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Advancing Quality Alliance

Business services
Large

The Advancing Quality Alliance (Aqua) co-produces impactful change for service users and communities through strategic alliances, focusing on governance, regulatory support, and leadership development. They offer consultancy services and have a track record of partnerships with health and care organizations to improve productivity and capacity.

aqua.nhs.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£12.4m
Live
6
Buyers
11
12m
£1.1m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities5
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts6 / 20
  • Top buyers11
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
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Quick answer — Advancing Quality AllianceUpdated 20 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Advancing Quality Alliance has won £12.4m across 11 public-sector buyers, with 6 live contracts.

Why: top buyer NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED at 40% · 100% in Business services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
No CH recordCompany status
6 of 20Live contracts
40%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

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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
Sectors served · 1/8
Central government✓
Local government✓
NHS & health✓
Housing✓
Utilities & energy✓
Financial services✓
Education✓
Defence✓
Services · 3
ConsultancyProject-by-project consultancy and transformation services for NHS Trusts, integrated care systems, local authorities, and more. ↗Advancing Quality (AQ)A program aimed at improving quality in healthcare services. ↗Quality, Service Improvement and Redesign (QSIR)A program focused on improving quality and service delivery in healthcare. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 5 from notices
  • Internal and External Audit, Counter Fraud and Financial Assurance ServicesNHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £5.0m
  • Audit Services for Health (SBS10517)N H S Shared Business Services · £4.5m
  • Safety Culture Training for Board Level Safety Champions for MaternityNHS England · £386k
  • Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Training Fund - NHS/SoEPS/19.528South of England Procurement Centre · £25k
  • Sepsis Training Fund - Health Education England - Invitation to Quote - NHS/SoEPS/18.454South of England Procurement Centre · £17k

Extracted automatically from aqua.nhs.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.

◐ From supplier website
A Partnership for Safer Care: The Advancing Quality Alliance (Aqua) and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation TrustThis case study discusses the challenges of patient safety investigations and how they can better reflect the realities of frontline care. ↗Working in Partnership – The Advancing Quality Alliance (Aqua) and The Society for Acute MedicineThis case study addresses the challenges faced by acute medicine clinicians in improving systems and integrating sustainability into practice. ↗

Extracted automatically from aqua.nhs.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.

✓ Confirmed by buyer
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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.

✓ Verified
84

No verified KPI scores yet

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Contracts · 6 live · 14 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
YAS 144 2025_26 CQC Well-Led Review
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust7941000002 Jan 2026£47k5 moClosed
Training and Development
East Of England NHS Collaborative Hub—12 Jan 2026£926k2 yrspending
Audit Services for Health (SBS10517)
N H S Shared Business Services7920000009 Sept 2025£4.5m4 yrsLive
Well-Led Governance Review
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust7920000001 Mar 2025£46k5 moClosed
Award for the Provision of a Well Led Review
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust7921200008 Nov 2024£41k6 moClosed
State of care detailed case studies
Care Quality Commission7311000001 Jun 2024£45k4 moClosed
Training & Development Services
East Of England NHS Collaborative Hub8000000001 Apr 2024£417k10 moClosed
Thematic Suicide Prevention Review
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Foundation Trust7921200001 Feb 2024£177k12 moClosed
Training and Development
East Of England NHS Collaborative Hub8000000001 Apr 2023£500k2 yrsClosed
ransformation and Collaboration Partnership Agreement
NHS England7941400001 Apr 2023£69k12 moClosed
Total live value £4.5m · mean award £621k1–10 of 20

Top buyers · 11 buyers · top 3 = 92%

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

✓ From notices
1
NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
2 contracts
40%
since 2020
2
N H S Shared Business Services
1 contract
37%
since 2025
3
East Of England NHS Collaborative Hub
6 contracts
15%
since 2023
4
NHS England
3 contracts
4%
since 2022
5
NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT
1 contract
2%
since 2019
6
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Foundation Trust
1 contract
1%
since 2024
7
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
1 contract
0%
since 2026
8
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
1 contract
0%
since 2025
9
Care Quality Commission
1 contract
0%
since 2024
10
South of England Procurement Centre
2 contracts
0%
since 2018

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
London3 contracts
64%
Eastern7 contracts
26%
Yorkshire4 contracts
6%
South East3 contracts
3%
South West1 contract
1%
North East1 contract
1%
Region resolved for 63% of awarded value (by buyer postcode); the remainder lacks a usable address.

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Advancing Quality Alliance highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
KP
KPMG LLP
No£223.2m1
I(
Ipsos (Market Research) Ltd
No£5.7m3
PF
People For Research Limited
Yes£3.0m1
WU
WSP UK Limited
No£3.0m1
OU
OVIVA UK LIMITED
No£3.0m12
AQ
Advancing Quality Alliance
No£1.1m—
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Red flags · 0 active

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

✓ Verified
No Companies House record linked — automated risk checks unavailable.

Compliance scorecard

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No Companies House record linked — statutory compliance checks unavailable.

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

Registered details, directors and PSC.

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Financial

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No financial filings on record

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Org tree

Group structure and ownership.

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