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Cognition Education

London
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Begin Bright is a company that supports early years educators through high-quality learning programmes, professional development, and consultancy services. They focus on children aged 2 to 5 years, providing resources and tools to foster learning and development.

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Awarded
£10.5m
Live
5
Buyers
6
12m
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At a glance
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Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities3
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts5 / 16
  • Top buyers6
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
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  • Modifications
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Quick answer — Cognition EducationUpdated 03 Aug 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Cognition Education has won £10.5m across 6 public-sector buyers, with 5 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Department for Education at 77% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
5 of 16Live contracts
77%Top-buyer concentration
—Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

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ESG & policies vault · 0/5

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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
Services · 4
Early Years Training & CPDTraining and continuous professional development for early years educators. ↗School Readiness ProgrammesPrograms designed to prepare children for school. ↗Educational Products & ResourcesA range of educational products and resources for children. ↗Membership ServicesResources and CPD for early years professionals. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 3 from notices
  • National Tutoring Programme - AY 2022/23 - Recruiting and Deploying Academic Mentors - CF AN (con_15277)Department for Education · £6.8m
  • Teacher Mentoring Programme in the Further Education SectorDepartment for Education · £1.2m
  • Provision of Apprenticeship Training and Assessment FrameworkCumberland Council · £429k

Extracted automatically from beginbright.com on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

Case studies

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Buyer references

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Accreditations & memberships

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KPI performance

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Contracts · 5 live · 11 historic

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TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Provision of Apprenticeship Training and Assessment Framework
Cumberland Council8053000001 Apr 2025£429k4 yrsLive
Foundation Years - DfE Support to the Early Years Sector
Department for Education8011000001 Jun 2024£122k12 moClosed
Training and Development
East Of England NHS Collaborative Hub8000000001 Apr 2023£500k2 yrsClosed
CA11798 - Supply of a Leadership Development Programme
The Education Training Collective8053200017 Apr 2023£33k11 moClosed
Teacher Mentoring Programme in the Further Education Sector
Department for Education8000000001 Mar 2023£1.2m2.1 yrsClosed
National Tutoring Programme - AY 2022/23 - Recruiting and Deploying Academic Mentors - CF AN (con_15277)
Department for Education8000000019 Jul 2022£6.8m2.1 yrsClosed
Re-tendered T Level support: delivery of subject knowledge and subject teaching training
The Education and Training Foundation8000000016 Jul 2019£100k9 moClosed
T Level support strand 3: delivery of pedagogy training for technical teachers
The Education and Training Foundation8000000011 Jun 2019£180k10 moClosed
Career Pathways to FE Teaching - North Area
The Education and Training Foundation8000000025 Apr 2019£145k11 moClosed
Career Pathways to FE Teaching - Central Area
The Education and Training Foundation8000000026 Apr 2019£145k11 moClosed
Total live value £429k · mean award £654k1–10 of 16

Top buyers · 6 buyers · top 3 = 96%

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

✓ From notices
1
Department for Education
6 contracts
77%
since 2022
2
The Education and Training Foundation
6 contracts
13%
since 2016
3
East Of England NHS Collaborative Hub
1 contract
5%
since 2023
4
Cumberland Council
1 contract
4%
since 2025
5
The Education Training Collective
1 contract
0%
since 2023
6
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, trading as North of England NHS Commercial Procurement Collaborative ("NOE CPC")
1 contract
0%

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
London6 contracts
59%
Eastern1 contract
21%
North West1 contract
18%
North East1 contract
1%
Yorkshire1 contract
0%
Region resolved for 23% of awarded value (by buyer postcode); the remainder lacks a usable address.

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Cognition Education highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
KP
KPMG LLP
No£223.2m1
AM
Alexander Mann Solutions
No£52.0m1
NP
NHS PROFESSIONALS LIMITED
No£7.1m1
BP
BPP Professional Education Ltd
No£4.5m1
ST
SOUTH THAMES COLLEGES GROUP
Yes£4.0m1
CE
Cognition Education
Yes——
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Red flags · 0 active

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✓ Clean. No active risk signals from Companies House status, charges or insolvency records.

Compliance scorecard

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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
Due in -33d
Next due 06 Jul 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

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No modifications recorded

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News mentions

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Companies House

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Registered details

Company no.
09209758
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
09 Sept 2014
Reg. office
C/O Clyde & Co Llp,, St Botolph Building, 138 Houndsditch, London, EC3A 7AR
SIC codes
85590
Last accounts
31 Mar 2025
Next accounts due
31 Dec 2026

Directors & PSC

  • RYAN, Sean Desmond — director
    Appointed 01 Mar 2020
  • LUCAS, Tina Ann — director
    Appointed 09 Sept 2014
  • Cognition Education Limited — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 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.

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COGNITION EDUCATION UK LIMITED
09209758 · this company

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