At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
OPTIMUM SKILLS LIMITED has won £7.4m across 8 public-sector buyers, with 11 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Department for Education at 75% · 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.
- Skills Bootcamps DPS : Engineering & Manufacturing : Second call off competition
- Apprenticeships Framework 2018-2024
- Provider Panel for Adult Learning & Skills Provision with Further Competitions for Community and Accredited Learning
- Provider Panel for Adult Learning & Skills Provision
- DurhamWorks - Provider Panel for Sector Based Routeways (2018-2021)
- DurhamWorks Provider Panel for Employment Routeways (2020-2021)
Extracted automatically from optimumskills.co.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 optimumskills.co.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
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Accreditations & memberships
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No accreditations recorded
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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 · 11 live · 18 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department for Education | 80000000 | 25 Jan 2024 | £143k | 8 mo | Closed | |
| Ministry of Justice | 80000000 | 12 Dec 2023 | £120k | 17 mo | Closed | |
| Department for Education | 80000000 | 01 Feb 2024 | £1.5m | 2 yrs | Closed | |
| Department for Education | 80000000 | 01 Feb 2024 | £1.9m | 2 yrs | Closed | |
| Department for Education | 80000000 | 01 Sept 2023 | £1.6m | 12 mo | Closed | |
| Durham County Council | 80000000 | 10 May 2021 | £40k | 7 mo | Closed | |
| Durham County Council | 80000000 | 26 Apr 2021 | £39k | 7 mo | Closed | |
| Durham County Council | 80000000 | 01 Apr 2021 | £45k | 8 mo | Closed | |
| Durham County Council | 80000000 | 21 Dec 2020 | £292k | 8 mo | Closed | |
| Durham County Council | 80000000 | 09 Mar 2020 | £78k | 15 mo | Closed |
Top buyers · 8 buyers · top 3 = 98%
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). OPTIMUM SKILLS LIMITED highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
KP KPMG LLP | No | £223.2m | 3 |
| No | £7.4m | 1 | |
| Yes | £4.0m | 1 | |
| No | £2.7m | 2 | |
| No | £2.1m | 1 | |
OS OPTIMUM SKILLS LIMITED | No | — | — |
Red flags · 0 active
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Compliance scorecard
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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
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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
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Registered details
- Company no.
- 08733481
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 15 Oct 2013
- Reg. office
- Unit 23, Parsons Court, Welbury Way, Aycliffe Business Park, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, DL5 6ZE
- SIC codes
- 85320
- Last accounts
- 31 Jul 2025
- Next accounts due
- 30 Apr 2027
Directors & PSC
- SHAKESPEARE, Diane Susan — directorAppointed 15 Oct 2013
- Miss Diane Susan Shekespeare — person with significant controlownership of shares 50 to 75 percent · voting rights 50 to 75 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
Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.
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.