Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£2.0m
12 m spend
£6.9m
Prior 12 m
-71%
YoY change
£38k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The Arts Council of England — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£714k£1.4m£2.1m£2.9mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

7

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

0

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

2

£125k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified509 · £27.9m
services40 · £16.5m

Instrument type

contract539 · £43.4m
call off10 · £975k
Source:Contracts Finder: 462Find a Tender: 87

Awarded contracts · 39 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The Arts Council of England is the contracting authority.

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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
CW
3 contracts · SME · 03 Jul30 Sept
£4.6mest.
2
CL
2 contracts · SME · 22 Aug
£2.1mest.
3
GO
2 contracts · 31 May
£1.4mest.
4
AM
1 contract · 02 Dec
£1.4m
5
JB
1 contract · SME · 16 Jan
£1.1m
6
PD
3 contracts · 16 Oct31 Jan
£1.1m
7
KP
£917kest.
8
KP
2 contracts · 10 Mar12 Sept
£901k
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251 other suppliers
long tail · 148 SMEs
£19.5m

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
73 contracts
£11.5m
25%
IT services, software
39 contracts
£10.9m
24%
Business, legal, advisory
103 contracts
£8.0m
18%
R&D services
79 contracts
£5.6m
12%
Software packages, IT
27 contracts
£4.9m
11%
Architecture, engineering
12 contracts
£2.2m
5%
Sewage, waste, environment
6 contracts
£1.3m
3%
Financial, insurance
25 contracts
£1.1m
2%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

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IT services, software
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0
0
R&D services
Software packages, IT
1
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0
0
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

The Arts Council of England has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

55%
SME supplier share
target 33%
210
SME award rows
2
VCSE award rows
259
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKD33
Contact
Research Team
Email
procurement.services@artscouncil.org.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

Resources

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