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# The Financial Times Limited · UK Public Sector Contract Record

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-financial-times-limited-GB-FTS-182911). Official UK public procurement supplier dossier compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Supplier Summary:** The Financial Times Limited is a Large organisation public sector supplier in the UK. Tracked in Tenderline with 7 published contract awards across official contracting authorities.

## Key Information
- **Supplier Name:** The Financial Times Limited
- **Organisation Scale:** Large organisation
- **Companies House number:** not matched to Companies House
- **Publisher identifier:** `GB-FTS-182911` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Total Published Awards:** 7
- **Primary Sector:** [Subscription services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/subscription-services-79980000)


- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-financial-times-limited-GB-FTS-182911

## Market Volume & Benchmarks
- **Attributable award value:** £426k (published values on awards made to this supplier alone, VAT excluded; not spend or turnover)
- **Typical attributable award:** £28k


## Buyer Geography
- **Regions of its buyers:** [Greater London](https://tenderline.uk/regions/london), [Wales (Cymru)](https://tenderline.uk/regions/wales)

## Top Public Sector Clients
1. **[Department for Business & Trade](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-business-trade-gov-d1382):** 1 procedures
2. **[University of South Wales](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-south-wales-GB-PPON-PCWX-4677-HTMN):** 1 procedures
3. **[Competition and Markets Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/competition-and-markets-authority-gov-d550):** 1 procedures
4. **[Department for Transport](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-transport-gov-d9):** 1 procedures
5. **[Department for Culture, Media and Sport](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-culture-media-and-sport-GB-PPON-PJGD-5581-JPGD):** 1 procedures

## Largest Contract Awards Won
Top public sector contracts awarded to this supplier:
1. **[Department for Business & Trade](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-business-trade-gov-d1382):** £244k · [Enterprise License Subscription to the Financial Times](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/enterprise-license-subscription-to-the-financial-times-ocds-h6vhtk-06ae1a) · Awarded: 8 Jun 2026
2. **[University of South Wales](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-south-wales-GB-PPON-PCWX-4677-HTMN):** £55k · [The Financial Times Limited 2025-2027](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-financial-times-limited-2025-2027-ocds-h6vhtk-05df86)
3. **[Competition and Markets Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/competition-and-markets-authority-gov-d550):** £51k · [Financial Times (FT) subscription renewal](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/financial-times-ft-subscription-renewal-ocds-h6vhtk-05fee1)
4. **[Department for Transport](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-transport-gov-d9):** £28k · [DfT Award of Financial Times (FT) Subscription](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dft-award-of-financial-times-ft-subscription-ocds-h6vhtk-05ab8b)
5. **[Department for Culture, Media and Sport](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-culture-media-and-sport-GB-PPON-PJGD-5581-JPGD):** £23k · [Financial Times Subscription 26/27](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/financial-times-subscription-26-27-ocds-h6vhtk-06b0b8)

## Contract Expiries & Upcoming Recompetes
- **Active Contracts Ending in 18 Months:** 5

## Competitive Supplier Intelligence
> **Full Win-Loss & Award Analysis:** Complete historical contract timelines, pricing movement benchmarks, buyer relationship networks, and competitor analysis are available on Tenderline:
> [View complete The Financial Times Limited public contract history on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-financial-times-limited-GB-FTS-182911#contract-history)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official award notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-financial-times-limited-GB-FTS-182911
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt