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Acorn Education and Care

UK public-sector supplier
SME
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Awarded
£58.8m
Live
5
Buyers
10
12m
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At a glance
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  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities3
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
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  • KPI performance
  • Contracts5 / 15
  • Top buyers10
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
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  • Red flags0
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Quick answer — Acorn Education and CareUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Acorn Education and Care has won £58.8m across 10 public-sector buyers, with 5 live contracts.

Why: top buyer Leeds City Council at 67% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
No CH recordCompany status
5 of 15Live contracts
67%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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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.

⚑ Self-reported & from notices

Service tags, sectors served and target geographies appear here once a supplier verifies ownership of this profile.

Frameworks & DPS · 3 from notices
  • Leicestershire's Children and Families Services Gateway2Resources (G2R) - Residential & Fostering PlacementsLeicestershire County Council · £7.7m
  • Cambridgeshire County Council Children's External Placements Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)Cambridgeshire County Council · £6.4m
  • South Central Residential Care Placements FrameworkBristol City Council · £306k

Case studies

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Buyer references

Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.

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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.

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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 · 10 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Call off from TD1941 DPS (SEN Placements) for Q4 2024/25
DERBY CITY COUNCIL8000000010 Mar 2025£190k17 moLive
Call offs from Dynamic Purchasing System for SEN Educational Placements Q1 2025/26
DERBY CITY COUNCIL8000000010 Mar 2025£235k2.5 yrsLive
Independent Non-maintained school
Lincolnshire County Council8000000008 Sept 2024£142k1.6 yrsClosed
CIS/ED/INM Education Placement/52996
Bristol City Council8500000024 Apr 2023£318k2.3 yrsClosed
CYP-CSI-Residential Placement - Acorn Care and Education DB
Bristol City Council8530000001 Apr 2021£266k12 moClosed
Children's Residential Placements
Essex County Council8500000024 Feb 2020£2.1m4 yrsClosed
Leicestershire's Children and Families Services Gateway2Resources (G2R) - Residential & Fostering Placements
Leicestershire County Council8500000001 Feb 2020£7.7m2 yrsClosed
South Central Residential Care Placements Framework
Bristol City Council8500000001 Oct 2019£306k2 yrsClosed
White Rose - Children Looked After Residential Electronic Marketplace (EMP)
Leeds City Council8500000001 Aug 2019£36.7m10 yrsLive
Cambridgeshire County Council Children's External Placements Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)
Cambridgeshire County Council8500000001 Apr 2019£6.4m5 yrsClosed
Total live value £37.1m · mean award £3.9m1–10 of 15

Top buyers · 10 buyers · top 3 = 91%

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

✓ From notices
1
Leeds City Council
3 contracts
67%
since 2017
2
Leicestershire County Council
1 contract
13%
since 2020
3
Cambridgeshire County Council
1 contract
11%
since 2019
4
Essex County Council
1 contract
4%
since 2020
5
Bath and North East Somerset Council
1 contract
3%
since 2016
6
Bristol City Council
3 contracts
2%
since 2019
7
DERBY CITY COUNCIL
2 contracts
1%
since 2025
8
Lincolnshire County Council
1 contract
0%
since 2024
9
North Lincolnshire
1 contract
0%
10
The City of Edinburgh Council
1 contract
0%

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
Yorkshire3 contracts
67%
Eastern2 contracts
15%
East Midlands4 contracts
14%
South West4 contracts
4%
Scotland1 contract
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Acorn Education and Care highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
SC
St Christopher’s Fellowship
Yes£59.0m1
FC
FOSTER CARE LINK LIMITED
Yes£59.0m1
OH
Optima Health UK Limited
No£29.4m1
PH
PRIVATE HOME CARE UK LIMITED
Yes£13.1m1
C&
City & County Care Services Ltd
Yes£13.1m1
AE
Acorn Education and Care
Yes——
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Red flags · 0 active

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

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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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No Companies House record linked

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