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PARALLEL PARENTS LTD

Health & social · Stockport
Large

Parallel Parents Ltd is a family-run fostering agency that focuses on providing support to foster carers and achieving positive outcomes for children and young people in their care. They have been rated 'outstanding' in their last five Ofsted inspections.

parallelparents.com ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£5.0bn
Live
12
Buyers
14
12m
£4.9bn
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities4
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts12 / 18
  • Top buyers14
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — PARALLEL PARENTS LTDUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

PARALLEL PARENTS LTD has won £5.0bn across 14 public-sector buyers, with 12 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Walsall Council at 100% · 50% in Health & social · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
12 of 18Live contracts
100%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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No social-value commitments yet

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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
FosteringProviding support and training for foster carers. ↗Residential ServicesOffering residential care for children. ↗Therapeutic Training CentreTraining for foster carers to support children's emotional needs. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 4 from notices
  • Leicestershire's Children and Families Services Gateway2Resources (G2R) - Residential & Fostering PlacementsLeicestershire County Council · £7.7m
  • Cambridgeshire County Council Children's External Placements Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)Cambridgeshire County Council · £6.4m
  • Lancashire Fostering Agency Placements Framework - RFQ 15180077Lancashire County Council · £2.8m
  • Northamptonshire Children's Trust for the Provision of Homes for Children and Young People in our Care Independent Fostering Arrangements and Children's HomesNorth Northamptonshire Council · £692k

Extracted automatically from parallelparents.com 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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No case studies yet

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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

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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

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Contracts · 12 live · 6 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
CALL-OFF: Children's Services Re-Opening of the Open Select List 2025 for all Independent Placement
Lincolnshire County Council8500000026 Jan 2026£91k1.7 yrsLive
COV - West Midlands Children's Regional Residential Care Framework (2025)
Walsall Council—31 Oct 2025£4.9bn4 yrsLive
Independent Fostering Agency
Lincolnshire County Council8500000003 Mar 2025£61k4.1 yrsLive
Northamptonshire Children's Trust for the Provision of Homes for Children and Young People in our Care Independent Fostering Arrangements and Children's Homes
North Northamptonshire Council8500000001 Feb 2024£692k7.2 yrsLive
Agency Placements for Fostering AP323
North East Lincolnshire Council8500000018 Aug 2020£237k12.4 yrsLive
Leicestershire's Children and Families Services Gateway2Resources (G2R) - Residential & Fostering Placements
Leicestershire County Council8500000001 Feb 2020£7.7m2 yrsClosed
Cambridgeshire County Council Children's External Placements Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)
Cambridgeshire County Council8500000001 Apr 2019£6.4m5 yrsClosed
White Rose - Independent Fostering and Supported Lodgings Framework
Leeds City Council8530000001 Apr 2018£2.8m3 yrsClosed
Lancashire Fostering Agency Placements Framework - RFQ 15180077
Lancashire County Council8500000005 Apr 2018£2.8m2 yrsClosed
C0231 - Foster Care Framework - AWARD
Birmingham City Council8531130004 Apr 2016—2 yrsClosed
Total live value £4.9bn · mean award £276.0m1–10 of 18

Top buyers · 14 buyers · top 3 = 100%

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

✓ From notices
1
Walsall Council
1 contract
100%
since 2025
2
Leicestershire County Council
1 contract
0%
since 2020
3
Cambridgeshire County Council
1 contract
0%
since 2019
4
Leeds City Council
1 contract
0%
since 2018
5
Lancashire County Council
2 contracts
0%
since 2018
6
North Northamptonshire Council
2 contracts
0%
since 2024
7
DERBY CITY COUNCIL
1 contract
0%
since 2016
8
North East Lincolnshire Council
1 contract
0%
since 2020
9
Lincolnshire County Council
2 contracts
0%
since 2025
10
Birmingham City Council
1 contract
0%
since 2016

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
West Midlands2 contracts
100%
East Midlands7 contracts
0%
Eastern1 contract
0%
Yorkshire2 contracts
0%
North West3 contracts
0%
South East1 contract
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). PARALLEL PARENTS LTD highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
PP
PARALLEL PARENTS LTD
No£4.9bn—
SC
St Christopher’s Fellowship
Yes£59.0m1
FC
FOSTER CARE LINK LIMITED
Yes£59.0m1
OH
Optima Health UK Limited
No£29.4m1
LH
Lotus Home Care Limited
Yes£13.4m2
LC
LIFECOME CARE LIMITED
Yes£13.1m2
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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 30 Apr 2025
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 25 Nov 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.
04311751
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
26 Oct 2001
Reg. office
2nd,Floor Lansdowne House, 85 Buxton Road Heavily, Buxton Road, Stockport, SK2 6LR
SIC codes
88990
Last accounts
30 Apr 2025
Next accounts due
31 Jan 2027

Directors & PSC

  • FITZPATRICK, Ellen — secretary
    Appointed 01 Nov 2001
  • FITZPATRICK, Sean Anthony, Dr — director
    Appointed 01 Nov 2001
  • Care Today/Parallel Parents Ltd — 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.

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PARALLEL PARENTS LTD
04311751 · this company

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