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Nesta

Business services
Large
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Awarded
£17.4m
Live
1
Buyers
12
12m
£48k
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities4
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts1 / 24
  • Top buyers12
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
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Quick answer — NestaUpdated 13 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Nesta has won £17.4m across 12 public-sector buyers, with 1 live contract.

Why: top buyer Department for Education at 28% · 100% in Business services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
No CH recordCompany status
1 of 24Live contracts
28%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.

⚑ Self-reported & from notices

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

Frameworks & DPS · 4 from notices
  • UK SBS PR19085 UKRI Innovate UK Services for the Scope & Design of FLIP ProgrammeUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £124k
  • Business Basic interim and full evaluation reportBusiness Energy and Industrial Strategy · £90k
  • UK SBS BLOJEU-CR17097BEIS - Follow up research on incubators and acceleratorsUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £84k
  • NHS Mid and South Essex ICB Asset Based Community Mapping ITQ For Basildon and Brentwood AllianceAttain · £75k

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 · 1 live · 23 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Neurotech Deliberative Research
Information Commissioner's Office7930000001 Feb 2026£48k5 moClosed
Manchester Prize Administrator Round 2 Stage 2
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology7222400001 Apr 2025£498k12 moClosed
Smart Data Challenge Prize Delivery Partner
Business Energy and Industrial Strategy7222400021 Sept 2023£2.5m1.5 yrsClosed
NHS Mid and South Essex ICB Asset Based Community Mapping ITQ For Basildon and Brentwood Alliance
Attain8532300009 Jan 2023£75k12 moClosed
UK SBS - PS22039 - An Interactive, Data-Driven Map of Entities Within the UK Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED7320000031 Jan 2022£39k2 moClosed
PS21325 Using matched data to understand funding decisions
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED7320000002 Dec 2021£10k4 moClosed
UKRI-1649 Ad-Hoc Cleaning Services at 58VE
UK Research & Innovation9091000003 Dec 2021£60k12 moClosed
Business Basic interim and full evaluation report
Business Energy and Industrial Strategy7300000028 May 2021£90k1.8 yrsClosed
GB-King's lynn: Norfolk Housing Advisor Programme
Borough Council of Kings Lynn and West Norfolk8500000006 Apr 2021£20k5 moClosed
Research on Social Mobility within the Creative Industries
Department for Culture, Media and Sport7900000016 Jan 2021£20k3 moClosed
Total live value — · mean award £726k1–10 of 24

Top buyers · 12 buyers · top 3 = 68%

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

✓ From notices
1
Department for Education
1 contract
28%
since 2017
2
The Water Services Regulation Authority
2 contracts
25%
since 2020
3
Business Energy and Industrial Strategy
2 contracts
15%
since 2021
4
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
9 contracts
15%
since 2016
5
Essex County Council
1 contract
11%
since 2018
6
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
1 contract
3%
since 2025
7
HM Treasury
1 contract
1%
since 2019
8
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
3 contracts
1%
since 2016
9
Attain
1 contract
0%
since 2023
10
UK Research & Innovation
1 contract
0%
since 2021

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
West Midlands2 contracts
35%
London7 contracts
28%
South West10 contracts
21%
Eastern2 contracts
16%
North West1 contract
0%
Region resolved for 71% of awarded value (by buyer postcode); the remainder lacks a usable address.

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Nesta 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
OG
OCS Group UK Limited
No£13.0m1
IR
IFF Research
No£10.4m1
NE
Nesta
No£48k—
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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

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

↔ Cross-checked
No Companies House record linked — statutory compliance checks unavailable.

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

Registered details, directors and PSC.

✓ Live sync
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No Companies House record linked

No Companies House number on file — this supplier may be overseas, a sole trader or a consortium.

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.