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THE FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL LIMITED: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

Companies House: PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)GOV.UK register: Executive non-departmental public bodyCentral governmentGreater LondonLondon

Companies House02486368 ↗Websitefrc.org.uk ↗

Open now3next deadline 18 Nov 2026
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Notices, last 12 months29+480% vs prior 12 months (5)
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Top-3 supplier share14%of 108 awarded procedures · 109 suppliers
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108 awarded tenders, 109 different suppliers.

Contracts ending ≤18 months2815 within 6 months · 2 estimated
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Published award value, 24m£3.3mnet · on 27 of 27 published values · top 5 = 61%
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Open notices

3 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build

NoticeDeadlineDays leftPublished value
Market Intelligence and Document Search Platform18 Nov 20263d£100,000
Research Services for Pensions illustrations: presenting uncertainty and variability7 Dec 202622d£125,000
Research into the prevalence, nature and reporting of Environmental Credits among UK listed companies9 Dec 202624d£37,500

What they buy
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each

73 Research and development services9 procedures · 26% · 2 open
79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting9 procedures · 26%
72 IT services: consulting, software, internet8 procedures · 24% · 1 open
48 Software package and information systems2 procedures · 6%
45 Construction work1 procedure · 3%
66 Financial and insurance services1 procedure · 3%
80 Education and training services1 procedure · 3%

How they buy
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Last 24 months · 34 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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  • Contract97%(33 notices)
    33 of 34 notices are Contract (97%).
  • Framework3%(1 notice)
    1 of 34 notices is Framework (3%).
Procedure route
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  • Open47%(16 notices)
    16 of 34 notices are Open (47%).
  • Route not published24%(8 notices)
    8 of 34 notices are Route not published (24%).
  • Limited / restricted21%(7 notices)
    7 of 34 notices are Limited / restricted (21%).
  • Direct award6%(2 notices)
    2 of 34 notices are Direct award (6%).
  • Selective3%(1 notice)
    1 of 34 notices is Selective (3%).
Bids per lot, few lots
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Based on 2 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months. Fewer than 5 lots: a median, not a typical figure.

10.5indicative · n=20% of lots drew a single bid
Deadline → award
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Based on 3 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

49 daysmoderate · n=3
Notice amendments
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Based on 34 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

013 of 34 notices amended
Award vs estimate
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Based on 2 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.

16.1% above estimateindicative · n=2

Who wins here
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All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records

SupplierProceduresShareLast 24mAward recordsLast activity
IFF Research Ltd65.6%467 Apr 2025
Thinks Insight and Strategy (Britain Thinks) Limitedframework/DPS on 154.6%1517 May 2024
Torchbox Ltd43.7%1429 Nov 2024
Nepean Communications Limited21.9%2218 Sept 2026
Lancaster University21.9%22—
Workday Ltd21.9%22—
HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITEDframework/DPS on 221.9%1630 Sept 2026
Goodman Masson Ltdframework/DPS on 221.9%1530 Sept 2026

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 14% of 108 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 109 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)
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£3.3mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 27 of 27 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 61%.
Typical single-supplier award (24m)
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£64k middle valuerobust · n=27Middle half £42k–£113k.
Largest published awards
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SupplierAwardedTermPublished value
FRC2026-163 - Microsoft Enterprise AgreementPhoenix Software Ltd—3 yrs · up to 4 yrs£825,000 †
≈ £275k/yr
Strategic Stakeholder Engagement support and servicesNepean Communications Limited18 Sept 20263 yrs · up to 4 yrs£460,800
≈ £154k/yr
Microsoft Power Platform Case Management ServicesBETTER GROUP LIMITED—1 yrs · up to 1.5 yrs£298,595 †
≈ £299k/yr
Provision of Transcription ServicesEpiQ Europe Ltd——£252,000 †
Cyber Security Assessment and Cyber Enhancement ServicesPen Test Partners LLP—1 yrs · up to 2 yrs£156,300 †
≈ £156k/yr

Contracts ending
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107 of 126 contracts carry an end date, 4 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

ContractHolderEndsPublished value
Market Intelligence and Document Search PlatformAlphaSense Inc30 Nov 2026£163,800
Business & Financial database for companiesMoody's Analytics UK Ltd19 Dec 2026£114,000
Research on the use of AI and other disruptive technologies in actuarial workCity St Georges University of London21 Dec 2026£79,551
Portal for Board PacksBoard Intelligence30 Dec 2026£72,000
Audit Qualification 2030: Structured interviews with non-PIE Audit firmsIFF Research Ltd31 Dec 2026£49,966
UKEB website redevelopment project (Phase 2 - Alpha, Beta, Live)Torchbox Ltd5 Jan 2027£127,444
Cisco Enterprise AgreementTOTAL COMPUTER NETWORKS LIMITED21 Jan 2027£104,854
Research Services (Benchmarking the Value of XBRL and structured data in an AI-Driven Reporting Environment)Lancaster University27 Jan 2027£67,500
Cyber Security Assessment and Cyber Enhancement ServicesPen Test Partners LLP1 Mar 2027£156,300
Provision of Design & Publication ServicesETC Communications Limited26 Mar 2027 estimatedNot published

Soonest 10 of 28 contracts ending within 18 months.

Recent procedures

Latest 42 of 42 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
Power Platform Development ServicesAwarded / complete13 Nov 2026—
Workday Adaptive Planning Forecast SystemAwarded / complete13 Nov 2026—
Risks and Controls Management SoftwareAwarded / complete13 Nov 2026—
Translation ServicesAwarded / complete13 Nov 2026—
Emerging Leaders (leadership development) ProgrammeAwarded / complete13 Nov 2026—
Provision of Annual Employee (People) Survey ServicesStaff development servicesAwarded / complete13 Nov 2026£75,000
Strategic Stakeholder Engagement support and servicesBusiness and management consultancy servicesAwarded / complete9 Oct 2026£348,800
Provision of Recruitment Agency ServicesFramework5 lotsRecruitment servicesAwarded / complete8 Oct 2026£700,000
Audit Qualification 2030: Structured interviews with non-PIE Audit firmsResearch and development services and related consultancy servicesAwarded / complete2 Oct 2026£50,000
Microsoft Power Platform Case Management ServicesAwarded / complete30 Sept 2026—
Board Effectiveness ReviewBusiness analysis consultancy servicesOpen28 Sept 2026£75,000
Research Services (Benchmarking the Value of XBRL and structured data in an AI-Driven Reporting Environment)Research and development services and related consultancy servicesAwarded / complete21 Sept 2026£70,000
Research Services: Unlocking Barriers to Audit TechnologyAwarded / complete17 Sept 2026—
Professional ServicesAwarded / complete21 Aug 2026—
Management Consultancy ServiceBusiness and management consultancy servicesAwarded / complete21 Aug 2026—
Insurance Brokerage and related ServicesInsurance brokerage and agency servicesAwarded / complete6 Jul 2026—
Research on the use of AI and other disruptive technologies in actuarial workResearch and development services and related consultancy servicesAwarded / complete20 May 2026£80,000
FRC2026-163 - Microsoft Enterprise AgreementAwarded / complete30 Apr 2026—
FRC2025-121 - Culture Survey ReportAwarded / complete29 Apr 2026—
FRC2026-036 - Executive SearchAwarded / complete29 Apr 2026—

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Contracts Finder adds 71 more procedures by this authority, mostly below the Find a Tender threshold or from before 2025. Each is counted once beside any Find a Tender copy; they are in the totals, not in this list or in search.

About this data
  • One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
  • Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
  • Contract end dates. 107 of 126 published contracts have an end date; 4 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.