Fera Science Limited

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From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

• JNCC BUSINESS ASSOCIATES FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT NATURE CONSERVATION Buyer: JNCC SUPPORT CO £2,000,000 2026-09-10 Source: Find a Tender

  The Joint Nature Conservation Committee ("JNCC") is the statutory adviser to the UK Government and devolved administrations on UK and international nature conservation. JNCC and the conservation sector are under increasing pressure to deliv…

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• RDE993 - Expansion of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) honey database for authen Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs £74,944 2026-01-30 CPV 73200000 Source: Contracts Finder

  This project will strengthen the UK's capability to detect honey adulteration with added sugars. Contract awarded by Defra.
• RDE997 - MMO1475 - Collection of social impact data relating to the Berried Lobs Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs £71,197 2026-01-30 CPV 73200000 Source: Contracts Finder

  The aim of this project is to develop the evidence base on social impacts of the berried lobster ban in England with a view to addressing compliance challenges and informing how egg bearing lobsters can be better protected. Contract awarded…
• DTK Evaluation Buyer: Home Office £85,014 2025-11-13 CPV 79419000 Source: Contracts Finder

  Notice of contract award for Drug Testing Kit evaluation services
• RDE948 - Investigating innovative ways to deliver Defra policy customer require Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs £81,077 2025-11-13 CPV 73200000 Source: Contracts Finder

  This research project will explore how Defra policy customers' requirements for information on how the environment is changing in response to policy interventions from the baseline gathered by the NCEA programme between 2023-2028 might be d…
• RDE888 - Provision of statutory shellfish monitoring services for Scotland, Engl Buyer: Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science £50,000 2025-10-31 CPV 73200000 Source: Contracts Finder

  Provision of statutory official controls shellfish chemical contaminants monitoring services on behalf of Cefas for Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and Food Standards Agency (FSA) England and Wales, as detailed in Appendix 1 including: 1) Pro…
• RDE877 - Pesticide Load Indicator - Phase 7 - Method Optimisation Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs £29,938 2025-09-02 CPV 73200000 Source: Contracts Finder

  In order to remain fit for purpose as an indicator and to allow assessment against the NAP target, the PLI needs to regularly go through development and review to ensure that: i) it captures the most recent pesticide usage data: ii) any iss…
• Imported Food Sampling, Analysis and Reporting Buyer: Food Standards Agency £450,000 2025-08-05 CPV 73000000 Source: Contracts Finder

  FS430790 The Supplier will carry out specific imported food commodity sampling, transportation to labs and analytical testing for a range of residues/contaminants. The work packages are expected to be agreed annually, starting in April 202…
• 2024-741 Monitoring of Contaminants in UK cereals Buyer: AHDB £522,000 2025-07-24 CPV 77100000 Source: Contracts Finder

  Food security and safety remains a priority issue for UK agriculture. There is need for continued investment in this work, as ensuring the safety and quality of the major UK cereals for human consumption and animal feed remains a top priori…
• Procurement of a bioinformatics contractor Buyer: The Food Standards Agency Value not published Date not published CPV 73000000 Source: Find a Tender

  Tenders are invited to carry out analysis of genomic data for applications to the UK under the UK regulations on genetically modified food and feed to be costed on a per-dossier basis.
• RBGKEW1513 Cacao TEA and SIRA Buyer: Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

  Direct Award Trace element analysis (TEA) of approximately 100 cacao seed subsamples using Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) and Stable Isotope Analysis (SIRA) of approximately 60 cacao samples (both fatted & defatted …
• NCEA_EES Access Permissions 2027/28 surveys Buyer: NATURAL ENGLAND Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

  Natural England is delivering several projects for the NCEA, the largest and most complex of which is the England Ecosystem Survey (EES). The aim of the EES is to get a true understanding of the condition of England’s terrestrial environmen…
• Literature Review: Allergenicity of cell cultivated products Buyer: Food Standards Agency Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

  Cell cultivated products (CCPs) and alternative proteins produced by biomass or precision fermentation are an emergent food sector around the world. The FSA CCP Sandbox programme is a two-year programme designed to inform regulatory actions…
• Determination of background levels of PFAS in a variety of foods Buyer: Food Standards Agency Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

  This research project aims to increase the Food Standards Agency's understanding about the concentration levels of PFAS in food products consumed in the UK and includes those grown or reared in the UK. The data will help to reduce some of…
• ES RDE 048 - Operational Cost Modelling for Canker Stain of Plane Outbreaks in Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

  Environmental Science Research, Development and Evidence (ES RDE) Framework Call Off Contracts for all lots - under £115,000. The contracts under the project are carried out self-serve as per the Framework terms for project users to award …
• Environmental Surveillance: OSMA and OSD Buyer: Food Standards Agency Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

  The FSA has awarded a contract for delivery of a research and evidence project to strengthen the FSA’s environmental surveillance capability for foodborne disease (FBD) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The project will generate robust, t…
• Environmental Surveillance: OSMA and OSD Buyer: Food Standards Agency Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

  The FSA has awarded a contract for delivery of a research and evidence project to strengthen the FSA’s environmental surveillance capability for foodborne disease (FBD) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The project will generate robust, t…

About

Incorporated

29/01/2015

Ownership

Group

1. Fera Science Limited is controlled by Capita Business Services LTD
   Evidence

   ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2024-01-17 · source: Companies House PSC register
2. Capita Business Services LTD is controlled by Capita Holdings Limited
   Evidence

   active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
3. Capita Holdings Limited is controlled by Capita PLC
   Evidence

   active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Capita PLC.

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

• Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £1,033,968 (9 grants)
• Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £656,733 (11 grants)

Most recent

• Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £11,1142024-04-03
• Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £4,5132024-02-15
• Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £60,1282023-11-09
• Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £66,6242023-06-30
• Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £12,0382023-05-04

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.