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Tripod Partners

London
SME

Tripod Partners is a healthcare recruitment and staffing agency that specializes in finding top talent for various healthcare roles, including temporary and permanent positions in social work, nursing, and allied health.

tripodpartners.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£306.5m
Live
10
Buyers
24
12m
£291.7m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities4
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts10 / 34
  • Top buyers24
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — Tripod PartnersUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Tripod Partners has won £306.5m across 24 public-sector buyers, with 10 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO at 95% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
10 of 34Live contracts
95%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.

⚑ Self-reported
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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
Temporary RecruitmentRecruitment services for temporary healthcare positions. ↗Permanent Healthcare RecruitmentRecruitment services for permanent healthcare positions. ↗Assessment SolutionsSolutions for assessing candidates for healthcare roles. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 4 from notices
  • 3S_22 Strategic HR ServicesEspo · £10.4m
  • Kent Intake Unit UASC Health ServicesHome Office · £873k
  • LYP 100 2023_24 - International Recruitment - Occupational TherapistsLeeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust · £32k
  • NEPO608 - Safeguarding Adult Reviews, Domestic Homicide Reviews and Local Child Safeguarding Practice ReviewsNewcastle City Council · —

Extracted automatically from tripodpartners.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.

⚑ Self-reported
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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

Independently issued. Verification dates cross-checked against issuer registers.

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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 · 10 live · 24 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
3S_26 Strategic HR and Recruitment Services
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO—07 Jul 2026£291.7m2 yrspending
3S_26 Strategic HR and Recruitment Services
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO—07 Jul 2026—2 yrsLive
Recruitment of International Social Workers
Surrey County Council7960000001 Apr 2025£476k12 moClosed
Kent Intake Unit UASC Health Services
Home Office8531200027 Nov 2023£873k12 moClosed
LYP 100 2023_24 - International Recruitment - Occupational Therapists
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust7960000010 Jul 2023£32k1.8 yrsClosed
Framework Agreement for the provision of International Healthcare Professionals Recruitment & Associated Services
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust7960000002 May 2023£1.9m4 yrsLive
Recruitment of Overseas Social Work Qualified Workers
London Borough of Bromley7960000001 Dec 2022£75k16 moClosed
ESPO 3S_22 Strategic HR Services Lot 4 - Overseas Recruitment Services for Child Social Work Roles
Liverpool City Council7960000007 Nov 2022£142k12 moClosed
3S_22 Strategic HR Services
Espo7960000007 Jul 2022£10.4m2 yrsClosed
Recruitment of Permanent Staff
North East Lincolnshire Council7960000001 Jul 2022£165k2 yrsClosed
Total live value £1.9m · mean award £9.0m1–10 of 34

Top buyers · 24 buyers · top 3 = 99%

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

✓ From notices
1
Leicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO
2 contracts
95%
since 2026
2
Espo
3 contracts
3%
since 2022
3
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
1 contract
1%
since 2023
4
Home Office
1 contract
0%
since 2023
5
Surrey County Council
1 contract
0%
since 2025
6
HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting as agent for the University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
1 contract
0%
since 2020
7
North East Lincolnshire Council
1 contract
0%
since 2022
8
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council
1 contract
0%
since 2021
9
Liverpool City Council
1 contract
0%
since 2022
10
Suffolk Sourcing
4 contracts
0%
since 2020

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
East Midlands5 contracts
99%
South East4 contracts
1%
London2 contracts
0%
West Midlands1 contract
0%
Yorkshire3 contracts
0%
South West2 contracts
0%
North West1 contract
0%
Eastern2 contracts
0%
North East1 contract
0%
Scotland2 contracts
0%
Northern Ireland1 contract
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Tripod Partners highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
TP
Tripod Partners
Yes£291.7m—
AM
Alexander Mann Solutions
No£248.2m3
SC
St Christopher’s Fellowship
Yes£59.0m1
FC
FOSTER CARE LINK LIMITED
Yes£59.0m1
OP
Opus People Solutions
Yes£50.0m1
OH
Optima Health UK Limited
No£29.4m1
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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
Due in -12d
Next due 30 Jun 2026
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 10 Oct 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.

✓ From notices
±

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.
08230012
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
26 Sept 2012
Reg. office
National House, Wardour Street, London, W1F 0TA
SIC codes
78200
Last accounts
30 Sept 2024
Next accounts due
30 Jun 2026

Directors & PSC

  • COVILL, Dean Justin — director
    Appointed 01 Apr 2016
  • SMITH, Graham Paul — director
    Appointed 01 Jan 2015
  • Tripod Group 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
TRIPOD PARTNERS LIMITED
08230012 · this company

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