Quick answer — DONCASTER CHILDREN'S SERVICES TRUST LIMITEDLast refreshed 17 Dec 2020

At a glance

DONCASTER CHILDREN'S SERVICES TRUST LIMITED has awarded £726.2m across 39 suppliers, with 38 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 12% · 2 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 42% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration12%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share42%
Pipeline · open now2
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

DONCASTER CHILDREN'S SERVICES TRUST LIMITED is a contracting authority, based in UKE31. Tracks 46 published notices and 40 awards on PublicSupply.

46
Notices published
40
Awards
39
Suppliers engaged
2018
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£360.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
DONCASTER CHILDREN'S SERVICES TRUST 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)

2

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

services27 · £450.0m
Unspecified19 · £6.2m

Instrument type

contract45 · £456.2m
call off1 · £0
Source:Find a Tender: 27Contracts Finder: 19

Awarded contracts · 38 live

All contracts with a published award notice where DONCASTER CHILDREN'S SERVICES TRUST LIMITED is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Delivery of the Pause Creating Space ProjectPause Creating Space for Changeactive
Provision of Psychiatrist for MST-CAN Projectactive
Agency Contract for Improvement LeadBaltimore Consulting Ltdactive
online platform to increase placement choice for children, and to improve use of data and collaborationLink Maker Systems Limitedactive
Managed Services Project team 5 - Social WorkersEden Brown Ltdactive
System to increase placement choice for children, and to improve use of data and collaborationLink Maker Systems Limited48000000active
Intranet DevelopmentCyber Media Solutions Ltdactive
Temporary agency staff managed service provider - call off from frameworkMatrix SCM Limitedactive
Permanent children's social workersSanctuary Personnel Limitedactive
L5 Coaching Professional Apprenticeships - call off from frameworkDutton Fisher Associated Ltdactive
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
PE
£84.2mest.
12% of total
2
AC
£84.2mest.
12% of total
3
BM
£84.2mest.
12% of total
4
OA
£84.2mest.
12% of total
5
YF
£84.2mest.
12% of total
6
KS
£84.2mest.
12% of total
7
PE
£51.4mest.
7% of total
8
HO
£32.7mest.
5% of total
939
···
31 other suppliers
long tail · 19 SMEs
£137.2m
19% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Health & social work
24 contracts
£6.6bn
100%
Business, legal, advisory
9 contracts
£5.4m
0%
Software packages, IT
6 contracts
£552k
0%
Financial, insurance
1 contract
£140k
0%
R&D services
1 contract
£47k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

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Health & social work
Business, legal, advisory
Software packages, IT
Financial, insurance
R&D services
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.

DONCASTER CHILDREN'S SERVICES TRUST 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.

42%
SME supplier share
target 33%
22
SME award rows
2
VCSE award rows
39
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
UKE31
Companies House
08805834
Contact
Anna White
Email
anna.white@dcstrust.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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