Quick answer — British Business Financial Services LimitedLast refreshed 10 Mar 2026

At a glance

British Business Financial Services Limited has awarded £11.0m across 15 suppliers, with 7 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 91% · 0 open notices now · 1 award in last 90 d (£32k) · SME share 5% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration91%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share5%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d1

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

British Business Financial Services Limited is a contracting authority, based in United Kingdom. Tracks 24 published notices and 24 awards on PublicSupply.

24
Notices published
24
Awards
15
Suppliers engaged
2018
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£329k
12 m spend
£367k
Prior 12 m
-10%
YoY change
£35k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
British Business Financial Services Limited — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

0

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£32k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified24 · £11.0m

Instrument type

contract24 · £11.0m
Source:Contracts Finder: 24

Awarded contracts · 7 live

All contracts with a published award notice where British Business Financial Services Limited is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
GB-Sheffield: Review of transaction documentationAshurst LLP79100000£32k10 Mar 2026active
GB-Sheffield: Legal services for fund closeHogan Lovells International LLP79100000£28k30 Jan 2026active
GB-Sheffield: Legal review of transaction documentationHogan Lovells International LLP79100000£28k02 Feb 2026active
GB-Sheffield: Project FrozenAshurst79100000£25k02 Feb 2026active
GB-Sheffield: Legal review of transaction documentationAshurst79100000£32k12 Jan 2026active
GB-Sheffield: Review of transaction documentationAshurst79100000£35k12 Jan 2026active
GB-Sheffield: Project JitterbugAshurst LLP79100000£150k29 Oct 2025active
GB-Sheffield: Review of transaction documentation for exitAshurst LLP79100000£25k05 Jun 2025active
GB-Sheffield: Angel Syndication Acceleration Support - NIAwakenAngels Limited66100000£35k31 Mar 2025active
GB-Sheffield: Angel Syndication Acceleration Support - NELifted Ventures Limited66100000£50k30 Mar 2025active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
FF
1 contract · 30 Apr
£10.0m
91% of total
2
AL
6 contracts · 05 Jun10 Mar
£299k
3% of total
▲ 996%
3
ML
1 contract · 01 Nov
£127k
1% of total
4
BL
1 contract · 24 Mar
£75k
1% of total
5
AL
2 contracts · 01 Feb31 Mar
£70k
1% of total
▼ 100%
6
LF
1 contract · 23 Oct
£70k
1% of total
7
CN
1 contract · 03 Feb
£58k
1% of total
▼ 100%
8
CI
1 contract · 10 Oct
£58k
1% of total
▼ 100%
915
···
7 other suppliers
long tail · 0 SMEs
£281k
3% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Financial, insurance
9 contracts
£10.3m
93%
Business, legal, advisory
14 contracts
£705k
6%
IT services, software
1 contract
£25k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Financial, insurance
Business, legal, advisory
0
0
0
0
IT services, software
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.

British Business Financial Services Limited 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.

5%
SME supplier share
target 33%
1
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
15
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 5% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

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
United Kingdom

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.

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