Quick answer — The David Ross Education TrustLast refreshed 28 Oct 2025

At a glance

The David Ross Education Trust has awarded £24.8m across 12 suppliers, with 8 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 44% · 6 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 33% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration44%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share33%
Pipeline · open now6
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

The David Ross Education Trust is a contracting authority, based in UKF22. Tracks 19 published notices and 12 awards on PublicSupply.

19
Notices published
12
Awards
12
Suppliers engaged
2020
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£904k
12 m spend
£635k
Prior 12 m
+42%
YoY change
£635k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The David Ross Education Trust — 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)

6

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

services10 · £14.4m
Unspecified7 · £13.2m
goods2 · £200k

Instrument type

contract19 · £27.8m
Source:Find a Tender: 12Contracts Finder: 7

Awarded contracts · 8 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The David Ross Education Trust is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
CA17064 - The David Ross Education Trust Tender for Catering Services55524000£0est.closed
The David Ross Education Trust Tender for Catering Services55524000£7.2mest.active
CA16046 - The David Ross Education Trust - Provision of Building Cleaning Services at Bobby Moore AcademyAtlas FM Limited90911200£904k28 Oct 2025active
GB-Thorpe Hill: TPPL The David Ross Education Trust HCC Contract Hire Lot 5 - Contract Hire of an initial 13 x Minibus Lite (24862)London Hire Limited34114400£635k21 May 2025active
PR, Marketing and Communication ServicesDenford Associates Ltd79416000£500kest.active
Primary Education Resources Request for Information Dec 202480100000planned
Planned Preventative Maintenance and Statutory ComplianceSewell Facilities Management Ltd50000000£4.3mest.active
Planned Preventative Maintenance and Statutory ComplianceNG Bailey Facilities Services Ltd50000000£4.3mest.active
Recruitment Advertising Teaching and LeadershipTES Global Ltd79600000£400kest.active
PE Kit for participating David Ross Education Trust schoolsPrice and Buckland Ltd18000000£200kest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
CA
1 contract · 11 Feb
£11.0m
44% of total
2
SF
£4.3mest.
17% of total
3
NB
£4.3mest.
17% of total
4
SF
£2.0mest.
8% of total
5
AF
1 contract · 28 Oct
£904k
4% of total
New
6
LH
1 contract · 21 May
£635k
3% of total
▼ 100%
7
DA
1 contract · SME
£500kest.
2% of total
8
TG
1 contract
£400kest.
2% of total
912
···
4 other suppliers
long tail · 1 SME
£847k
3% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Hotel, restaurant, retail
3 contracts
£18.2m
57%
Repair & maintenance
2 contracts
£8.5m
27%
Software packages, IT
1 contract
£2.0m
6%
Business, legal, advisory
3 contracts
£1.3m
4%
Sewage, waste, environment
2 contracts
£1.1m
4%
Transport equipment, vehicles
1 contract
£635k
2%
Clothing, footwear
1 contract
£200k
1%
Architecture, engineering
1 contract
£53k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Hotel, restaurant, retail
Repair & maintenance
Software packages, IT
Business, legal, advisory
Sewage, waste, environment
1
Transport equipment, vehicles
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 David Ross Education Trust 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%
4
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
12
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
UKF22
Contact
Diane Herbert
Email
admin@wlpconsultancy.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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