At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Skills Forge has won £62.9m across 8 public-sector buyers, with 5 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer Kent County Council (T/a as KCS Procurement Services) 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.
- Supply of Education Management Systems _ Y20024
Extracted automatically from skillsforge.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.
No case studies yet
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Buyer references
Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.
No buyer references yet
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Accreditations & memberships · 1
Credentials listed on the supplier’s website. Not yet checked against issuer registers.
Extracted automatically from skillsforge.co.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 · 5 live · 5 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nottingham Trent University | — | 02 May 2025 | £90k | 3 yrs | Live | |
| University of Huddersfield e-Tendering | 48000000 | 09 Jun 2022 | — | 3.2 yrs | Closed | |
| UNIVERSITY OF KEELE | 48000000 | 01 Aug 2022 | £120k | 3 yrs | Closed | |
| Kent County Council (T/a as KCS Procurement Services) | 48000000 | 01 May 2021 | £62.5m | 4.1 yrs | Closed | |
| University of Bristol | 48612000 | 01 Oct 2017 | £77k | 5.3 yrs | Closed | |
| Nottingham Trent University | — | — | — | — | Live | |
| Nottingham Trent University | — | 02 May 2025 | £90k | 3 yrs | pending | |
| Procurement Services - Lifecycle on behalf of COMMERCIAL SERVICES KENT LIMITED | 48000000 | — | — | — | Live | |
| Kent bCounty Council (t/a KCS) | — | — | — | — | Live | |
| DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY | — | — | — | — | Live |
Top buyers · 8 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). Skills Forge highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | £265.3m | 3 | |
| No | £20.7m | 2 | |
| Yes | £18.4m | 3 | |
| Yes | £12.4m | 1 | |
| No | £10.8m | 4 | |
SF Skills Forge | Yes | — | — |
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
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News mentions
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No news mentions found
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Companies House
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Registered details
- Company no.
- 08617659
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 19 Jul 2013
- Reg. office
- Blake House, Blake Street, York, YO1 8QG
- SIC codes
- 62090
- Last accounts
- 31 Jul 2025
- Next accounts due
- 30 Apr 2027
Directors & PSC
- WEBSTER, Andrew Edward Christopher — directorAppointed 03 Jun 2025
- BENTLEY, Bernard Mark — secretaryAppointed 28 Jan 2019
- FAWCETT, Gary — directorAppointed 01 Oct 2015
- CARR, Jonathan Christopher — directorAppointed 19 Jul 2013
- WARD, Anthony Edward — directorAppointed 19 Jul 2013
- University Of York — person with significant controlownership of shares 25 to 50 percent
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
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