At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGE LIMITED has won £13.6m across 4 public-sector buyers, with 7 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO at 82% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.
ESG & policies vault · 0/5
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Capabilities
What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.
- 128_22 Art Papers and Board
- Early Years, SEN, All Key Stage Curriculum and Outdoor Play Resources - Y22005
- 128_17 Art and Craft Papers
- YPO - 000873 Early Years Construction
- 991_22 - Supply of Early Years & Curriculum Product Ranges
- 174_18 Science Equipment & Chemicals
Extracted automatically from educationaladvantage.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Case studies
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No case studies yet
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Buyer references
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No buyer references yet
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Accreditations & memberships
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No accreditations recorded
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KPI performance
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No verified KPI scores yet
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Contracts · 7 live · 12 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO | — | 13 Apr 2026 | £1.1m | 12 mo | pending | |
| Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO | — | 01 Apr 2026 | £10.0m | 12 mo | pending | |
| Espo | 18000000 | 01 Mar 2022 | £141k | 2.1 yrs | Closed | |
| Espo | 22000000 | 01 Mar 2022 | £482k | 13 mo | Closed | |
| Kent bCounty Council (t/a KCS) | 80000000 | 01 Aug 2021 | £400k | 4 yrs | Closed | |
| YPO | 37520000 | 01 Jan 2019 | £300k | 2.1 yrs | Closed | |
| Espo | 37810000 | 01 Mar 2018 | £110k | 2.1 yrs | Closed | |
| Espo | 22110000 | 01 Mar 2018 | £154k | 2.1 yrs | Closed | |
| Espo | 14000000 | 01 Apr 2018 | £120k | 2 yrs | Closed | |
| Espo | 22110000 | 01 Apr 2018 | £246k | 2 yrs | Closed |
Top buyers · 4 buyers · top 3 = 97%
Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.
Geography
Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.
Peers
Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGE LIMITED highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
KP KPMG LLP | No | £223.2m | 1 |
EA EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGE LIMITED | Yes | £11.1m | — |
| No | £7.4m | 1 | |
| No | £3.0m | 1 | |
| No | £2.7m | 2 | |
| Yes | £1.6m | 4 |
Red flags · 0 active
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Compliance scorecard
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Modifications
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No modifications recorded
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News mentions
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No news mentions found
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Companies House
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Registered details
- Company no.
- 05903297
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 11 Aug 2006
- Reg. office
- Unit 4 Priory Court, Poulton, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 5JB
- SIC codes
- 85320
- Last accounts
- 31 Mar 2025
- Next accounts due
- 31 Dec 2026
Directors & PSC
- BELL, Darren Paul — directorAppointed 07 Sept 2018
- HARDSTAFF, Richard Keith — secretaryAppointed 11 Aug 2006
- HARDSTAFF, Richard Keith — directorAppointed 11 Aug 2006
- Polydron Educational Advantage Holdings Limited — person with significant controlownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent · right to appoint and remove directors
Financial
Filed accounts from Companies House.
No financial filings on record
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Org tree
Group structure and ownership.
Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.
Social value
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No social-value commitments yet
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