At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
FIRST ASCENT GROUP LTD has won £2.3m across 14 public-sector buyers, with 11 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer East Of England NHS Collaborative Hub at 61% · 100% in Business services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.
ESG & policies vault · 0/5
Key governance & sustainability policies. Published documents link out; missing ones are greyed.
Capabilities
What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.
- Tender for the Provisioning of Business Support Workshops
- 21_11_15 Developing Our Leaders and Managers
- PR 2001 - VGH Business Support
- Psychometric Tools Profiling via Emergentics for Learning & Development team
Extracted automatically from firstascentgroup.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.
Extracted automatically from firstascentgroup.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.
No buyer references yet
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Accreditations & memberships
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No accreditations recorded
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KPI performance
Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.
No verified KPI scores yet
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Contracts · 11 live · 9 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED | 79998000 | 17 Mar 2026 | £87k | 12 mo | Live | |
| East Of England NHS Collaborative Hub | — | 12 Jan 2026 | £926k | 2 yrs | pending | |
| The Arts Council of England | 80532000 | 04 Jun 2024 | £100k | 3 yrs | Live | |
| NHS Property Services | 80500000 | 01 Apr 2023 | £18k | 3 yrs | Closed | |
| University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 80510000 | 27 Mar 2023 | £96k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| East Of England NHS Collaborative Hub | 80000000 | 01 Apr 2023 | £500k | 2 yrs | Closed | |
| FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPENSATION SCHEME LIMITED | 79600000 | 03 Dec 2022 | £84k | 3.9 yrs | Live | |
| South Tyneside Council | 80500000 | 01 Jan 2023 | £59k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| NHS Business Services Authority | 80510000 | 11 Jul 2022 | £98k | 12 mo | Closed | |
| Pension Protection Fund | 80500000 | 16 Nov 2020 | £114k | 4 yrs | Closed |
Top buyers · 14 buyers · top 3 = 73%
Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.
Category mix
CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 100%.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). FIRST ASCENT GROUP LTD highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
KP KPMG LLP | No | £223.2m | 1 |
| No | £55.0m | 4 | |
| No | £7.4m | 1 | |
| No | £7.1m | 1 | |
| Yes | £3.5m | 1 | |
FA FIRST ASCENT GROUP LTD | Yes | £1.0m | — |
Red flags · 0 active
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Compliance scorecard
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Modifications
Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.
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.
- 03499793
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 27 Jan 1998
- Reg. office
- St John's Innovation Centre Cowley Road, St John's Innovation Park, Cambridge, CB4 0WS
- SIC codes
- 70229
- Last accounts
- 31 May 2025
- Next accounts due
- 28 Feb 2027
Directors & PSC
- EGAN, Brigit Colleen — directorAppointed 23 Oct 2025
- ROBINSON, Simone — directorAppointed 21 Aug 2024
- BENTLEY, Stephen Mark — directorAppointed 01 Mar 2006
- CRANWELL, Stephen Douglas — directorAppointed 01 Mar 2006
- SALES, David Glen — directorAppointed 01 Mar 2006
- Mr Stephen Mark Bentley — person with significant controlownership of shares 25 to 50 percent · voting rights 25 to 50 percent
- Mr Stephen Douglas Cranwell — person with significant controlownership of shares 25 to 50 percent · voting rights 25 to 50 percent
- Mr David Glen Sales — person with significant controlownership of shares 25 to 50 percent · voting rights 25 to 50 percent
Financial
Filed accounts from Companies 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.
Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.
Social value
Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.
No social-value commitments yet
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