ACORN TRAINING LTD: UK Public Sector Contracts Won & Awards
SME·Companies House: Private Limited Company·Stoke-on-Trent·West Midlands·Main market: Adult and other education services
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Where they wini
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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 awards8051 Specialist training services5 awards · 11% · awards naming a lot7961 Placement services of personnel1 award · 2% · awards naming a lotAttributable award value
£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.i
Typical attributable award
£1.2m middle valuerobust · n=9i
Award vs estimate
0% at estimateindicative · n=1compared within all comparable winsi
Based on 1 wins across all categories. Small sample.
Largest published awards i | Authority | Awarded | Term | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acorn Training Ltd. - ESFA AEB (Contract for Services 2023) | Department for Education | — | — | £2,499,653 † |
| Health and Social Care Growth Programme Lead Supplier | Trafford Council | — | — | £2,000,000 † |
| ESF Skills for Growth: Education – Early Years Workforce Upskilling | Greater Manchester Combined Authority | — | — | £1,499,993 † |
| South Midlands Connect to Work Programme (West Northants area) | West Northamptonshire Council | 26 Feb 2026 | 4 yrs | £1,422,033 ≈ £356k/yr |
| GMCA788 - UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF): Sector Skills Programme (Lot 3 - Public Services: Health and Social Care Skills)) | Greater Manchester Combined Authority | — | — | £1,199,997 † |
Where their buyers arei
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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 recordi
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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
0 won · 1 lostindicative · n=1Fewer than three decided lots: no rate is claimed.i
Framework / DPS places
15 of 15Lots on 2 notices: a place is won per lot.i
Authorities bid for
3Bid for and never won with 1 of them on contract lots.i
| Notice | Authority | Outcome | Bidders | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Training Services for Adults | Lancashire Combined County Authority | appointedall 12 lots bid for | 181 | 2 Sept 2026 |
| Subcontract Adult Skills Fund Provision | Derby College Group | lost | 24 | 20 Jul 2026 |
| Adult Skills and Employment Programmes | Lincolnshire County Council | appointedall 3 lots bid for | 65 | 14 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 toi
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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%).
| Authority | Procedures | Share | Award records | Last activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Justice | 22 | 44% | 22 | 29 Aug 2023 |
| Greater Manchester Combined Authority | 5 | 10% | 5 | 20 Dec 2023 |
| Staffordshire County Council | 3 | 6% | 5 | 21 Jul 2026 |
| Department for Education | 3 | 6% | 4 | 31 Jul 2023 |
| Lincolnshire County Council | 2 | 4% | 8 | 29 Jun 2026 |
| YPO | 2 | 4% | 2 | 15 Apr 2025 |
| Lancashire Combined County Authority | 1 | 2% | 12 | 25 Feb 2026 |
| Hertfordshire County Council | 1 | 2% | 4 | 15 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 endingi
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61 of 75 awards carry an end date, 4 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Ends | Published value |
|---|---|---|
| IA2616 Community Learning Framework Call-off Contract Awards 01.08.26-31.07.27 | 31 Jul 2027 | £885,843 |
| IA2616 Community Learning Framework | 31 Jul 2027 | Not published |
| Adult Education Budget 2023 Procurement - ITT_2002 (Contracts for Services) | 31 Jul 2027 | £74,702,770 |
| Acorn Training Ltd. - ESFA AEB (Contract for Services 2023) | 31 Jul 2027 | £2,499,653 |
| Agincare Group Ltd. - ESFA AEB (Contract for Services 2023) | 31 Jul 2027 | £345,180 |
| YPO - 001086 Apprenticeships | 31 Jul 2027 | £10,000,000,000 ceiling |
| CALL-OFF: Lot 2 GLCCA Adult Skills and Employment Programmes | 31 Jul 2027 | £289,356 |
| Learning and Skills Teacher Level 5 Apprenticeship | 1 Oct 2027 | £35,000 |
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 / procedure | Authority | Awarded | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 2d Digital Technology | Lancashire Combined County Authority | 25 Feb 2026 | £180,000,000 framework ceiling · 1 of 39 appointed suppliers |
| Lot 2e Transport and Logistics | Lancashire Combined County Authority | 25 Feb 2026 | £180,000,000 framework ceiling · 1 of 37 appointed suppliers |
| Lot 2f Creative and Design | Lancashire Combined County Authority | 25 Feb 2026 | £180,000,000 framework ceiling · 1 of 26 appointed suppliers |
| Lot 2g Sales, Marketing and Procurement | Lancashire Combined County Authority | 25 Feb 2026 | £180,000,000 framework ceiling · 1 of 28 appointed suppliers |
| Connect to Work | Staffordshire County Council | 24 Oct 2025 | £1,785,119 framework ceiling · not attributable revenue |
| Connect to Work | Staffordshire County Council | 24 Oct 2025 | £2,856,190 framework ceiling · not attributable revenue |
| Connect to Work | Staffordshire County Council | 24 Oct 2025 | £2,499,166 framework ceiling · not attributable revenue |
| CALL-OFF: Lot 2 GLCCA Adult Skills and Employment Programmes | Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority | Not published | £289,356 † list or panel total · repeated on other suppliers, not counted as its value |
| YPO - 001086 Apprenticeships | YPO | Not published | £10,000,000,000 † framework ceiling · 1 of 13 appointed suppliers |
| Business, Leadership and Management | Hertfordshire County Council | Not published | £16,000,000 † framework ceiling · 1 of 66 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.