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POHWER

Health & social · Stevenage
Large

POhWER is an advocacy service that supports individuals in understanding and exercising their rights, particularly in health and social care contexts. They provide various advocacy services including NHS complaints advocacy and mental health advocacy.

pohwer.net ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£90.4m
Live
37
Buyers
44
12m
£2.1m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts37 / 85
  • Top buyers44
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — POHWERUpdated 13 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

POHWER has won £90.4m across 44 public-sector buyers, with 37 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Nottinghamshire County Council at 49% · 100% in Health & social · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
37 of 85Live contracts
49%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 · 9
NHS Complaints AdvocacySupports individuals in navigating NHS complaints processes. ↗Independent Mental Health AdvocacyHelps individuals understand and exercise their rights under the Mental Health Act. ↗Independent Mental Capacity AdvocacySupports individuals who lack capacity to make specific decisions. ↗Care Act AdvocacyAssists individuals in understanding their rights under the Care Act. ↗Community AdvocacyProvides advocacy support within local communities. ↗Secure Services AdvocacyOffers advocacy for individuals in secure services. ↗National Highways Advocacy ServiceAdvocacy service related to national highways. ↗Cross Regulatory Lay Advocacy ServiceProvides advocacy across different regulatory frameworks. ↗Deaf AdvocacySpecialized advocacy services for deaf individuals. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • Independent Advocacy Services and Supporting People to Have a Voice in Nottingham and NottinghamshireNottinghamshire County Council · £30.0m
  • Provision of Adult's Health and Social Care Advocacy in GloucestershireGloucestershire County Council · £3.1m
  • PP18053 - Statutory Advocacy ServicesWolverhampton City Council · £1.4m
  • HAC5720 Integrated Statutory Advocacy ServiceTower Hamlets · £1.1m
  • Lewisham Advocacy HubLondon Borough of Lewisham · £1.0m
  • Independent Health and Social Care Advocacy for AdultsBath and North East Somerset Council · £913k

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

Case studies · 1

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

◐ From supplier website
Kim's StoryAn advocate supported Kim to understand her accommodation and care options during a care review. ↗

Extracted automatically from pohwer.net 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
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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 pohwer.net 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 · 37 live · 48 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Adult Statutory Advocacy Services
Borough of Telford & Wrekin—01 Oct 2026£550k4.5 yrsLive
Statutory Independent Advocacy - 2025
West Northamptonshire Council—01 Apr 2026—3 yrspending
Independent Advocacy Call Off 10 Relevant Persons Representative (RPR)
Nottinghamshire County Council8500000001 Oct 2025£695k1.5 yrsLive
Independent Advocacy Call Off 9 Statutory Advocacy Services
Nottinghamshire County Council8500000001 Oct 2025£861k2 yrsLive
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards - Paid Person Representative
Leicestershire County Council—01 Oct 2025—4 yrspending
North Northamptonshire Council - Provision of Independent Advocacy Services in North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire Council—01 Nov 2025—4 yrspending
Changing Futures Independent Advocacy Service
Nottingham City Council9800000001 Jul 2025£79k1.8 yrsLive
Lay Advocacy Services
General Medical Council (GMC)8514000004 Apr 2025£130k2 yrsLive
HCC Dec 2023 - The Provision of Advocacy Services for Adults in Hertfordshire - AWARD
Hertfordshire County Council - Adult Care Services8530000004 Jun 2024—4 yrsLive
Statutory Advocacy Services - AWARD
Norfolk County Council8500000001 Jul 2024£4.6m3 yrsLive
Total live value £52.3m · mean award £1.1m1–10 of 85

Top buyers · 44 buyers · top 3 = 67%

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

✓ From notices
1
Nottinghamshire County Council
4 contracts
49%
since 2016
2
Birmingham City Council
4 contracts
11%
since 2019
3
Gloucestershire County Council
3 contracts
7%
since 2017
4
Norfolk County Council
3 contracts
5%
since 2016
5
East Sussex County Council
2 contracts
3%
since 2019
6
Tower Hamlets
3 contracts
2%
since 2017
7
SE Shared Services
2 contracts
2%
since 2019
8
Wolverhampton City Council
3 contracts
2%
since 2018
9
Islington
1 contract
2%
since 2016
10
London Borough of Lewisham
3 contracts
2%
since 2019

Category mix

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

✓ From notices
Health & social85
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
East Midlands15 contracts
53%
West Midlands19 contracts
17%
South West5 contracts
9%
London13 contracts
8%
Eastern10 contracts
7%
South East5 contracts
4%
Yorkshire4 contracts
1%
North West1 contract
0%

Peers

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

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
SC
St Christopher’s Fellowship
Yes£59.0m1
FC
FOSTER CARE LINK LIMITED
Yes£59.0m1
OH
Optima Health UK Limited
No£29.4m1
IR
IFF Research
No£10.4m1
V1
Voyage 1 Limited trading as Voyage Care
No£6.2m1
PO
POHWER
No£2.1m—
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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 Mar 2025
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 10 Mar 2027
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.
03323040
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Guarant Nsc Limited Exemption
Incorporated
24 Feb 1997
Reg. office
Suite 4 Middlesex House, Meadway Corporate Centre, Stevenage, SG1 2EF
SIC codes
96090
Last accounts
31 Mar 2025
Next accounts due
30 Dec 2026

Directors & PSC

  • KANES, John — director
    Appointed 26 Mar 2026
  • AGUILAR, Maria — director
    Appointed 26 Mar 2026
  • TESSARO, Michelle — director
    Appointed 26 Mar 2026
  • BARNES, Laura Anne — secretary
    Appointed 30 Oct 2025
  • ARHIRE, Ciprian — director
    Appointed 09 Jun 2025
  • TEMPLETON, Robert Stuart — director
    Appointed 11 Jul 2024

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
POHWER
03323040 · this company

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