At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Acorn Education and Care Services Ltd has won £36.8m across 10 public-sector buyers, with 12 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Devon County Council at 99% · 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.
- CP2216-22 Peninsula Residential Children's Homes Flexible Purchasing System (FPS)
Extracted automatically from nottinghamshire.gov.uk 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 nottinghamshire.gov.uk 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
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 · 2
Credentials listed on the supplier’s website. Not yet checked against issuer registers.
Extracted automatically from nottinghamshire.gov.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
KPI performance
Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.
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 · 12 live · 1 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol City Council | 80000000 | 01 Sept 2023 | £178k | 3 yrs | Live | |
| Bristol City Council | 80000000 | 01 Sept 2023 | £178k | 3 yrs | Live | |
| Bristol City Council | 80000000 | 07 Apr 2023 | £119k | 2.4 yrs | Closed | |
| Devon County Council | 85000000 | 01 Feb 2023 | £36.4m | 5 yrs | Live | |
| DERBY CITY COUNCIL | 80000000 | — | — | — | Live | |
| Kent County Council | 80000000 | — | — | — | Live | |
| Lincolnshire County Council | 85000000 | — | — | — | Live | |
| Warwickshire County Council | 80340000 | — | — | — | Live | |
| Stoke-on-Trent Council | — | — | — | — | Live | |
| Gateshead Borough Council | 80000000 | — | — | — | Live |
Top buyers · 10 buyers · top 3 = 100%
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). Acorn Education and Care Services Ltd highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | £29.4m | 1 | |
| Yes | £13.1m | 1 | |
| Yes | £13.1m | 1 | |
| Yes | £13.1m | 1 | |
| Yes | £13.1m | 1 | |
AE Acorn Education and Care Services Ltd | No | — | — |
Red flags · 0 active
Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.
Compliance scorecard
Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.
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
UK trade press & nationals, matched to this supplier.
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.
Registered details
- Company no.
- 07027492
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 23 Sept 2009
- Reg. office
- Atria, Spa Road, Bolton, BL1 4AG
- SIC codes
- 85590 · 87900 · 88990
- Last accounts
- 31 Aug 2024
- Next accounts due
- 31 May 2026
Directors & PSC
- SMITH, Fiona Sarah Rachel — secretaryAppointed 02 Oct 2025
- LECKY, Helen Elizabeth — directorAppointed 14 Feb 2025
- POWER, Richard — directorAppointed 14 Feb 2025
- P Bloom 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
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 · 3/5
Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes. Each is tagged self-reported or from the website.
Extracted automatically from nottinghamshire.gov.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.