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UK GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

Public-sector buyer · United Kingdom

Action For Children

Action For Children is a UK public-sector contracting authority. This profile aggregates its public-record procurement — top suppliers, categories, recent awards, open tenders and expiring contracts.

Data period: 2023-10-16 to 2026-10-16Updated 2026-10-16

£647K

Total spend

10

Contract awards

10

Unique suppliers

£72K

Avg contract

According to ENKII, Action For Children has awarded 10 contracts worth £647K to 10 suppliers between 2023-10-16 and 2026-10-16, at an average contract value of £72K, with the top five suppliers holding 85% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to Action For Children

Top-five suppliers hold 85% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
Griffiths & Armour1£180K
STEARN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED1£160K
Synergy Print1£116K
Public First Limited1£50K
Bright Sparks Agency Ltd1£45K
Entity Hub t/a NTT Fundraising1£31K
Furniture Resource Centre (FRC)1£30K
PA GROUP (UK) LIMITED1£25K
SCREWFIX DIRECT LIMITED1£10K
Bell Cleaning Services1£0

Procurement categories

What Action For Children buys

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.

Research and development services and related consultancy services

73
2 awards£95K

Industrial machinery

42
2 awards£126K

Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

90
2 awards£25K

Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

39
1 award£30K

Financial and insurance services

66
1 award£180K

Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

31
1 award£160K

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
1 award£31K

Recent contracts

Latest Action For Children contracts awarded

The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Provision of Action for Childrens Brand Shop

Synergy Print · 2025-07-20

£116K

Furniture Resource Centre (FRC) - Residential Furniture

Furniture Resource Centre (FRC) · 2025-05-13

£30K

An Evaluation of Care Experienced Apprenticeships

Bright Sparks Agency Ltd · 2025-01-13

£45K

Cleaning Provider for Action for Children, Wales Hub Office

Bell Cleaning Services · 2024-08-22

Provision of Insurance Broker Services

Griffiths & Armour · 2024-08-19

£180K

Research Services - A Pathway to Ending Child Poverty

Public First Limited · 2024-08-15

£50K

Provision of Telephone Fundraising Agency for Action for Children

Entity Hub t/a NTT Fundraising · 2024-04-21

£31K

Building Materials, Tools and Hardware Supplies

SCREWFIX DIRECT LIMITED · 2023-11-27

£10K

Asbestos Management Survey for Ballykeel Business Centre

PA GROUP (UK) LIMITED · 2023-11-01

£25K

Provision of Electrical Goods and Appliances

STEARN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED · 2023-10-22

£160K

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Most of it is in industrial machinery, financial & insurance and IT services.

3

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Market analysis

Bidding into Action For Children — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

0%

Awards to SMEs

85%

Top-5 supplier share

30%

Framework call-offs

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Awards to social enterprises

Around 0% of Action For Children’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises. Around 30%of awards are call-offs from framework agreements — getting onto the right framework matters as much as the bid itself here.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to Action For Children

How much does Action For Children spend on procurement?

Action For Children awarded 10 contracts totalling £647K between 2023-10-16 and 2026-10-16, working with 10 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £72K.

Who are Action For Children's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to Action For Children by total award value are Griffiths & Armour, STEARN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED, Synergy Print. The top five suppliers together hold 85% of contract value.

What does Action For Children buy from suppliers?

Action For Children's procurement is concentrated in research and development services and related consultancy services, industrial machinery, sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-10-16

This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.

Source portals

  • · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
  • · Contracts Finder
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Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.

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