Quick answer — Companies HouseLast refreshed 29 Apr 2026

At a glance

Companies House has awarded £249.8m across 123 suppliers, with 112 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 29% · 3 open notices now · 4 awards in last 90 d (£337k) · SME share 33% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration29%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share33%
Pipeline · open now3
Awards · 90 d4

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Companies House is a contracting authority, based in UKL22. Tracks 211 published notices and 206 awards on PublicSupply.

211
Notices published
206
Awards
123
Suppliers engaged
2019
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£33.5m
12 m spend
£110.9m
Prior 12 m
-70%
YoY change
£75k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Companies House — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£23m£46m£69m£91mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

1

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

3

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

4

£337k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified204 · £249.4m
services4 · £948k
goods3 · £300k

Instrument type

contract185 · £160.1m
call off26 · £90.5m
Source:Contracts Finder: 191Find a Tender: 20

Awarded contracts · 112 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Companies House is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Slack Plus Plan Cloud SubscriptionXma Ltd48210000£89k23 Apr 2026active
Privilege Management For Windows Desktop CloudPhoenix Software48730000£177k29 Apr 2026active
Recruitment of User Research ParticipantsPeople For Research Limitedactive
Coaching Culture MembershipCoaching Culture Limitedactive
WIG MembershipThe Whitehall & Industry Group (Wig)active
WIG MembershipThe Whitehall & Industry Group (Wig)£14k02 Apr 2026active
Terraform TrainingIBM United Kingdom Limitedactive
Recruitment of User Research ParticipantsDBAAS LTD79310000£40k20 Jan 2026active
Erwin DM Training and Knowledge TransferQuest Software International Limitedactive
DX Collection and Delivery ServicesDX Network Services Limited64121100£14k16 Feb 2026active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
AM
1 contract · 07 May
£72.0m
29% of total
▼ 100%
2
VS
1 contract · 26 Sept
£45.0m
18% of total
3
SL
3 contracts · 10 May21 Jul
£40.3m
16% of total
New
4
AG
2 contracts · 23 May06 Jun
£10.1m
4% of total
▼ 98%
5
KS
1 contract · 30 Sept
£9.9m
4% of total
6
AL
1 contract · 21 Jun
£9.1m
4% of total
7
SC
1 contract · SME · 21 Jun
£9.0m
4% of total
▼ 100%
8
PS
18 contracts · 22 Dec29 Apr
£8.7m
3% of total
▼ 74%
9123
···
115 other suppliers
long tail · 50 SMEs
£45.7m
18% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
20 contracts
£90.7m
37%
IT services, software
53 contracts
£77.6m
31%
Government administration
2 contracts
£33.4m
13%
Software packages, IT
69 contracts
£21.2m
9%
Postal, telecoms
8 contracts
£19.1m
8%
Construction materials
10 contracts
£3.2m
1%
Furniture, cleaning
3 contracts
£2.3m
1%
Other
14 contracts
£714k
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
1
0
0
IT services, software
1
0
0
0
1
Government administration
24
Software packages, IT
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
Postal, telecoms
0
0
Construction materials
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.

Companies House 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.

33%
SME supplier share
target 33%
62
SME award rows
1
VCSE award rows
123
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
UKL22
Contact
Commercial @ Companies House
Email
commercial@companieshouse.gov.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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