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FUNCTIONAL SKILLS UK LIMITED

Education & training · Hove
SME

Functional Skills UK is an independent training provider based in Brighton, offering a variety of accredited qualifications in English, Maths, and ICT, as well as other skills courses. They aim to help individuals develop essential skills for employment and everyday life.

functionalskillsuk.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£2.9m
Live
13
Buyers
5
12m
£475k
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities1
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts13 / 15
  • Top buyers5
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — FUNCTIONAL SKILLS UK LIMITEDUpdated 27 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS UK LIMITED has won £2.9m across 5 public-sector buyers, with 13 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Department for Education at 75% · 100% in Education & training · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
13 of 15Live contracts
75%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.

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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
Services · 3
Functional Skills EnglishCourses available at Level 1 and Level 2. ↗Functional Skills MathsCourses available at Level 1 and Level 2. ↗Customer Service CourseA 7-week online course designed to enhance customer service skills. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 1 from notices
  • Adult Education Budget 2023 Procurement - ITT_2002 (Contracts for Services)Department for Education · £1.4m

Extracted automatically from functionalskillsuk.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 · 13 live · 2 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
BHCC DH Adult Skills Fund 2026 - Lot 1 and Lot 2
Brighton & Hove City Council8000000003 Aug 2026£386k12 moLive
BHCC DH Skills Bootcamps Wave 7 - Lot 10 Hospitality
Brighton & Hove City Council8000000001 Jun 2026£88k15 moLive
BHCC DH Skills Bootcamps (Round 2) - Lot 12
Brighton & Hove City Council8000000001 Aug 2025£126k14 moLive
Level Two Functional Skills Training and Assessment for Apprentices - Sub-contracted provider for Functional Skills in English & Maths
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER—01 Aug 2025—3 yrsLive
BHCC DH Skills Bootcamps - Lot 13 Hospitality
Brighton & Hove City Council8000000021 Apr 2025£76k17 moLive
Adult Education Budget 2023 Procurement - ITT_2002 (Contracts for Services)
Department for Education8040000001 Aug 2023£1.4m4 yrsLive
BHCC DR Multiply Adult Education - Year 2 and 3
Brighton & Hove City Council8000000001 Jun 2023£47k12 moClosed
Adult Education Budget Procurement Contracts for Services 2021/22
Department for Education8040000001 Aug 2021£840k12 moClosed
BHCC DH Skills Bootcamps (Round 4) - Lot 13 Hospitality
Brighton & Hove City Council————Live
SCC APC Surrey County Council and Multiply
Surrey County Council80300000———Live
Total live value £2.0m · mean award £195k1–10 of 15

Top buyers · 5 buyers · top 3 = 100%

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

✓ From notices
1
Department for Education
3 contracts
75%
since 2021
2
Brighton & Hove City Council
8 contracts
25%
since 2023
3
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER
2 contracts
0%
since 2025
4
Surrey County Council
1 contract
0%
5
Department for Education acting through the Education and Skills Funding Agency
1 contract
0%

Category mix

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

✓ From notices
Education & training80
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 East3 contracts
0%
West Midlands1 contract
0%
Region resolved for 0% of awarded value (by buyer postcode); the remainder lacks a usable address.

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). FUNCTIONAL SKILLS UK LIMITED highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
KP
KPMG LLP
No£223.2m2
TG
THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED
No£7.4m1
ST
SOUTH THAMES COLLEGES GROUP
Yes£4.0m1
MA
MOTTRAM ASSOCIATES LIMITED
No£2.7m2
BA
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
No£2.1m1
FS
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS UK LIMITED
Yes£475k—
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Red flags · 0 active

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

✓ Verified
✓ Clean. No active risk signals from Companies House status, charges or insolvency records.

Compliance scorecard

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

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Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 31 Dec 2024
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 01 Apr 2027
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.
08945446
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
18 Mar 2014
Reg. office
168 Church Road, Hove, BN3 2DL
SIC codes
85310 · 85320 · 85410 · 85590
Last accounts
31 Dec 2024
Next accounts due
30 Sept 2026

Directors & PSC

  • SMITH, Paul Brian — director
    Appointed 18 Mar 2014
  • Mr Paul Brian Smith — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent

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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FUNCTIONAL SKILLS UK LIMITED
08945446 · this company

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