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Witherslack Group Limited

Health & social · Carnforth
SME

Witherslack Group provides educational and therapeutic support for children and young people with special educational needs. They focus on transforming lives and achieving life-changing outcomes through their schools and services.

witherslackgroup.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£949.8m
Live
25
Buyers
15
12m
£876.3m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities4
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts25 / 73
  • Top buyers15
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — Witherslack Group LimitedUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Witherslack Group Limited has won £949.8m across 15 public-sector buyers, with 25 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Kent County Council at 92% · 50% in Health & social · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
25 of 73Live contracts
92%Top-buyer concentration
50%Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.

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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
EducationTransforming the lives of children, young people, and their families through education. ↗TherapyIn-house therapeutic support delivered by highly qualified therapists and psychologists. ↗FuturesEmpowering pupils to aspire higher and achieve exceptional life outcomes. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 4 from notices
  • Leicestershire's Children and Families Services Gateway2Resources (G2R) - Residential & Fostering PlacementsLeicestershire County Council · £7.7m
  • CYP - Lancashire Children and Young People Agency Residential Placements to include Residential Homes with Education (as registered with the DfE)Lancashire County Council · £2.0m
  • East Midlands Regional Children's Framework AgreementNorthamptonshire County Council (NASS) · £1.1m
  • South Central Residential Care Placements FrameworkBristol City Council · £306k

Extracted automatically from witherslackgroup.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.

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Buyer references

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

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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

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No accreditations recorded

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KPI performance

Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.

✓ Verified
84

No verified KPI scores yet

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Contracts · 25 live · 48 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Independent and Non-Maintained Special Schools (INMSS) Open Framework (CN260427)
Kent County Council—01 Sept 2026£876.0m4 yrspending
CALL-OFF: Children's Services Re-Opening of the Open Select List 2025 for all Independent Placement
Lincolnshire County Council8500000020 Feb 2026£311k1.6 yrsLive
PB2024-01632 - Residential Placement with Education Child ID: 411231
Darlington Borough Council8000000012 Dec 2024£1.5m4 yrsLive
PEP/ED/INM Education Placement/356826
Bristol City Council8500000030 May 2024£448k3.3 yrsLive
PEP/ED/INM Education Placement/901863
Bristol City Council8500000030 May 2024£418k2.3 yrsLive
PEP/ED/INM Education Placement/328165
Bristol City Council8500000030 May 2024£296k2.3 yrsLive
Residential Children's Home Contracts
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council8500000001 Apr 2024£362k12 moClosed
OFF framework Residential placement - 318418
Bristol City Council8500000031 Jan 2024£82k2 moClosed
PEP/CYP/Residential Placement - 517105
Bristol City Council8500000022 Jan 2024£90k2 moClosed
211344 - 005600 - NEPO Placements for 0 - 25 years in Department for Education Schools and Colleges
South Tyneside Council8500000029 Jan 2024£2.3m5.3 yrsLive
Total live value £45.0m · mean award £13.0m1–10 of 73

Top buyers · 15 buyers · top 3 = 97%

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

✓ From notices
1
Kent County Council
1 contract
92%
since 2026
2
Leeds City Council
3 contracts
4%
since 2017
3
Leicestershire County Council
1 contract
1%
since 2020
4
Darlington Borough Council
26 contracts
1%
since 2017
5
South Tyneside Council
5 contracts
1%
since 2022
6
Bristol City Council
22 contracts
0%
since 2019
7
North East Lincolnshire Council
6 contracts
0%
since 2016
8
Lancashire County Council
1 contract
0%
since 2016
9
Bath and North East Somerset Council
1 contract
0%
since 2016
10
Northamptonshire County Council (NASS)
1 contract
0%
since 2018

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 50%.

✓ From notices
Health & social85
50%
Other services98
50%

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
South East1 contract
92%
Yorkshire9 contracts
4%
North East33 contracts
2%
East Midlands4 contracts
1%
South West24 contracts
1%
North West1 contract
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Witherslack Group Limited highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
WG
Witherslack Group Limited
Yes£876.3m—
SC
St Christopher’s Fellowship
Yes£59.0m1
FC
FOSTER CARE LINK LIMITED
Yes£59.0m1
OH
Optima Health UK Limited
No£29.4m1
PH
PRIVATE HOME CARE UK LIMITED
Yes£13.1m1
C&
City & County Care Services Ltd
Yes£13.1m1
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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 Aug 2024
Confirmation statement
Due in 8d
Next due 20 Jul 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.

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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

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No news mentions found

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Companies House

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

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Registered details

Company no.
03579104
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
10 Jun 1998
Reg. office
Lupton Tower, Lupton, Carnforth, Lancashire, LA6 2PR
SIC codes
85200 · 85310 · 87900
Last accounts
31 Aug 2024
Next accounts due
31 Aug 2026

Directors & PSC

  • JONES, Judith — director
    Appointed 11 Sept 2025
  • MORRIS, Jennifer May — director
    Appointed 04 Sept 2023
  • BOWES, Mark Edwin — director
    Appointed 15 Aug 2023
  • BACON, Stephen — secretary
    Appointed 07 Oct 2022
  • BACON, Stephen — director
    Appointed 17 Aug 2020
  • WILKINS, Richard John — director
    Appointed 01 Sept 2019
  • Witherslack Group (Holdings) 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.

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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.

↔ From Cos House
WITHERSLACK GROUP LIMITED
03579104 · this company

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