Quick answer — Castles and CoastsLast refreshed 08 Oct 2025

At a glance

Castles and Coasts has awarded £15.0m across 25 suppliers, with 37 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 16% · 10 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 50% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration16%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share50%
Pipeline · open now10
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Castles and Coasts is a contracting authority, based in UKD12. Tracks 63 published notices and 58 awards on PublicSupply.

63
Notices published
58
Awards
25
Suppliers engaged
2019
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£500k
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£300k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Castles and Coasts — 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

1

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

10

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services19 · £7.5m
Unspecified42 · £2.7m
goods2 · £0

Instrument type

contract54 · £9.7m
call off9 · £502k
Source:Contracts Finder: 39Find a Tender: 24

Awarded contracts · 37 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Castles and Coasts is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
CCHA-0290 Digital Transformation Partner ConsultancyAltair Ltdactive
CCHA-0290 Digital Transformation Partner ConsultancyALTAIR CONSULTANCY AND ADVISORY SERVICES LIMITED£500k08 Oct 2025pending
Legal Services: Funding Loan Documentation and SecurityTROWERS & HAMLINS LLPactive
Castles & Coasts Housing Association Non- Half Hourly and Half Hourly Electricity Supply Contract via Inenco NTW NHS Trust DPSEDF Energyactive
Castles & Coasts Housing Association Gas Supply Contract via Inenco NTW NHS Trust DPSEDF Energy09121200active
CCHA-179 Internal AuditRSM RIsk Assurance Services LLP79212200£019 Mar 2024active
Provision of Insurance and related services to Castles & Coasts Housing Association66513100£3.9mest.active
Provision of Insurance and related services to Castles & Coasts Housing Association66510000£0active
CCHA 187 HR AdvisorBarnfather Consulting Ltd79414000£220k15 Aug 2023active
CCHA-263 LightingCitrus Group NW Ltd31527260£32k29 Nov 2023active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
WH
£2.4mest.
16% of total
2
FS
£2.4mest.
16% of total
3
DS
£2.4mest.
16% of total
4
CS
£2.4mest.
16% of total
5
BL
1 contract
£2.4mest.
16% of total
6
TS
1 contract · 28 Oct
£864k
6% of total
7
AL
2 contracts · SME · 08 Oct
£500k
3% of total
New
8
BC
2 contracts · SME · 15 Aug
£495k
3% of total
925
···
17 other suppliers
long tail · 10 SMEs
£1.1m
8% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
10 contracts
£12.5m
65%
Financial, insurance
2 contracts
£3.9m
20%
Construction works
9 contracts
£1.2m
6%
Other
6 contracts
£763k
4%
Government administration
1 contract
£300k
2%
Architecture, engineering
12 contracts
£250k
1%
IT services, software
5 contracts
£174k
1%
Furniture, cleaning
2 contracts
£50k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Business, legal, advisory
Financial, insurance
Construction works
Other
1
Government administration
Architecture, engineering
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.

Castles and Coasts 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.

50%
SME supplier share
target 33%
16
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
25
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKD12
Contact
Liam Lees
Email
liam.lees@castlesandcoasts.co.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.

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