PS.
PublicSupply
account_balanceBuyersbusinessSuppliersdescriptionNotices
BuyersSuppliersNotices
verified_userData sourced from Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, and Companies House.
Contracts Finder ↗Find a Tender ↗Procurement Act 2023 ↗
  1. Home›
  2. Suppliers›
  3. Business services (CPV 79)›
  4. Penna PLC
PE

Penna PLC

Business services · London
Large

Penna PLC is a recruitment and consultancy firm that specializes in helping organizations find and secure top talent. They offer a range of services including assessment, candidate management, and diversity consultancy.

penna.com ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

Compare peers
Awarded
£180.2m
Live
48
Buyers
106
12m
£92.1m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts48 / 235
  • Top buyers106
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — Penna PLCUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Penna PLC has won £180.2m across 106 public-sector buyers, with 48 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Commercial Services Kent Limited at 50% · 100% in Business services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
48 of 235Live contracts
50%Top-buyer concentration
100%Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.

⚑ Self-reported
—

No social-value commitments yet

Jobs, skills, environmental, inequality and community commitments appear here once a claimed supplier attributes them to awarded contracts, or once we detect them on the supplier’s website.

ESG & policies vault · 0/5

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

↔ Cross-checked
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 · 12
AssessmentInnovative ways of assessing candidates, both in person and virtually, ensuring cultural fit. ↗Attraction and CommunicationsBespoke strategies for communicating with potential candidates and current employees. ↗Candidate ManagementSupport for candidates throughout the application process. ↗Candidate SourcingData and InsightDigital and SocialEquality, Diversity & Inclusion ConsultancyServices to help businesses integrate ED&I into their operations. ↗Employer BrandingExecutive InterimExecutive SearchHigher EducationPerformance Media
Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • 3S_22 Strategic HR ServicesEspo · £10.4m
  • 3A_20 Advertising SolutionsEspo · £6.5m
  • BT1844 - Executive Search & Selection - LBC Senior RecruitmentLuton Council · £99k
  • GSS23262 RM6160 Interim OD ConsultantUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £65k
  • Interim Finance Business PartnerCambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority · £55k
  • C1017B: Invitation to Tender for Research and Consultancy Services London Regional Adoption - Project ManagementLONDON COUNCILS LIMITED · £43k

Extracted automatically from penna.com on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

Case studies · 2

Delivery stories from the supplier’s website. Clients are not yet cross-checked against award records.

◐ From supplier website
Dstl: Know The UnknownAn awareness campaign and online game to attract talent for Dstl. ↗Bank of EnglandRedesigned the assessment process for the Bank of England's Apprenticeship programme to a virtual platform during the pandemic. ↗

Extracted automatically from penna.com on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

Buyer references

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

✓ Confirmed by buyer
—

No buyer references yet

Public-sector buyers can confirm they'll act as a reference for this supplier. Confirmed references — with the contract they relate to — show here.

Accreditations & memberships

Independently issued. Verification dates cross-checked against issuer registers.

↔ Cross-checked
—

No accreditations recorded

B-Corp, ISO, Cyber Essentials, Living Wage and similar credentials appear here once added by a claimed supplier and cross-checked against the issuing register.

KPI performance

Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.

✓ Verified
84

No verified KPI scores yet

Once buyers report contract KPIs — delivery on time, on budget, satisfaction, adoption and accessibility — a weighted grade and breakdown appear here.

Contracts · 48 live · 187 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
TVCA-PROC-0847 - Interim Head of Governance
Tees Valley Combined Authority—12 May 2026£90k2 moLive
Connect2Framework For Legal Services
Commercial Services Kent Limited—21 Apr 2026£90.0m7.9 yrspending
Contract for appointment of Interim S151 Officer via ESPO Framework Agreement (reference 3S-22)
Redditch Borough Councils7962000019 Jan 2026£178k6 moLive
Executive Recruitment
Gambling Commission7960000026 Jan 2026£22k7 moLive
Interim Director of People & Culture Recruitment
Southampton City Council7940000008 Jan 2026£14k5 moClosed
Recruitment Advertising & Related Services MHRA - Further Competition ESPO
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency7960000030 Oct 2025£220k4 yrsLive
Executive Recruitment Services
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council7960000010 Dec 2025£54k9 moLive
BT1844 - Executive Search & Selection - LBC Senior Recruitment
Luton Council7900000005 Jan 2026£99k1.7 yrsLive
BT1664 Recruitment Advertising Partner
Luton Council7900000001 Sept 2025£99k12 moLive
713872450 - Provision of Specialist Civilian Recruitment Related Advertising Services For Information Only
Ministry of Defence, DIO,7934100014 Aug 2025£845k2 yrsLive
Total live value £12.2m · mean award £767k1–10 of 235

Top buyers · 106 buyers · top 3 = 70%

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

✓ From notices
1
Commercial Services Kent Limited
1 contract
50%
since 2026
2
Espo
5 contracts
10%
since 2016
3
Crown Commercial Service
6 contracts
10%
since 2015
4
Hyde Housing Association Limited
1 contract
8%
since 2019
5
DfTc - Department for Transport
1 contract
7%
since 2023
6
Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency)
30 contracts
2%
since 2020
7
Sellafield Limited
1 contract
1%
since 2025
8
East Hampshire District Council
14 contracts
1%
since 2021
9
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
1 contract
1%
since 2016
10
BANK OF ENGLAND
2 contracts
1%
since 2022

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 100%.

✓ From notices
Business services79
100%
⚠ Concentration: 100% 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
South East38 contracts
57%
East Midlands19 contracts
12%
North West18 contracts
12%
London23 contracts
10%
North East53 contracts
4%
South West29 contracts
2%
West Midlands8 contracts
1%
Eastern15 contracts
1%
Yorkshire12 contracts
0%
Scotland4 contracts
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Penna PLC highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
AM
Alexander Mann Solutions
No£248.0m2
PE
Penna PLC
No£92.1m—
OP
Opus People Solutions
Yes£50.0m1
IS
Influential Software Services
Yes£30.0m1
CU
CAPGEMINI UK PLC
No£29.8m1
AT
Atamis Ltd
Yes£18.4m2
Compare peers →

Red flags · 0 active

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

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

Compliance scorecard

Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.

↔ Cross-checked
Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Due in -11d
Next due 30 Jun 2026
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 18 Aug 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.

✓ From notices
±

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

UK trade press & nationals, matched to this supplier.

◰

No news mentions found

We haven't matched any recent UK press coverage to this supplier. Mentions appear here automatically as they're published.

Companies House

Live sync — registered details, directors, PSC and SIC codes.

✓ Live sync

Registered details

Company no.
01918150
Status
Active
Type
Public limited
Incorporated
31 May 1985
Reg. office
10 Bishops Square, London, E1 6EG
SIC codes
78300
Last accounts
31 Dec 2024
Next accounts due
30 Jun 2026

Directors & PSC

  • DE LA GRENSE, Nicholas Edward — director
    Appointed 13 Jul 2023
  • KEMPSTER, Kathryn Sharon — director
    Appointed 15 Mar 2023
  • ALLEN, Samantha Clare — secretary
    Appointed 22 Dec 2022
  • TOWERS, Julie Ann — director
    Appointed 01 Jan 2014
  • WEEMES, Graham Richard — director
    Appointed 01 Jan 2014
  • Olsten (U.K.) Holdings Limited — person with significant control
    significant influence or control
  • Adecco Group Ag — person with significant control
    significant influence or control
  • Penna Consulting Limited — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

↔ From Cos House
£

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.

↔ From Cos House
PENNA PLC
01918150 · this company

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