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STANDGUIDE LIMITED

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Standguide Limited has been supporting individuals and employers for over 35 years, helping people retrain, find new careers, or grow their own businesses. They provide employment advice, funded qualifications, and business mentoring.

standguide.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£349.3m
Live
13
Buyers
17
12m
£12.3m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities5
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts13 / 38
  • Top buyers17
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — STANDGUIDE LIMITEDUpdated 13 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

STANDGUIDE LIMITED has won £349.3m across 17 public-sector buyers, with 13 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Department for Work & Pensions at 95% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
13 of 38Live contracts
95%Top-buyer concentration
—Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.

⚑ Self-reported
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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.

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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
Sectors served · 1/8
Central government✓
Local government✓
NHS & health✓
Housing✓
Utilities & energy✓
Financial services✓
Education✓
Defence✓
Services · 3
Employment SupportHelping individuals find jobs and gain qualifications. ↗Business SupportAssisting businesses in recruiting staff and developing their workforce. ↗Funded TrainingProviding funded training for the workforce. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 5 from notices
  • REQ-1664 Connect to Work Lot 1A- Individual Placement and Supported (IPS) Out of Work-LincolnshireLincolnshire County Council · £1.9m
  • Adult and Community Learning Framework Tender 2019-2022Herefordshire Council · £150k
  • Framework Agreement for Adult Education Budget Procured ProvisionNORTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL · £146k
  • Community Learning & Skills Framework 2018-2023Cumbria County Council · £139k
  • BBO - Digital InclusionSouth Yorkshire Housing Association · £117k

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

Case studies

Delivery stories the supplier has published, with sector and outcome.

⚑ Self-reported
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No case studies yet

Once a claimed supplier publishes delivery stories — the buyer, the sector, what was delivered and the outcome — they appear here.

Buyer references

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

✓ Confirmed by buyer
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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 · 1

Credentials listed on the supplier’s website. Not yet checked against issuer registers.

◐ From supplier website
Core credentials · 0/6
Cyber EssentialsNot evidenced✓
Cyber Essentials PlusNot evidenced✓
ISO 27001 — Information securityNot evidenced✓
ISO 9001 — QualityNot evidenced✓
ISO 14001 — EnvironmentalNot evidenced✓
ISO 45001 — Health & safetyNot evidenced✓
Other credentials & memberships · 1
Armed Forces CovenantMinistry of Defence · Commitment ↗

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

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 · 13 live · 25 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
REQ-1664 Connect to Work Lot 1A- Individual Placement and Supported (IPS) Out of Work-Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire County Council—14 Jul 2026£1.9m3.8 yrspending
Connect to Work
Lancashire County Council—19 Jan 2026£4.4m3.2 yrspending
Open Framework for the Connect to Work Programme across Greater Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire County Council—22 Dec 2025—3.8 yrspending
Connect to Work
Norfolk County Council—01 Nov 2025£1.5m4.4 yrspending
Connect to Work
Lancashire County Council—18 Sept 2025£4.4m3.5 yrspending
Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC)
Nottingham City Council8500000001 Apr 2025£1.5m1.5 yrsLive
GMCA 959 Adult Skills Level 3 Targeted Offer
Greater Manchester Combined Authority - GMP8000000023 Aug 2024£600k11 moClosed
GMCA Devolved Adult Education Budget - Academic Year 23/24
Greater Manchester Combined Authority - GMP8000000001 Aug 2023£1.1m12 moClosed
Adult Skills Level 3 Targeted Offer
Greater Manchester Combined Authority - GMP8000000030 Jun 2023£492k13 moClosed
Programme Delivery 2021-22 - Adult Learning in Community Settings - Further Competition
Sheffield City Council8000000010 Oct 2021£45k10 moClosed
Total live value £1.7m · mean award £9.2m1–10 of 38

Top buyers · 17 buyers · top 3 = 98%

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

✓ From notices
1
Department for Work & Pensions
4 contracts
95%
since 2015
2
Lancashire County Council
3 contracts
3%
since 2025
3
Greater Manchester Combined Authority - GMP
6 contracts
1%
since 2023
4
Lincolnshire County Council
6 contracts
1%
since 2025
5
Norfolk County Council
2 contracts
0%
since 2025
6
Nottingham City Council
1 contract
0%
since 2025
7
Department for Education
1 contract
0%
since 2017
8
Ministry of Justice
5 contracts
0%
since 2019
9
Leeds City Council
1 contract
0%
since 2018
10
Herefordshire Council
1 contract
0%
since 2019

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
London9 contracts
95%
North West10 contracts
3%
East Midlands7 contracts
1%
Eastern2 contracts
0%
Yorkshire5 contracts
0%
West Midlands1 contract
0%
North East1 contract
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). STANDGUIDE LIMITED highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
OH
Optima Health UK Limited
No£29.4m1
ST
STANDGUIDE LIMITED
No£12.3m—
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
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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

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

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Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 31 Jul 2025
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 19 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.

✓ From notices
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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

UK trade press & nationals, matched to this supplier.

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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.

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Registered details

Company no.
02563257
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
28 Nov 1990
Reg. office
Unit G.01 Clarence Arcade, Stamford Street Central, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 7PT
SIC codes
78109
Last accounts
31 Jul 2025
Next accounts due
30 Apr 2027

Directors & PSC

  • SLATER, Philip — secretary
  • BAINES, George Howard Grenfell — director
  • SLATER, Philip — director
  • GRUNDY, Carly-Anne — director
    Appointed 16 Mar 2021
  • GAMBLES, James Matthew — director
    Appointed 16 Jul 2018
  • OWEN-LONG, Mark Frederick — director
    Appointed 16 Jul 2018
  • Standguide Group Limited — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent

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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STANDGUIDE LIMITED
02563257 · this company

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