ACORN TRAINING LTD: UK Public Sector Contracts Won & Awards

SMECompanies House: Private Limited CompanyStoke-on-TrentWest MidlandsMain market: Adult and other education services

Official UK PPONPYXH-7493-PTMTCompanies House06517343 ↗ · Active

Where they win
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44 awards (42 for a named lot, 95%, 2 for a whole procedure with no lot named) · top CPV classes, shares of all 44 awards. An award may cover more than one class.

8040 Adult and other education services9 awards · 20% · 8 awards naming a lot + 1 whole-procedure awards
8051 Specialist training services5 awards · 11% · awards naming a lot
7961 Placement services of personnel1 award · 2% · awards naming a lot
Attributable award value
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£11mOn 9 of 44 award records; the five largest make 76%; a further 4 published a VAT-inclusive amount only ( inc. VAT, kept apart). Largest rows below.
Typical attributable award
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£1.2m middle valuerobust · n=9
Award vs estimate
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Based on 1 wins across all categories. Small sample.

0% at estimateindicative · n=1compared within all comparable wins

Where their buyers are
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ITL1 region of the buyer office · known for 50 of 50 awarded procedures · each procedure counts once

Greater London25 procedures · 50%
North West England8 procedures · 16%
East Midlands7 procedures · 14%
Yorkshire and the Humber3 procedures · 6%
West Midlands3 procedures · 6%
East of England3 procedures · 6%
North East England1 procedure · 2%

Bidding record
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Procurement Act 2023 award notices name every bidder · 3 notices name this supplier, covering 16 lots since 14 Apr 2026 · observed bids, not an estimate

Contract lots contested
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0 won · 1 lostindicative · n=1Fewer than three decided lots: no rate is claimed.
Framework / DPS places
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15 of 15Lots on 2 notices: a place is won per lot.
Authorities bid for
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3Bid for and never won with 1 of them on contract lots.
NoticeAuthorityOutcomeBiddersPublished
Training Services for Adultsframework/DPSLancashire Combined County Authorityappointedall 12 lots bid for1812 Sept 2026
Subcontract Adult Skills Fund ProvisionDerby College Grouplost2420 Jul 2026
Adult Skills and Employment Programmesframework/DPSLincolnshire County Councilappointedall 3 lots bid for6514 Apr 2026

Bidder names come from Procurement Act 2023 award notices, which list every bidder (from 2025). Older notices name no bidders, so earlier contests do not appear here. Latest ten notices shown.

Who they sell to
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Authorities named on this supplier’s published awards · ranked by distinct procedures · a framework or DPS adds one award record per appointed supplier

Authority type · official UK type when published, else name/id class, else not classified · by award records (a single panel can dominate)
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  • Local authority59%(26 awards)
    26 of 44 awards are Local authority (59%).
  • Other public body30%(13 awards)
    13 of 44 awards are Other public body (30%).
  • Central government7%(3 awards)
    3 of 44 awards are Central government (7%).
  • Type not classified5%(2 awards)
    2 of 44 awards are Type not classified (5%).
AuthorityProceduresShareAward recordsLast activity
Ministry of Justiceframework/DPS on 202244%2229 Aug 2023
Greater Manchester Combined Authority510%520 Dec 2023
Staffordshire County Councilframework/DPS on 236%521 Jul 2026
Department for Education36%431 Jul 2023
Lincolnshire County Councilframework/DPS on 224%829 Jun 2026
YPOframework/DPS on 224%215 Apr 2025
Lancashire Combined County Authorityframework/DPS on 112%1225 Feb 2026
Hertfordshire County Councilframework/DPS on 112%415 Jul 2025

Share = of the 50 procedures with an award naming this supplier. Last activity = award date, or notice publication when no award date was published.

Contracts ending
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61 of 75 awards carry an end date, 4 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Recent awards

Latest 30 of 44 award records naming this supplier

Contracts Finder adds 31 more procedures won by this supplier, 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.

Award / procedureAuthorityAwardedPublished value
ASEP - Lot 3 Other Programmes Lincolnshire County Council4 Mar 2026£30,000,000
framework ceiling · 1 of 55 appointed suppliers
South Midlands Connect to Work Programme (West Northants area)West Northamptonshire Council26 Feb 2026£1,422,033
Lot 1A Skills For LifeLancashire Combined County Authority25 Feb 2026£180,000,000
framework ceiling · 1 of 67 appointed suppliers
Lot 2h Pathway to Accelerated ApprenticeshipsLancashire Combined County Authority25 Feb 2026£180,000,000
framework ceiling · 1 of 36 appointed suppliers
Lot 2i OtherLancashire Combined County Authority25 Feb 2026£180,000,000
framework ceiling · 1 of 42 appointed suppliers
Lot 3 Future Funding Training and Skills ProvisionLancashire Combined County Authority25 Feb 2026£180,000,000
framework ceiling · 1 of 77 appointed suppliers
Lot 1B Skills For GrowthLancashire Combined County Authority25 Feb 2026£180,000,000
framework ceiling · 1 of 75 appointed suppliers
Lot 2a Health, Public Services and CareLancashire Combined County Authority25 Feb 2026£180,000,000
framework ceiling · 1 of 36 appointed suppliers
Lot 2b Engineering and ManufacturingLancashire Combined County Authority25 Feb 2026£180,000,000
framework ceiling · 1 of 36 appointed suppliers
Lot 2c Construction and the Built EnvironmentLancashire Combined County Authority25 Feb 2026£180,000,000
framework ceiling · 1 of 43 appointed suppliers
About this data
  • One profile per supplier. Built from award and contract notices that name this supplier; different spellings and registration numbers of the same company are merged into this profile.
  • Values are published values. The table mirrors what the notice published: framework ceilings and joint awards are labelled and never counted as this supplier's money, and † marks a value taken from the contract notice when the award published none. Only awards made to this supplier alone count towards its value, excluding VAT. It is not turnover.
  • Regions in the buyer chart describe the buyer office, not where the work is delivered or the supplier’s registered address.
  • Contract end dates. Published on 57 of 75 awards, estimated from the published duration on 4 more (marked “estimated”); those feed “Contracts ending”. 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.