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Quick answer — Ventrus Academy TrustLast refreshed 21 Jan 2022

At a glance

Ventrus Academy Trust has awarded £620k across 5 suppliers, with 6 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 25% · 3 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 0% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration25%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share0%
Pipeline · open now3
Awards · 90 d0
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Ventrus Academy Trust is a contracting authority, based in UKK4. Tracks 14 published notices and 8 awards on PublicSupply.

14
Notices published
8
Awards
5
Suppliers engaged
2020
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
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YoY change
£146k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Ventrus Academy 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

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

3

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

Unspecified8 · £836k
services2 · £525k
goods4 · £350k

Instrument type

contract14 · £1.7m
Source:Contracts Finder: 8Find a Tender: 6

Awarded contracts · 6 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Ventrus Academy Trust is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Ventrus Trust - Supply of fresh, frozen, dry, fruit & veg and fresh food products—15130000——cancelled
Ventrus Trust - Part-managed outsourced catering services———cancelled
Ventrus Trust - Supply of fresh, frozen, dry, fruit & veg and fresh food products—15110000——cancelled
CA13729 - Ventrus Trust - Supply of fresh, frozen, dry, fruit & veg and fresh food products—15000000£0—active
Ventrus Trust - Supply of fresh, frozen, dry, fruit & veg and fresh food products—15130000£200kest.—active
CA13709 - Ventrus Trust - Part-managed outsourced catering services—55524000£0—active
Ventrus Trust - Part-managed outsourced catering services—£525kest.—active
CA13707 - Ventrus Trust - Supply of fresh, frozen, dry, fruit & veg and fresh food products—42210000£0—active
Ventrus Trust - Supply of fresh, frozen, dry, fruit & veg and fresh food products—15110000£150kest.—active
CA9426 - Ventrus Multi Academy Trust INVITATION TO TENDER FOR Student Teaching Kitchen Refurbishment at Pilton Community CollegeKlick Technology Ltd39141000£155k21 Jan 2022active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
KT
Klick Technology Ltd
1 contract · 21 Jan
£155k
25% of total
—
2
DR
D. R. Jones (Yeovil) Ltd
1 contract · 13 Jan
£141k
23% of total
—
3
DF
Dart Fresh Produce
1 contract · 29 Nov
£108k
17% of total
—
4
SF
Savona Foodservice
1 contract · 29 Nov
£108k
17% of total
—
5
IL
IDC Ltd
1 contract · 29 Nov
£108k
17% of total
—

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
2 contracts
£525k
35%
Furniture, cleaning
5 contracts
£479k
32%
Food, beverages, tobacco
5 contracts
£350k
23%
Construction works
1 contract
£141k
9%

Activity heatmap

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

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Other
Furniture, cleaning
Food, beverages, tobacco
Construction works
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

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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.

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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.

Ventrus Academy 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.

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SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

0%
SME supplier share
target 33%
0
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
5
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 0% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

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
UKK4
Email
will.lord@tenetservices.com

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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