Spend profile

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

£51.2m
12 m spend
£1.9m
Prior 12 m
+2653%
YoY change
£271k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
STAR ACADEMIES — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£11m£22m£33m£44mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

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)

6

£11.2m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services43 · £103.1m
Unspecified47 · £51.8m
goods6 · £13.1m

Instrument type

contract96 · £168.0m
Source:Find a Tender: 57Contracts Finder: 39

Awarded contracts · 11 live

All contracts with a published award notice where STAR ACADEMIES is the contracting authority.

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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
ID
2 contracts · 29 Mar
£47.5mest.
2
MC
2 contracts · 17 Jun04 Feb
£25.9m
3
NS
1 contract · SME
£8.0mest.
4
NS
1 contract · SME · 12 May
£5.0m
5
AL
2 contracts · 19 Jun
£3.0mest.
6
WC
£2.8mest.
7
DS
1 contract · 28 Nov
£2.7m
8
MP
2 contracts · SME · 11 Apr
£2.1mest.
953
···
45 other suppliers
long tail · 11 SMEs
£13.9m

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
13 contracts
£62.2m
47%
IT services, software
1 contract
£45.0m
34%
Clothing, footwear
2 contracts
£5.5m
4%
Hotel, restaurant, retail
1 contract
£5.2m
4%
Electrical machinery
1 contract
£4.1m
3%
Education, training
5 contracts
£3.3m
3%
Repair & maintenance
19 contracts
£3.1m
2%
Business, legal, advisory
12 contracts
£3.0m
2%

Activity heatmap

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

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IT services, software
Clothing, footwear
Hotel, restaurant, retail
Electrical machinery
Education, training
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.

STAR ACADEMIES 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.

24%
SME supplier share
target 33%
19
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
53
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 24% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKD41
Companies House
07353849
Contact
Matthew Little
Email
matthew.little@staracademies.org

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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