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Institute for Employment Studies

R&D services · Brighton
Large

The Institute for Employment Studies (IES) is an independent research and consultancy center focused on employment policy and human resource issues. It aims to improve employment outcomes through research, evidence generation, and consultancy services.

employment-studies.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£5.8m
Live
10
Buyers
27
12m
£1.4m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts10 / 54
  • Top buyers27
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — Institute for Employment StudiesUpdated 13 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Institute for Employment Studies has won £5.8m across 27 public-sector buyers, with 10 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED at 27% · 95% in R&D services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
10 of 54Live contracts
27%Top-buyer concentration
95%Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.

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ESG & policies vault · 0/5

Key governance & sustainability policies. Published documents link out; missing ones are greyed.

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Net-zero planNot provided✓
Modern slavery statementNot provided✓
EDI policyNot provided✓
Anti-briberyNot provided✓
Data protectionNot provided✓

Capabilities

What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.

◐ From website & notices
Services · 3
Research and ConsultancyIES conducts research and provides consultancy on employment and HR topics, utilizing various methods to support policymakers and practitioners.
Engaging and ConveningIES organizes events to connect HR professionals, policymakers, and researchers to discuss emerging issues and share knowledge. ↗Evidence Generation and SynthesisThe organization generates and synthesizes evidence to aid decision-making for organizations and policymakers. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • BIS Research and Evaluation FrameworkUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £1.1m
  • Procurement of evaluation partner/s - Enhanced primary care and HWB pilotsNHS England · £355k
  • Central London Works EvaluationCity of London Corporation · £250k
  • Evaluation for the Employer Led Digital Training InitiativesDepartment for Education · £147k
  • UK SBS BLOJEU-CR17061OME SSRB Major Review of the Judicial Salary StructureUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £84k
  • Process Evaluation of the Extended and More Flexible Government Traineeships Programme 2020/21Department for Education · £77k

Extracted automatically from employment-studies.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

Case studies

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Buyer references

Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.

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Accreditations & memberships

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KPI performance

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Contracts · 10 live · 44 historic

Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Youth Guarantee Trailblazer - Project Evaluation
The West of England Combined Authority—31 Mar 2026£99k12 moLive
Impact Evaluation of Aspiring Chief Executive & Chair programmes
NHS England8000000019 Jan 2026£65k1.6 yrsLive
Labour Market Evidence Synthesis & Dissemination
Department for Work & Pensions7311000011 Nov 2025£1.1m1.5 yrsLive
Self-employed Universal Credit customers persistently earning below their Minimum Income Floor
Department for Work & Pensions7300000012 Aug 2025£49k7 moClosed
Maternal Outcomes and Indicators of Pregnancy Maternity Discrimination
Department for Business and Trade7310000006 Aug 2025£115k8 moClosed
PS25118 Training product impact evaluation framework design
UK SBS7300000011 Jul 2025£72k7 moClosed
Research into Careers in Construction Research brief Careers 2024-26
Construction Industry Training Board7311000003 Sept 2024£101k5 yrsLive
How do we effectively look at workforce inequalities in our regulation
Care Quality Commission7320000019 Feb 2024£147k15 moClosed
CON_24281 - Languages Programme Evaluation
Department for Education7300000025 Jan 2024£275k2.7 yrsLive
All Age Careers Blueprint for West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire Combined Authority7940000007 Sept 2023£44k5 moClosed
Total live value £1.6m · mean award £107k1–10 of 54

Top buyers · 27 buyers · top 3 = 67%

Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.

✓ From notices
1
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
10 contracts
27%
since 2016
2
Department for Work & Pensions
3 contracts
21%
since 2020
3
Department for Education
9 contracts
19%
since 2018
4
NHS England
2 contracts
7%
since 2021
5
City of London Corporation
1 contract
4%
since 2019
6
Care Quality Commission
2 contracts
3%
since 2024
7
Department for Business and Trade
1 contract
2%
since 2025
8
Construction Industry Training Board
2 contracts
2%
since 2024
9
The Education and Training Foundation
3 contracts
2%
since 2019
10
The West of England Combined Authority
1 contract
2%
since 2026

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 95%.

✓ From notices
R&D services73
95%
Education & training80
5%
⚠ Concentration: 95% of recent awarded value sits in a single CPV division. A category-specific downturn would materially affect revenue.

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
London11 contracts
40%
South West13 contracts
40%
Yorkshire3 contracts
11%
North East6 contracts
6%
Eastern2 contracts
2%
North West4 contracts
2%
Wales1 contract
0%
Region resolved for 76% of awarded value (by buyer postcode); the remainder lacks a usable address.

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Institute for Employment Studies highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
IR
IFF Research
No£10.4m1
AI
Ambition Institute
Yes£9.3m2
SD
School-Led Development Trust
Yes£9.3m2
UC
UCL Consultants Ltd
Yes£9.3m2
ED
Education Development Trust
Yes£8.7m1
IF
Institute for Employment Studies
No£1.4m—
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Red flags · 0 active

Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.

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✓ Clean. No active risk signals from Companies House status, charges or insolvency records.

Compliance scorecard

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Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 31 Mar 2025
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 21 Dec 2026
Outstanding charges
0
No charges registered
Insolvency history
None
No insolvency cases registered
Certifications (ISO, Cyber Essentials, Living Wage, B-Corp, modern-slavery) are supplier self-reported and appear once a claimed profile adds them.

Modifications

Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.

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No modifications recorded

No published contract variations for this supplier. Modification notices appear here as they are issued under the Procurement Act 2023.

News mentions

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No news mentions found

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Companies House

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Registered details

Company no.
00931547
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Guarant Nsc
Incorporated
03 May 1968
Reg. office
City Gate, 185 Dyke Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN3 1TL
SIC codes
72200
Last accounts
31 Mar 2025
Next accounts due
31 Dec 2026

Directors & PSC

  • LLOYD, Anthony Frank — secretary
    Appointed 27 Jun 2025
  • FROST, Deborah Karen — director
    Appointed 05 Jun 2024
  • HATHIARI, Nusrat — director
    Appointed 04 Jun 2024
  • HUGHES, Emma Louise — director
    Appointed 04 Jun 2024
  • MCMANUS-BARNETT, Natalie — director
    Appointed 04 Jun 2024
  • STEEL, Graham Paul — director
    Appointed 21 Jun 2023

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

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£

No financial filings on record

Turnover, profit and headcount appear here once audited or micro-entity accounts are filed at Companies House.

Org tree

Group structure and ownership.

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INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT STUDIES
00931547 · this company

Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.