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Anchor Foster Care Services Ltd

Chatham
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Awarded
£8.8m
Live
3
Buyers
7
12m
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  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities2
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  • KPI performance
  • Contracts3 / 7
  • Top buyers7
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
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  • Red flags0
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Quick answer — Anchor Foster Care Services LtdUpdated 20 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Anchor Foster Care Services Ltd has won £8.8m across 7 public-sector buyers, with 3 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Leicestershire County Council at 87% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
3 of 7Live contracts
87%Top-buyer concentration
—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

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.

⚑ Self-reported & from notices

Service tags, sectors served and target geographies appear here once a supplier verifies ownership of this profile.

Frameworks & DPS · 2 from notices
  • Leicestershire's Children and Families Services Gateway2Resources (G2R) - Residential & Fostering PlacementsLeicestershire County Council · £7.7m
  • East Midlands Regional Children's Framework AgreementNorthamptonshire County Council (NASS) · £1.1m

Case studies

Delivery stories the supplier has published, with sector and outcome.

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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

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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 · 3 live · 4 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Leicestershire's Children and Families Services Gateway2Resources (G2R) - Residential & Fostering Placements
Leicestershire County Council8500000001 Feb 2020£7.7m2 yrsClosed
East Midlands Regional Children's Framework Agreement
Northamptonshire County Council (NASS)8500000001 Feb 2018£1.1m2 yrsClosed
ESCC/JL Framework for Independent Providers of Foster Care Services - AWARD
SE Shared Services8532000001 Apr 2017—2 yrsClosed
C0231 - Foster Care Framework - AWARD
Birmingham City Council8531130004 Apr 2016—2 yrsClosed
West Midlands Independent Fostering Agency Framework
Coventry City Council (COV)85300000———Live
Contract Modification (under PCR 2015 Regulation 72) to the London Borough of Sutton Independent Fostering Accommodation Framework
London Borough of Sutton85311000———Live
Independent Fostering Framework Agreement
Kent County Council85300000———Live
Total live value — · mean award £1.3m

Top buyers · 7 buyers · top 3 = 100%

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

✓ From notices
1
Leicestershire County Council
1 contract
87%
since 2020
2
Northamptonshire County Council (NASS)
1 contract
13%
since 2018
3
SE Shared Services
1 contract
0%
since 2017
4
Birmingham City Council
1 contract
0%
since 2016
5
Coventry City Council (COV)
1 contract
0%
6
London Borough of Sutton
1 contract
0%
7
Kent County Council
1 contract
0%

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
East Midlands1 contract
100%
West Midlands1 contract
0%
South East2 contracts
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Anchor Foster Care Services Ltd 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
LH
Lotus Home Care Limited
Yes£13.4m2
LC
LIFECOME CARE LIMITED
Yes£13.1m2
AF
Anchor Foster Care Services Ltd
Yes——
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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 18 Feb 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
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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

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.
04348277
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Guarant Nsc
Incorporated
07 Jan 2002
Reg. office
69a Maidstone Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 6DP
SIC codes
88990
Last accounts
31 Mar 2025
Next accounts due
26 Dec 2026

Directors & PSC

  • CHINYEMBA, Farayi — director
    Appointed 09 Nov 2009
  • SUTHERLAND, Florence — director
    Appointed 09 Nov 2009
  • CHINYEMBA, Farayi — secretary
    Appointed 07 Jan 2002
  • SUTHERLAND, Alistair John — director
    Appointed 07 Jan 2002
  • Mrs Florence Sutherland — person with significant control
    voting rights 25 to 50 percent
  • Mr Alistair John Sutherland — person with significant control
    voting rights 25 to 50 percent
  • Mr Farayi Chinyemba — person with significant control
    voting rights 25 to 50 percent

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
ANCHOR FOSTER CARE SERVICES LIMITED
04348277 · this company

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