Companies House · 09413107

FERA SCIENCE LIMITED

UK registered company, private limited company, incorporated 29 Jan 2015.

Active
50
Public contracts
542
Spend payments
£76.7m
Total spend

FERA SCIENCE LIMITED is a UK company registered at Companies House under number 09413107. This page links its registry record to its activity in UK public procurement — the contracts it has been awarded and the transparency-spend payments recorded against it.

Companies House record

Company number
09413107
Status
Active
Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
29 Jan 2015
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Registered office
YORK BIOTECH CAMPUS, YORK, YO41 1LZ, ENGLAND
Nature of business (SIC)
72190 - Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Accounts category
FULL
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Public sector contracts

Contract awards linked to FERA SCIENCE LIMITED.

ProcurementBuyerAwardedValue
RDE993 - Expansion of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) honey database for authenDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs30 Jan 2026£74.9k
RDE997 - MMO1475 - Collection of social impact data relating to the Berried LobsDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs30 Jan 2026£71.2k
DTK EvaluationHome Office13 Nov 2025£85k
RDE948 - Investigating innovative ways to deliver Defra policy customer requireDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs13 Nov 2025£81.1k
RDE888 - Provision of statutory shellfish monitoring services for Scotland, EnglCentre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science31 Oct 2025£50k
RDE877 - Pesticide Load Indicator - Phase 7 - Method OptimisationDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs1 Sept 2025£29.9k
Imported Food Sampling, Analysis and ReportingFood Standards Agency4 Aug 2025£450k
2024-741 Monitoring of Contaminants in UK cerealsAHDB23 Jul 2025£522k
Development and Optimisation of Methods for Detection and Speciation of OffalDefra27 May 2025£99.9k
RDE727 Horizon Scanning to Explore Risks to Food Authenticity and Food Chain ReDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs15 May 2025£49.2k
RDE780 - Exploring opportunities for eDNA and molecular datasets to underpin UKDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs1 May 2025£75.3k
Specialist Science and Contingency Services (SSCS)Defra30 Mar 2025£345.7m
Determination of hydrogen cyanide (HCN) bioavailability after food consumptionFood Standards Agency25 Feb 2025£249.6k
RDE723 Pesticide Load Indicator - Phase 6Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs26 Nov 2024£49.6k
CEFAS24-157 Contract for services to process sargassum sample to test for organics and inorganicsCefas4 Nov 2024£25.1k
National Reference Laboratory for chemical hazardsFood Standards Agency25 Oct 2024£324.7k
Review of current and emerging analytical methods for the testing of oil for authenticityFood Standards Agency29 Sept 2024£40k
Bioinformatics contractor to assess applications for approval of GMOsFood Standards Agency21 Apr 2024£300k
Food Defence Contingency Laboratory 2024/2025Food Standards Agency1 Apr 2024£146.9k
Modelling Services Framework - Lot 2 (Plant Health) - FeraDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs6 Mar 2024
PFAS in food and feed ring-trialFood Standards Agency1 Dec 2023£112.4k
Wood metabarcodingBoard of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew31 Oct 2023£12k
Review of capability of methods for country of originFood Standards Agency17 Oct 2023£60k
Review of methods for the detection of allergens in Novel Food Alternative ProteinsFood Standards Agency14 Aug 2023£99.8k
Rezatec EO Ground-truthingDefra2 Feb 2023£40k
Rezatec EO Ground-truthingDefra2 Feb 2023£40k
Research DNA metabarcodingForestry Commission, acting through Forestry England (hereinafter referred to as Forestry England)21 Dec 2022£1m
FS900258 FSA survey of CBD products for which novel food applications have been receivedThe Food Standards Agency2 Oct 2022£160.2k
Path-Safe Workstream 3a Horizon scanning and technology readiness level study, with in-field testing of rapid diagnostic technologyThe Food Standards Agency22 Sept 2022£398.1k
FS900246 Review of allergen analytical testing methodologies -measurement parameters and sensitivity of methodsThe Food Standards Agency5 Sept 2022£50k
FS900220 Data requirement to assess the safety of currently non-permitted waste streams to be used for rearing insects for feedThe Food Standards Agency20 Jul 2022£130k
Product Survey of Cat Food for MycotoxinsThe Food Standards Agency14 Jun 2022£55.6k
Contaminants monitoring programme for wild caught fish, crustaceans and cephalopodsThe Food Standards Agency12 Apr 2022£74.8k
Defra Opportunity for Research Development and Evidence Framework 1Defra Network eTendering Portal31 Jan 2022
Inter-laboratory collaborative trial of real-time PCR method for the relative quantitation of horse DNA and pork DNA in raw and processed beef DNAThe Food Standards Agency28 Jan 2022£94.9k
Supply of a PATH-SAFE FellowshipThe Food Standards Agency14 Jan 2022£119k
Investigate Statistical Defensible Sampling CapabilityDefra Network eTendering Portal24 Nov 2021£44.4k
FS430790 Imported Food Sampling, Analysis and ReportingThe Food Standards Agency15 Nov 2021£1
UK Aquatic Buffer Zone ReviewHealth & Safety Executive24 Aug 2021£30k
Development, Validation and Implementation of a New Method of Analysis for Ethylene Oxide in Sesame SeedsHealth & Safety Executive21 Jul 2021£17k
FS616030 NATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORY for Food ContaminantsThe Food Standards Agency16 Jun 2021£1.3m
FS430403 Turmeric surveyThe Food Standards Agency1 Feb 2021£59k
FS430676 - Procurement of a bioinformatics contractorThe Food Standards Agency1 Feb 2021£7.3k
Pest Identification Service for the UK Overseas TerritoriesDefra Network eTendering Portal24 May 2020£20.4k
FS307035 Antimicrobial resistance in biofilms formed during secondary food processing of meat and meat productsThe Food Standards Agency4 May 2020£350k
FS307035 Antimicrobial resistance in biofilms formed during secondary food processing of meat and meat productsThe Food Standards Agency4 May 2020£298.4k
FS101229 Survey of Acrylamide and Furans in UK Retail ProductsThe Food Standards Agency10 Feb 2020£106.7k
FSA636 Imported Food Training - SamplingThe Food Standards Agency12 May 2019£70k
FS301050 Burden of AMR Genes in Selected Ready-to-Eat FoodsThe Food Standards Agency4 Feb 2019£350k
Provision of Research and Development Toward a sustainable viticulture: Improved grapevine productivity and tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses by combining resistant cultivars and beneficial microorganisms (VitiSmart)DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS21 Aug 2016£139.2k

Supplier identities

How this company appears as a supplier across the data.

Recent transparency payments

542 payments recorded, totalling £76,734,583.

PayerDescriptionDateAmount
food-standards-agencyCOMMITTEE COSTS£120
food-standards-agencyNATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORIES£35.4k
food-standards-agencyORIGINAL RESEARCH£35.6k
department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategyR & D Current Grants to Private Sector - NPISH£192.3k
food-standards-agencyORIGINAL RESEARCH£29.3k
food-standards-agencyNATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORIES£35.4k
food-standards-agencyOTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES£32.5k
food-standards-agencyNATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORIES£35.4k
food-standards-agencySAMPLING£38.7k
food-standards-agencyNATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORIES£9.2k
food-standards-agencyORIGINAL RESEARCH£96.8k
food-standards-agencyNATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORIES£35.4k
food-standards-agencyNATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORIES£35.4k
food-standards-agencySAMPLING£6.2k
food-standards-agencyOTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES£32.5k
food-standards-agencyORIGINAL RESEARCH£35.6k
food-standards-agencyNATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORIES£35.4k
food-standards-agencyNATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORIES£9.2k
food-standards-agencyOTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES£32.5k
food-standards-agencyORIGINAL RESEARCH£28.7k
food-standards-agencyORIGINAL RESEARCH£12.9k
food-standards-agencyORIGINAL RESEARCH£35.3k
food-standards-agencySAMPLING8 Aug 2025£54.7k
food-standards-agencyCOMMITTEE COSTS8 Jul 2025£300
food-standards-agencyOTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES8 Jul 2025£32.5k

FAQs about FERA SCIENCE LIMITED

Is FERA SCIENCE LIMITED an active company?

FERA SCIENCE LIMITED (company number 09413107) is recorded as "Active", incorporated on 29 Jan 2015.

What does FERA SCIENCE LIMITED do?

Its Companies House nature-of-business (SIC) is: 72190 - Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering.

Has FERA SCIENCE LIMITED won UK public-sector contracts?

Yes — 50 public-sector contract awards are linked to this company in our data.

How much public money has FERA SCIENCE LIMITED received?

542 transparency-spend payments totalling £76,734,583 are recorded against FERA SCIENCE LIMITED.

Where is FERA SCIENCE LIMITED based?

Its registered office is YORK BIOTECH CAMPUS, YORK, YO41 1LZ, ENGLAND.

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