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Blue Arrow

Business services · St Peter Port
Largeregistered

Blue Arrow is a leading UK recruitment and staffing agency that provides flexible work solutions and comprehensive recruitment services across various sectors. They specialize in matching candidates with the right roles, offering both temporary and permanent staffing options.

bluearrow.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£59.1m
Live
33
Buyers
39
12m
£28.4m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities5
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts33 / 64
  • Top buyers39
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags2
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — Blue ArrowUpdated 20 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Blue Arrow has won £59.1m across 39 public-sector buyers, with 33 live contracts.

Why: top buyer South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust at 23% · 100% in Business services · 2 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
2Active red flags
registeredCompany status
33 of 64Live contracts
23%Top-buyer concentration
100%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

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.

ESG & policies vault · 0/5

Key governance & sustainability policies. Published documents link out; missing ones are greyed.

↔ Cross-checked
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
Recruitment SolutionsBlue Arrow offers tailored recruitment services to meet the specific needs of clients across various industries. ↗Temporary StaffingThey provide reliable temporary staffing solutions to help businesses find the right talent quickly. ↗Permanent StaffingBlue Arrow also offers permanent staffing solutions to meet long-term hiring needs. ↗Managed Service ProvisionThey provide managed service solutions for complex hiring challenges. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 5 from notices
  • 3S_22 Strategic HR ServicesEspo · £10.4m
  • Provision of Agency Workers and Recruitment ServicesLANCASHIRE RENEWABLES LIMITED · £3.6m
  • 17-26 Recruitment Agencies CF Awarded ContractUniversity of Wolverhampton · £400k
  • Agency Labour and Recruitment FrameworkFirst Ark Group · £300k
  • The Supply of Non Medical Non Clinical (NMNC) and Fixed Term StaffCrown Commercial Service · —

Extracted automatically from bluearrow.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 · 33 live · 31 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Provision of Catering Agency Staff
Nottingham Trent University7960000001 Jul 2026£400k4 yrsLive
The Provision of Campus Staff Support Services
University of Bedfordshire—15 Feb 2026£1.3m3 yrspending
Temporary Recruitment Services
UNIVERSITY OF KEELE7960000015 Dec 2025£400k2 yrsLive
SECAmb - Recruitment Agency PSL - STAGE 2
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust—01 Apr 2026£13.5m4 yrspending
PP-10161 Harris Federation Permanent and Contingency Staffing
Harris Federation—01 Jan 2026£12.8m2 yrspending
Temporary Staffing
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY7960000001 Aug 2025£67k4 moClosed
Recruitment Agency Framework
Derby College Group—11 Aug 2025£3.5m2 yrspending
Bower Ashton Agency Staff
University Of The West Of England7962300011 Jul 2025£45k13 moLive
The Grill Agency Staff
University Of The West Of England7962300011 Jul 2025£40k13 moLive
Onezone Agency Staff
University Of The West Of England7962300011 Jul 2025£50k13 moLive
Total live value £8.8m · mean award £924k1–10 of 64

Top buyers · 39 buyers · top 3 = 62%

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

✓ From notices
1
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
1 contract
23%
since 2025
2
Harris Federation
2 contracts
22%
since 2025
3
Espo
2 contracts
18%
since 2022
4
Procurement for Housing
3 contracts
10%
since 2019
5
LANCASHIRE RENEWABLES LIMITED
2 contracts
6%
since 2024
6
Derby College Group
2 contracts
6%
since 2025
7
Stonewater Ltd
1 contract
6%
since 2018
8
CIRRUS PURCHASING LTD
1 contract
3%
since 2019
9
University of Bedfordshire
1 contract
2%
since 2026
10
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY
6 contracts
1%
since 2022

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 100%.

✓ From notices
Business services79
100%
⚠ Concentration: 100% of recent awarded value sits in a single CPV division. A category-specific downturn would materially affect revenue.

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
South East5 contracts
45%
East Midlands12 contracts
32%
North West10 contracts
19%
Eastern5 contracts
2%
West Midlands4 contracts
1%
South West6 contracts
0%
Yorkshire4 contracts
0%
London3 contracts
0%
Northern Ireland2 contracts
0%
Scotland7 contracts
0%
Wales1 contract
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Blue Arrow highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
AM
Alexander Mann Solutions
No£74.8m8
RS
Reed Specialist Recrutiment
No£31.6m2
BA
Blue Arrow
No£28.4m—
NP
NHS PROFESSIONALS LIMITED
No£7.1m1
TS
THE SUPPLY REGISTER LIMITED
Yes£7.0m2
MS
MATRIX SCM LIMITED (02227962)
No£5.0m1
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Red flags · 2 active

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

✓ Verified
Company status: Registered. Companies House does not currently list this company as actively trading.
Confirmation statement overdue. Statement was due 13 Feb 2026.

Compliance scorecard

Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.

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Trading status
Registered
Not currently active
Annual accounts
—
No filing on record
Confirmation statement
Overdue
Due 13 Feb 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
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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

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.
OE020666
Status
Registered
Type
Registered Overseas Entity
Incorporated
31 Jan 2023
Reg. office
1 Royal Plaza, Royal Avenue, St Peter Port, GY1 2JJ
SIC codes
—

Directors & PSC

  • Vfs Trustees Limited — person with significant control
    ownership of shares more than 25 percent as trust registered overseas entity

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

↔ From Cos 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.

↔ From Cos House
BLUE ARROW LIMITED
OE020666 · this company

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