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COGENT SKILLS LIMITED

Warrington
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Cogent Skills is an employer-led charity focused on ensuring that UK science-based industries have the necessary skills for success. They support high-impact industries such as life sciences, nuclear, chemicals, and clean growth.

cogentskills.com ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£18.5m
Live
5
Buyers
6
12m
£3.4m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts5 / 18
  • Top buyers6
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
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Quick answer — COGENT SKILLS LIMITEDUpdated 20 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

COGENT SKILLS LIMITED has won £18.5m across 6 public-sector buyers, with 5 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Ministry of Defence, DIO, at 64% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
5 of 18Live contracts
64%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.

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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
Services · 3
ApprenticeshipsHelping employers grow future talent pipelines through high-quality science and process manufacturing apprenticeships tailored to industry needs. ↗Employment ServicesSupporting science-based employers with early talent solutions through our role as a trusted Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency. ↗Safety Culture SolutionsDelivering industry-led safety training and consultancy solutions to build safer, more resilient workplaces. ↗

Extracted automatically from cogentskills.com 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.

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Buyer references

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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.

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No verified KPI scores yet

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Contracts · 5 live · 13 historic

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TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
DNO 515 - Roles, Pathways and Curriculum
Ministry of Defence, DIO,—13 Apr 2026£1.4m5 yrspending
DNO 512 - Sector Experts into Training
Ministry of Defence, DIO,—10 Apr 2026£1.1m5 yrspending
DNO 517 - Teacher Training Bursary
Ministry of Defence, DIO,—10 Apr 2026£788k5 yrspending
Apprenticeship Scheme
GREAT BRITISH ENERGY - NUCLEAR—09 Sept 2025£274k3.8 yrspending
Optimising Training Landscape
Ministry of Defence, DIO,7512100028 Jan 2025£595k2 moClosed
Energy & Net Zero Professional Services Framework
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero7131400001 Feb 2025£5.8m2 yrsLive
NNSPS Year 1
Ministry of Defence, DIO,7512100019 Nov 2024£3.0m4 moClosed
Destination Nuclear Phase 2
Ministry of Defence, DIO,7934000012 Jul 2024£2.0m9 moClosed
Skills Forecasting Contract
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology8000000005 Mar 2024£25k5 moClosed
Nuclear Skills Task Force in-year Activities
Ministry of Defence, DIO,7934000030 Nov 2023£2.8m4 moClosed
Total live value £5.8m · mean award £1.0m1–10 of 18

Top buyers · 6 buyers · top 3 = 100%

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

✓ From notices
1
Ministry of Defence, DIO,
12 contracts
64%
since 2023
2
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
1 contract
31%
since 2024
3
GREAT BRITISH ENERGY - NUCLEAR
2 contracts
4%
since 2025
4
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
1 contract
0%
since 2024
5
DESNZ & DSIT Group Commercial
1 contract
0%
6
Welsh Government
1 contract
0%

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
London4 contracts
100%
Wales1 contract
0%
Region resolved for 36% of awarded value (by buyer postcode); the remainder lacks a usable address.

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). COGENT SKILLS LIMITED highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
KP
KPMG LLP
No£223.2m1
TG
THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED
No£7.4m1
BM
Bauer Media Outdoor UK Ltd
No£5.0m1
W6
WPP 650
No£4.4m1
CS
COGENT SKILLS LIMITED
No£3.4m—
MA
MOTTRAM ASSOCIATES LIMITED
No£2.7m2
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Red flags · 0 active

Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.

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✓ 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
Up to date
Last made up to 31 Dec 2024
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 20 Dec 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.

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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

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Companies House

Live sync — registered details, directors, PSC and SIC codes.

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Registered details

Company no.
09361100
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Guarant Nsc
Incorporated
18 Dec 2014
Reg. office
First Floor 720 Mandarin Court, Centre Park, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1GG
SIC codes
85590
Last accounts
31 Dec 2024
Next accounts due
31 Dec 2026

Directors & PSC

  • LAY, Matthew Russell — director
    Appointed 01 Apr 2025
  • VINEALL, David George — director
    Appointed 25 Feb 2025
  • FERNS, Susan Elizabeth — director
    Appointed 01 Jun 2023
  • FOSH, Justine Sarah — director
    Appointed 04 May 2020
  • WOODS-RUDDICK, Katherine Jane — director
    Appointed 20 Dec 2019
  • ELLIOTT, Stephen Denis — director
    Appointed 12 May 2017

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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COGENT SKILLS LIMITED
09361100 · this company

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