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-PTMT

Procedures with an award1944 award records
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How many tenders this supplier has won.

Tenders with at least one award to it. Award records are shown too, because one framework can carry many call-offs.

Public authorities13named on published awards
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How many different public bodies have awarded to this supplier.

Buyers named on its awards, with duplicate names merged.

Attributable award value£11mnet · on 9 of 44 award records · single-supplier, no ceilings
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How much this supplier has won, by published values.

Sum of award values where it was the only winner, VAT excluded, framework ceilings left out.

Not turnover. Not every award publishes a value.

Places on lists and panels11 place · lists worth £289k in total, shared with other providers, not its revenue
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Approved provider lists and panels this supplier is on.

Procedures where the same published amount is awarded to three or more suppliers: the total of the list, repeated on every place. Each list counts once in the total.

A place on a list is not money won. The total belongs to the whole list.

Last 12 months25awards · 12 in the prior 24 months · last 11 Aug 2026
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Awards to this supplier in the last 12 months.

Award records dated in the last 12 months, against the two years before.

Contracts ending ≤18 months4end date on 30 of 44 awards
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.

Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.

An end date does not confirm a new procurement.

Buyer regions7most often North West England
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In which regions this supplier wins work.

The region of each buyer it won from: the buyer’s office, placed by the official ONS postcode lookup. Each procedure counts once.

Where the buyer is based, not necessarily where the work was done; the tender page shows the published place of delivery.

Where they win
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In which categories this supplier wins.

Distinct awards by the main category of the lot, or of the procedure when no lot is named. Repeat publications count once.

An award counts once in each class it covers; classes can overlap.

Active awards, plus pending awards whose standstill has ended or was not published.

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 awards · 2% · awards naming a lot
Attributable award value
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How much this supplier has won, by published values.

Sum of award values where it was the only winner, VAT excluded, framework ceilings left out.

Not turnover. Not every award publishes a 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.
Typical attributable award
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What one of this supplier’s wins is usually worth.

Middle value of the same awards as the total above.

£1.2m middle valuerobust · n=9
Award vs estimate
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Does this supplier usually win above or below the buyer’s estimate.

Its own wins, estimate against award per lot, in its sector.

Based on 1 wins across all categories. Small sample.

A past pattern, not a margin and not a price to bid.

0% at estimateindicative · n=1compared within all comparable wins
Largest published awards
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The biggest published awards.

Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice.

A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check.

AuthorityAwardedTermPublished value
Acorn Training Ltd. - ESFA AEB (Contract for Services 2023)Department for Education——£2,499,653 †
Health and Social Care Growth Programme Lead SupplierTrafford Council——£2,000,000 †
ESF Skills for Growth: Education – Early Years Workforce UpskillingGreater Manchester Combined Authority——£1,499,993 †
South Midlands Connect to Work Programme (West Northants area)West Northamptonshire Council26 Feb 20264 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 are
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In which regions this supplier wins work.

The region of each buyer it won from: the buyer’s office, placed by the official ONS postcode lookup. Each procedure counts once.

Where the buyer is based, not necessarily where the work was done; the tender page shows the published place of delivery.

ITL1 region of the buyer office · known for 19 of 19 awarded procedures · each procedure counts once

North West England6 procedures · 32%
East Midlands4 procedures · 21%
Yorkshire and the Humber3 procedures · 16%
East of England2 procedures · 11%
Greater London2 procedures · 11%
North East England1 procedures · 5%
West Midlands1 procedures · 5%

Bidding record
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Competitions this supplier is known to have bid in.

Lots on Procurement Act 2023 award notices naming it as a bidder, split into won and lost. The lot is the contest: three lots of a ten-lot notice is three wins and seven losses.

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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Competitions this supplier is known to have bid in.

Lots on Procurement Act 2023 award notices naming it as a bidder, split into won and lost. The lot is the contest: three lots of a ten-lot notice is three wins and seven losses.

0 won · 1 lostindicative · n=1Fewer than three decided lots: no rate is claimed.
Framework / DPS places
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Frameworks and DPS this supplier got onto.

Lots appointed out of lots applied for. Kept apart from contract wins because almost every compliant bidder gets a place.

15 of 15Lots on 2 notices: a place is won per lot.
Authorities bid for
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How many public bodies this supplier has bid to.

Buyers on notices that name it as a bidder, win or lose.

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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Which public bodies award work to this supplier.

Authorities named on its published awards, ranked by distinct procedures, duplicate names merged.

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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What kinds of public bodies award work to this supplier.

Its award records by the authority’s published type, otherwise by its name. One framework can add many records.

  • 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
Greater Manchester Combined Authority421.1%420 Dec 2023
Lincolnshire County Councilframework/DPS on 2210.5%829 Jun 2026
Department for Education210.5%331 Jul 2023
Yorkshire Purchasing Organisationframework/DPS on 2210.5%215 Apr 2025
Lancashire Combined County Authorityframework/DPS on 115.3%1225 Feb 2026
Hertfordshire County Councilframework/DPS on 115.3%415 Jul 2025
Staffordshire County Councilframework/DPS on 115.3%324 Oct 2025
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authorityframework/DPS on 115.3%226 Jun 2024

Share = of the 19 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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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.

Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.

An end date does not confirm a new procurement.

30 of 44 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

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
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • 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 on this page are where the work is delivered, not the supplier’s registered address.
  • Contract end dates. Published on 26 of 44 awards, estimated from the published duration on 4 more (marked “estimated”); those feed “Contracts ending”.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.