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Babington Business College

Education & training · Bristol
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Babington Business College offers apprenticeships and learning solutions across various sectors, including accountancy, digital, data, IT, and project management. They provide professional qualifications and managed service provisions for both businesses and individuals.

babington.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£72.2m
Live
51
Buyers
53
12m
£7.6m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities4
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts51 / 97
  • Top buyers53
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — Babington Business CollegeUpdated 13 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Babington Business College has won £72.2m across 53 public-sector buyers, with 51 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Cabinet Office at 38% · 100% in Education & training · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
51 of 97Live contracts
38%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
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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 · 5
Apprenticeships for BusinessesApprenticeships for IndividualsProfessional QualificationsProject Management CoursesAPM, PRINCE2 Courses ↗Consumer Services Apprenticeships
Frameworks & DPS · 4 from notices
  • Project_4925 - DfE - Skills Bootcamps Lot 2 - Digital & Technical - con_8541Department for Education · £2.2m
  • Apprenticeship Scheme Phase 2BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) · £607k
  • Apprenticeship Delivery - Digital Marketing Level 3Southampton City Council · £66k
  • Provision of Apprentices and Apprentice SchemeNational Institute for Health and Care Excellence · £0.5

Extracted automatically from babington.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

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

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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 · 51 live · 46 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
L & D Consultant Business Partner Level 5 ST0563 X 5
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS8000000009 Apr 2026£35k1.5 yrsLive
Accountancy or Taxation Professional Level 7 Apprenticeship ST0001
Department for Work & Pensions8051100001 Apr 2026£1k13 moLive
Senior People Professional
DEFRA8000000001 Feb 2026£14k12 moLive
SCQF Apprenticeships Package
Department for Work & Pensions8051100016 Feb 2026£913k4 yrsLive
People Professional Level 5
NHS Business Services Authority8000000019 Jan 2026£13k2.1 yrsLive
020.25 Level 5 Coaching Professional - AWARD
Telford & Wrekin Council8000000020 Nov 2025—3.1 yrsLive
Operational Delivery Profession Apprenticeships Transparency Notice
Ministry of Defence, DIO,8000000017 Oct 2025£1.0m2 yrsLive
Apprenticeship Bundle 2 Lot 1 - Customer Service
H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS8040000002 Oct 2025£5.1m5.5 yrsLive
RM6102 DPS Call Off Contract for Coaching Professional Level 5 Apprenticeship
Care Quality Commission8000000001 Aug 2025£200k5 yrsLive
HR - DESNZ - Apprenticeship Schemes
ICS on behalf of DSIT and DESNZ8000000020 Aug 2025£53k2 yrsLive
Total live value £22.1m · mean award £745k1–10 of 97

Top buyers · 53 buyers · top 3 = 68%

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

✓ From notices
1
Cabinet Office
6 contracts
38%
since 2020
2
Crown Commercial Service
4 contracts
18%
since 2017
3
Department for Work & Pensions
8 contracts
13%
since 2020
4
H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS
1 contract
7%
since 2025
5
Ministry of Defence, DIO,
3 contracts
4%
since 2021
6
Department for Education
6 contracts
4%
since 2021
7
Home Office
1 contract
3%
since 2025
8
NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
1 contract
3%
since 2021
9
Greater Manchester Combined Authority - GMP
1 contract
1%
since 2023
10
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
3 contracts
1%
since 2020

Category mix

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

✓ From notices
Education & training80
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
London35 contracts
72%
North West10 contracts
24%
South West6 contracts
2%
West Midlands6 contracts
1%
Eastern4 contracts
1%
East Midlands4 contracts
1%
South East5 contracts
0%
North East3 contracts
0%
Yorkshire7 contracts
0%
Scotland1 contract
0%
Region resolved for 84% of awarded value (by buyer postcode); the remainder lacks a usable address.

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Babington Business College highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
AM
Alexander Mann Solutions
No£50.0m1
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
BB
Babington Business College
No£7.6m—
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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.

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Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 31 Jul 2024
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 17 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
±

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.

✓ Live sync

Registered details

Company no.
02673518
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
20 Dec 1991
Reg. office
40 Berkeley Square, Bristol, BS8 1HP
SIC codes
85410
Last accounts
31 Jul 2024
Next accounts due
31 Oct 2026

Directors & PSC

  • BOTHA, Mark David — director
    Appointed 16 Apr 2025
  • HILLS, David Richard — director
    Appointed 16 Apr 2025
  • BRAMLEY, Jennifer Ellen — director
    Appointed 16 May 2023
  • Babington Business Limited — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent · right to appoint and remove directors

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
BABINGTON BUSINESS COLLEGE LIMITED
02673518 · this company

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