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Allen Lane

Business services · London
SME

Allen Lane is a specialist boutique consultancy established in 2004, recruiting finance, IT, procurement and project management professionals into the public and not-for-profit sectors. They offer a fresh, unpretentious approach to recruitment founded on relationships and exceptional customer service. Allen Lane provides the full range of resourcing and skills delivery to the public sector including permanent, fixed term appointments, temporary workers, Statement of Work (SOW) delivery and managed services. They hold a position on the LGRP framework and are consistently one of the highest performing consultancies on the framework since 2015.

allenlane.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£203.2m
Live
16
Buyers
70
12m
£140.5m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts16 / 559
  • Top buyers70
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — Allen LaneUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Allen Lane has won £203.2m across 70 public-sector buyers, with 16 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Commercial Services Kent Limited at 44% · 100% in Business services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
16 of 559Live contracts
44%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
Sectors served · 1/8
Central government✓
Local government✓
NHS & health✓
Housing✓
Utilities & energy✓
Financial services✓
Education✓
Defence✓
Services · 9
Permanent Recruitment
Interim Recruitment
Temporary Staffing
Managed Services
Statement of Work Delivery
Finance Recruitment
IT Recruitment
Procurement Recruitment
Project Management Recruitment
Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • UK SBS CS20423 - PMO ServicesUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £290k
  • Interim Director & S151 OfficerFolkestone and Hythe District Council · £225k
  • Recruitment Agency frameworkParliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman · £200k
  • Interim Director Corporate ServicesFolkestone and Hythe District Council · £150k
  • Payroll Project LeadDepartment of Health and Social Care (T&T) · £107k
  • C41822 RedactedDepartment of Health and Social Care (T&T) · £95k

Extracted automatically from allenlane.co.uk on Jun 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 · 16 live · 543 historic

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

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Connect2Framework For Legal Services
Commercial Services Kent Limited—21 Apr 2026£90.0m7.9 yrspending
Contingent labour for CCG Assurance lead
HM Treasury7962000030 Mar 2026£60k3 moClosed
DHSC: CL FGO Contingent Labour SD Extension
Department of Health and Social Care (T&T)7962000001 Apr 2026£134k6 moLive
Framework for Permanent, Interim and Recruitment Marketing Solutions
London Borough of Waltham Forest—16 Mar 2026£50.0m2 yrspending
Contingent Labour - Workday Specialist
The National Archives7962000021 Jan 2026£48k2 moClosed
Interim Recruitment
Information Commissioner's Office7960000005 Dec 2025£148k7 moClosed
con_8662 - RM6277 - Contingent labour support for Hydrogen
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero7960000021 Aug 2025£53k3 moClosed
DHSC: CL: RM6160 Non Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff 2
Department of Health and Social Care (T&T)7962000001 Oct 2025£32k6 moClosed
Executive Search for Chief Digital Information Office External Recruitment Campaign
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office7960000021 May 2025£20k12 moClosed
Strategic Accountant
The Insolvency Service7962000001 May 2025£29k2 moClosed
Total live value £3.4m · mean award £363k1–10 of 559

Top buyers · 70 buyers · top 3 = 81%

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

✓ From notices
1
Commercial Services Kent Limited
1 contract
44%
since 2026
2
London Borough of Waltham Forest
5 contracts
25%
since 2020
3
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
168 contracts
11%
since 2017
4
Department of Health and Social Care (T&T)
116 contracts
5%
since 2020
5
Homes England (the name adopted by the Homes and Communities Agency)
16 contracts
2%
since 2020
6
UK HEALTH AND SECURITY AGENCY
12 contracts
2%
since 2021
7
DEFRA
63 contracts
2%
since 2019
8
National Audit Office
3 contracts
2%
since 2023
9
Nottingham City Council
10 contracts
1%
since 2022
10
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office
18 contracts
1%
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
South East16 contracts
49%
London156 contracts
34%
South West170 contracts
12%
North East22 contracts
2%
East Midlands17 contracts
1%
North West12 contracts
1%
Yorkshire2 contracts
1%
Eastern4 contracts
0%
Wales2 contracts
0%
Scotland1 contract
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Allen Lane highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
DE
Deloitte LLP
No£333.6m5
AM
Alexander Mann Solutions
No£248.3m4
PC
PA Consulting
No£150.0m1
AL
Allen Lane
Yes£140.5m—
OP
Opus People Solutions
Yes£50.0m1
CI
CGI IT UK LIMITED
No£14.1m1
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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.

↔ Cross-checked
Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 31 Dec 2024
Confirmation statement
Due in -55d
Next due 12 May 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.

✓ From notices
±

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.
05115229
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
28 Apr 2004
Reg. office
33 King Street, St James's, London, SW1Y 6RJ
SIC codes
78109
Last accounts
31 Dec 2024
Next accounts due
30 Sept 2026

Directors & PSC

  • LEITHEAD, David Stuart — director
    Appointed 15 Oct 2025
  • CONN, Lorna — director
    Appointed 30 Apr 2025
  • HOLT, Lisa — director
    Appointed 30 Apr 2025
  • Alv Groupco Limited — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent · right to appoint and remove directors

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

↔ From Cos 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.

↔ From Cos House
ALLEN LANE LIMITED
05115229 · this company

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