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PATHWAY FIRST LIMITED

Birmingham
SME

Pathway First Limited, trading as Pathway Group, offers recruitment and workforce support services, helping employers recruit, develop, and retain talent through flexible, government-funded programmes. They focus on creating employer-led solutions to address skills gaps and support long-term growth.

pathwaygroup.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£10.9m
Live
8
Buyers
5
12m
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At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities3
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts8 / 17
  • Top buyers5
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — PATHWAY FIRST LIMITEDUpdated 13 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

PATHWAY FIRST LIMITED has won £10.9m across 5 public-sector buyers, with 8 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Department for Education at 58% · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
8 of 17Live contracts
58%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.

⚑ 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
Recruitment SupportAccess to motivated, work-ready candidates, including vacancy scoping, talent engagement, pre-employment preparation, work trials, and onboarding support. ↗Upskill Your WorkforceSkills Bootcamps and funded training to develop existing staff and fill critical skill shortages. ↗Workforce PlanningIdentifying needs and building the right talent pathway for businesses. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 3 from notices
  • Adult Education Budget (AEB)Greater London Authority · £4.5m
  • Skills Bootcamps DPS : Engineering & Manufacturing : Second call off competitionDepartment for Education · £1.5m
  • Adult Education Budget 2023 Procurement - ITT_2002 (Contracts for Services)Department for Education · £1.4m

Extracted automatically from pathwaygroup.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

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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

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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

Once buyers report contract KPIs — delivery on time, on budget, satisfaction, adoption and accessibility — a weighted grade and breakdown appear here.

Contracts · 8 live · 9 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Adult Skills and Employment Programmes
Lincolnshire County Council—23 Mar 2026—4 yrsLive
Skills Bootcamps DPS : Engineering & Manufacturing : Second call off competition
Department for Education8000000001 Feb 2024£1.5m2 yrsClosed
Skills Bootcamps DPS : Digital : Second call off competition
Department for Education8000000001 Feb 2024£2.3m2 yrsClosed
Adult Education Budget 2023 Procurement - ITT_2002 (Contracts for Services)
Department for Education8040000001 Aug 2023£1.4m4 yrsLive
Lot 1 - Wakefield - West Yorkshire Combined Authority Adult Education Budget Mini Competition - AWARD
West Yorkshire Combined Authority8040000001 Aug 2021£36k12 moClosed
Lot 1 - Leeds - West Yorkshire Combined Authority Adult Education Budget Mini Competition - AWARD
West Yorkshire Combined Authority8040000001 Aug 2021£41k12 moClosed
Lot 1 - Kirklees - West Yorkshire Combined Authority Adult Education Budget Mini Competition - AWARD
West Yorkshire Combined Authority8040000001 Aug 2021£14k12 moClosed
Lot 1 - Bradford - West Yorkshire Combined Authority Adult Education Budget Mini Competition - AWARD
West Yorkshire Combined Authority8040000031 Aug 2021£31k11 moClosed
Delivery of Traineeships Reforms and Expansion Programme
Department for Education8000000001 Feb 2021£788k2.5 yrsClosed
Adult Education Budget (AEB)
Greater London Authority8000000001 Aug 2019£4.5m4 yrsClosed
Total live value £1.4m · mean award £640k1–10 of 17

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
9 contracts
58%
since 2017
2
Greater London Authority
1 contract
41%
since 2019
3
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
4 contracts
1%
since 2021
4
Lincolnshire County Council
2 contracts
0%
since 2026
5
Nottingham College
1 contract
0%

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
London1 contract
97%
Yorkshire4 contracts
3%
East Midlands3 contracts
0%
Region resolved for 42% of awarded value (by buyer postcode); the remainder lacks a usable address.

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). PATHWAY FIRST LIMITED highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
KP
KPMG LLP
No£223.2m3
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
PF
PATHWAY FIRST LIMITED
Yes——
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Red flags · 0 active

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

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✓ 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 30 Sept 2025
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 03 Oct 2026
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.

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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.
04905838
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Guarant Nsc
Incorporated
19 Sept 2003
Reg. office
Amington House 95 Amington Road, Tyseley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B25 8EP
SIC codes
78300 · 85590 · 88990
Last accounts
30 Sept 2025
Next accounts due
30 Jun 2027

Directors & PSC

  • AZAM, Waheed — director
    Appointed 01 Aug 2013
  • ALI, Safaraz — director
    Appointed 19 Sept 2003
  • Safaraz Ali — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 25 to 50 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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PATHWAY FIRST LIMITED
04905838 · this company

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