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Sport England

Sport England 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: 2023-11-08 to 2026-11-08Updated 2026-11-08

£86.5M

Total spend

106

Contract awards

81

Unique suppliers

£892K

Avg contract

According to ENKII, Sport England has awarded 106 contracts worth £86.5M to 81 suppliers between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, at an average contract value of £892K, with the top five suppliers holding 53% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to Sport England

Top-five suppliers hold 53% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
Ipsos Mori1£18.0M
Wavemaker Limited2£12.3M
4Global Consulting Ltd1£3.6M
Sheffield Hallam University2£3.5M
Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government2£3.2M
Ipsos (market research) Ltd1£3.0M
Continuum Sport & Leisure Ltd3£1.9M
The Activation Project C.I.C.1£1.9M
The Activation Project CIC1£1.9M
IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH) LIMITED1£1.9M
Perk UK Limited1£1.8M
EMPYREAN DIGITAL LIMITED3£1.4M
23RED LIMITED1£1.3M
CACI Limited1£1.2M
UK COACHING SOLUTIONS LIMITED2£1.0M
Alexander Mann Solutions Ltd (AMS)1£1.0M
Green Park Interim and Executive Limited1£979K
Calder Conferences Limited1£965K
ESPO1£935K
SmartSimple Software UK Limited1£912K

Procurement categories

What Sport England buys

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

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

79
47 awards£42.1M

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
18 awards£18.6M

Research and development services and related consultancy services

73
15 awards£8.2M

Software package and information systems

48
7 awards£1.3M

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71
6 awards£238K

Financial and insurance services

66
4 awards£696K

Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

30
2 awards£96K

Recreational, cultural and sporting services

92
2 awards£0

Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories

37
1 award£935K

Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

63
1 award£1.8M

Administration, defence and social security services

75
1 award£692K

Education and training services

80
1 award£521K

Other community, social and personal services

98
1 award£965K

Recent contracts

Latest Sport England contracts awarded

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

SE1272 - Health and Safety Services

Arcadis Consulting (UK) Ltd · 2026-10-28

£48K

SE1284 Sport Structures

Sport Structures Limited · 2026-10-18

£73K

SE1255 Active Environments Strategic Outcome Planning Guidance

Strategic Leisure Limited · 2026-10-12

£78K

SE1282 - TGC Econometrics

Wavemaker Limited · 2026-10-01

£18K

SE1278 - Martyn's Law and Good Security Practice Guidance

Continuum Sport & Leisure Ltd · 2026-09-27

£60K

SE1231 - Activity Check-In Qualitative

Thinks Insight and Strategy (Britain Thinks) Ltd · 2026-09-03

£300K

SE1283 - Temporary Project Manager OD & Change

Insight Executive Group Limited in partnership with Archer Mac L · 2026-09-01

£200K

SE1280 - Sprout Social

Sprout Social · 2026-08-31

SE1283 - Temporary Project Manger OD & Change

Insight Executive Group Limited in partnership with Archer Mac L · 2026-08-27

£785

SE1271 Netsuite

Oracle Corporation UK Limited · 2026-08-25

£251K

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1

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36

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1

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4

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Market analysis

Bidding into Sport England — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

35%

Awards to SMEs

53%

Top-5 supplier share

42%

Framework call-offs

3

Awards to social enterprises

Around 35% of Sport England’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 3 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 42%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 Sport England

How much does Sport England spend on procurement?

Sport England awarded 106 contracts totalling £86.5M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 81 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £892K.

Who are Sport England's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to Sport England by total award value are Ipsos Mori, Wavemaker Limited, 4Global Consulting Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 53% of contract value.

What does Sport England buy from suppliers?

Sport England's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, research and development services and related consultancy 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 2026-11-08

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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