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Company description
BLUE MARBLE RESEARCH LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 30 November 2005; registered for 20 years; registered office reported in LEICESTER, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 73200 · Market research and public opinion polling.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 3 PSC records, 11 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
- BLUE MARBLE RESEARCH LIMITED
- Company number
- 05639871
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY
- Mortgage charges
- 0 total · 0 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 March 2025Next accounts due
31 December 2026Last 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 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Blue Marble Research Limited
Registration Z1507111
- Registered from
- 27 October 2008
- Current end date
- 26 October 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.
04 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
CMA Market and Behavioural Research Lot 1 (Qualitative research), Lot 4 (Secondary Research) only
COMPETITION AND MARKETS AUTHORITY · ocds-b5fd17-f5ec7ed7-9ec5-49e0-8eef-d10059c90817
- Supplier named in award
- Blue Marble Research Ltd
- Award value
- £330,000
- Contract period
- 13 November 2024 – 12 November 2026
- Published
- 11 December 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 73110000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-f5ec7ed7-9ec5-49e0-8eef-d10059c90817-2024-12-11T10:08:55Z
Ofcom Market Research Framework 2024 - 2028
OFCOM · ocds-b5fd17-bafb3dbe-5101-40bb-96e4-09a29afacdb2
- Supplier named in award
- Blue Marble Research
- 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
Invitation to tender (ITT) Ofwat and Consumer Council for Water research on incidents
O F W A T · ocds-b5fd17-02ef4fca-5754-4a5d-bd2e-8f279f0fd784
- Supplier named in award
- BLUE MARBLE RESEARCH LIMITED
- Award value
- £150,000
- Contract period
- 30 May 2023 – 30 November 2024
- Published
- 1 August 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Main CPV
- 79310000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-02ef4fca-5754-4a5d-bd2e-8f279f0fd784-2023-08-01T11:27:18+01:00
MR0609 Environment Agency Customer Research / MR0611 Environment Agency Stakeholder and Partner Research
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · ocds-b5fd17-0fa432d3-9793-43ca-9260-dad6249915b3
- Supplier named in award
- Blue Marble Research Ltd.
- Award value
- £43,200
- Contract period
- 16 December 2022 – 31 March 2023
- Published
- 31 January 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79310000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-0fa432d3-9793-43ca-9260-dad6249915b3-2023-01-31T15:53:30Z
ETPP - Communications Research
Defra Network eTendering Portal · ocds-b5fd17-d2bec52b-32b9-429d-bb04-bdea6a2ace59
- Supplier named in award
- Blue Marble Research Limited
- Award value
- £73,515
- Contract period
- 15 February 2021 – 31 March 2022
- Published
- 31 August 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Main CPV
- 73110000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-d2bec52b-32b9-429d-bb04-bdea6a2ace59-2021-08-31T09:49:02+01:00
Defra Tree Health Strategy Analysis
Defra Network eTendering Portal · ocds-b5fd17-ac54d1ef-7dc9-4877-be76-45efb2fee61c
- Supplier named in award
- Blue Marble Research Limited
- Award value
- £24,900
- Contract period
- 19 October 2020 – 12 December 2020
- Published
- 15 September 2021
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 73110000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-ac54d1ef-7dc9-4877-be76-45efb2fee61c-2021-09-15T14:57:45+01:00
ELM Policy Discussion Analysis
Defra Network eTendering Portal · ocds-b5fd17-756ec105-5110-4875-b84f-34642ed074a7
- Supplier named in award
- Blue Marble Research Limited
- Award value
- £26,500
- Contract period
- 5 August 2020 – 30 October 2020
- Published
- 6 September 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Main CPV
- 73110000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-756ec105-5110-4875-b84f-34642ed074a7-2021-09-06T15:01:35+01:00
Qualitative Research Services
Defra Network eTendering Portal · ocds-b5fd17-6dbcc624-3790-44bd-a4c9-0eb0f4d3f955
- Supplier named in award
- Blue Marble Research Limited
- Award value
- £49,000
- Contract period
- 21 May 2020 – 22 April 2022
- Published
- 7 September 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Main CPV
- 73110000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-6dbcc624-3790-44bd-a4c9-0eb0f4d3f955-2021-09-07T12:20:13+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.
05 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Emb-Group Ltd
- 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
- Private Limited Company
- Place registered
- Registrar Of Companies For England And Wales
- Registration number
- 07087597
- Notified
- 4 April 2024
Mrs Emma Margaret Partridge
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 4 April 2024
Ms Naomi Ann Kent
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Controls 25% to 50% of voting rights
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- United Kingdom
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 10 March 2023
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06 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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Consumer focused smart metering journeys
Consumer Council for Water · updated 13 February 2026
- Tender value
- £80,000
- Awards
- 1
Unlocking Digital Trade
Department for Business & Trade · updated 4 December 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
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.
10 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.
11 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
12 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
3 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.
13 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: 100% COTTON LTD
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
14 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
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.