days to pay14.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay15.0% 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.
04 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- DARWIN GROUP LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- PORTAKABIN LIMITED
- Statement period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Approved
- 4 March 2026
- Sectors
- Construction, civil engineering and building products
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
- Over £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 30 April 2026
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.
05 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Darwin Group Limited
Registration Z2266229
- Registered from
- 13 August 2010
- Current end date
- 12 August 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.
06 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Modular Buildings 3
N H S Shared Business Services · ocds-b5fd17-fc61167a-d118-4069-bf60-d8c95c80cff7
- Supplier named in award
- Darwin Group Limited
- Award value
- £2,600,000,000
- Contract period
- 12 June 2025 – 11 June 2029
- Published
- 9 September 2025
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 44211100
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-fc61167a-d118-4069-bf60-d8c95c80cff7-2025-09-09T14:35:01+01:00
Hinckley District Hospital - New Build Day Case Unit
NHS PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-cbca2bee-89af-4713-98ea-e8bdbfa8c1e3
- Supplier named in award
- DARWIN GROUP LIMITED
- Award value
- £579,865.64
- Contract period
- 8 November 2024 – 20 June 2025
- Published
- 22 May 2025
- Procedure
- Other - PCR Framework -Direct Award
- Main CPV
- 71530000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-cbca2bee-89af-4713-98ea-e8bdbfa8c1e3-2025-05-22T13:42:30+01:00
Hinckley Hospital Site Redevelopment - Phase 2 - CDC and Endoscopy
NHS PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-816388fc-d485-4918-8738-5052ad1ca4b6
- Supplier named in award
- Darwin Group Ltd
- Award value
- £12,783,044
- Contract period
- 29 April 2024 – 13 January 2025
- Published
- 16 April 2024
- Procedure
- Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 45000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-816388fc-d485-4918-8738-5052ad1ca4b6-2024-04-16T17:56:18+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.
07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Goldfoster Limited
- 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
- Legal form
- Limited Company
- Place registered
- England And Wales
- Registration number
- 05387578
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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08 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
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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.
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10 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
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11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
RECONFIGURATION OF SLOUS BUILDING
COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · updated 2 December 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Framework Agreement for Modular & Prefabricated Building Solutions and Associated Services
Surrey and Boarders Partnership NHS Trust, on behalf of NHS Commercial Solutions · updated 6 November 2025
- Tender value
- £1,000,000,000
- Awards
- 4
Modular Buildings 3
NHS Shared Business Services Limited · updated 9 September 2025
- Tender value
- £2,600,000,000
- Awards
- 19
Modification of a framework agreement without a new procurement procedure
Department for Education · updated 29 July 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 24
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12 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.
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13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
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
4 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.
15 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Detected change
Accounts due date: 2026-09-30 → 2027-09-30
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: BUILT OFFSITE LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
16 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
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.