At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs
Challenging Education has won £2.4m across 4 public-sector buyers, with 3 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.
Why: top buyer North of Tyne Combined Authority at 68% · 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.
- NTCA Flexible Procurement Agreement for Children and Young People's framework
Extracted automatically from challengingeducation.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Case studies · 1
Delivery stories from the supplier’s website. Clients are not yet cross-checked against award records.
Extracted automatically from challengingeducation.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.
Buyer references
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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.
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 · 3 live · 1 historic
Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.
| Title | Buyer | CPV | Awarded | Value | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North of Tyne Combined Authority | 80000000 | 01 Sept 2024 | £1.6m | 4 yrs | Live | |
| Walsall Council e-Tendering | 80000000 | 01 Sept 2021 | £750k | 2 yrs | Closed | |
| NORTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL | 80000000 | — | — | — | Live | |
| Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | 80000000 | — | — | — | Live |
Top buyers · 4 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). Challenging Education highlighted.
| Supplier | SME? | Awarded · 24m | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
KP KPMG LLP | No | £223.2m | 3 |
| No | £7.4m | 1 | |
| No | £2.7m | 2 | |
| No | £2.1m | 1 | |
| Yes | £1.6m | 4 | |
CE Challenging Education | 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
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
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Registered details
- Company no.
- 10146423
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited
- Incorporated
- 26 Apr 2016
- Reg. office
- 1 Brassey Road, Shrewsbury, SY3 7FA
- SIC codes
- 85600
- Last accounts
- 30 Apr 2025
- Next accounts due
- 31 Jan 2027
Directors & PSC
- SUTCLIFFE, Trevor John — directorAppointed 01 Dec 2016
- BLACKBURN, Louise Jane — directorAppointed 26 Apr 2016
- BLACKBURN, Simon Philip — directorAppointed 26 Apr 2016
- Mr Simon Philip Blackburn — person with significant controlownership of shares 25 to 50 percent · voting rights 25 to 50 percent
- Ms Louise Jane Blackburn — person with significant controlownership of shares 25 to 50 percent · voting rights 25 to 50 percent
- Sutcliffe Education Limited — person with significant controlownership of shares 25 to 50 percent · voting rights 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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