Public sector supplier

The Financial Times Limited public sector contracts

The Financial Times Limited appears as a named supplier on 26 UK public sector contracts awarded since 2023.

2 of those were awarded in the last twelve months.

Its most frequent public sector customer is British Business Bank PLC, with 4 contracts, and it has supplied 14 buying organisations in total.

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2
Contracts, last 12 months
26
Contracts since 2021
14
Public sector buyers
£25k
Median contract won outright
3
Expiring in 18 months

These figures count published award notices from January 2021 onward, the point at which this database begins, and are comprehensive only from 2023. Contracts awarded before then, and any work not published as a public award notice, do not appear. This is a record of published contracts, not of turnover. Most recent award recorded 6 Jul 2026.

Coming up for renewal

3 contracts expiring in the next 18 months

Each of these is a contract The Financial Times Limited currently holds with an end date already published. If you compete with them, this is where the openings are. If you are the buyer, it is your renewal diary.

Overview

Most of that work falls under business and professional services.

All of these were awarded to it as the only named supplier.

Among the contracts it won outright where a value was published, the median is £25k.

3 of its contracts are due to end within the next eighteen months.

Contracts won per quarter

Q3 242Q4 243Q1 252Q3 252Q1 261Q3 261

Recent activity

Latest contracts won

ContractBuyerValueAwarded
Financial Newspaper SubscriptionBRITISH BUSINESS BANK PLC£32k6 Jul 2026
Financial Times (FT) Online Knowledge Resources 2026Department of Health and Social Care£23k12 Mar 2026
GB-Sheffield: Financial Newspaper Subscription RepBritish Business Bank PLC£20k23 Jul 2025
Financial Times SubscriptionsCabinet Office£22k2 Jul 2025
Financial Times SubscriptionDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport£18k24 Mar 2025
Financial Times (FT) Online Knowledge Resources 2025Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)£23k14 Mar 2025
Financial Newspaper SubscriptionCOMPETITION AND MARKETS AUTHORITY£50k29 Nov 2024
Subscription to the Financial Times for 55 ReadersUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED£16k17 Oct 2024
FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES ONLY - FINANCIAL TIMES SUBSCRIPTIONMinistry of Defence£25k11 Oct 2024
Subscription to Financial Times 2024-25UK GOVERNMENT INVESTMENTS LIMITED£46k22 Sept 2024
FT Future of Retail Summit - bespoke roundtable DBTDepartment for International Trade£30k29 Aug 2024
Foreign Direct Investment ToolDepartment for International Trade£550k22 Jul 2024
Financial Times SubscriptionsCabinet Office£16k1 Jul 2024
GB-Sheffield: Financial Newspaper SubscriptionBritish Business Bank£71k1 Jun 2024
Financial Times SubscriptionDSIT£64k22 May 2024
Financial Times Subscription FY 24/25Department for Culture, Media and Sport£18k22 Mar 2024
DHSC: CMO: Financial Times Licence 2024/2025DHSC£22k21 Mar 2024
DHSC: CMO: Financial Times Licence 2024/2025DHSC£22k21 Mar 2024
Financial Times Subscription 2024 - 2025DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES£25k22 Feb 2024
GSS24029 - FT SubscriptionUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED£15k19 Dec 2023

Where a contract names more than one supplier it is usually a framework. The published value is the ceiling for the whole framework, shared by everyone on it, not the amount awarded to The Financial Times Limited.

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Common questions

The Financial Times Limited, in short

Which public sector organisations does The Financial Times Limited supply?

Across 26 contracts recorded since 2021, The Financial Times Limited has supplied 14 UK public sector buyers. The most frequent are British Business Bank PLC (4 contracts), Cabinet Office (3 contracts), UK Shared Business Services Ltd (2 contracts).

What does The Financial Times Limited supply to the public sector?

Its contracts fall mainly under business and professional services, print and publishing, community and personal services. Categories are derived from the CPV codes published on each award notice.

How many public sector contracts has The Financial Times Limited won?

26 since 2021, of which 26 were awarded to it as the only named supplier and 0 are shared with other suppliers, usually a place on a framework. This counts award notices published to Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, so it is a record of published awards rather than of total revenue.

When do The Financial Times Limited contracts come up for renewal?

3 contracts held by The Financial Times Limited have an end date within the next 18 months, the earliest on 10 Nov 2026. End dates are published in the original award notices, so they are visible well before any re-tender is advertised.

Where does this information about The Financial Times Limited come from?

From contract award notices published by the buyers themselves to Find a Tender and Contracts Finder under the Open Government Licence. Coverage starts in 2021 and is comprehensive from 2023, so contracts awarded before then, and any award not published to those portals, will not appear.

Contract data on this page is sourced from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under that licence. Figures cover contract award notices published from January 2021 onward, with comprehensive coverage from 2023. Earlier contracts, and any award not published to Find a Tender or Contracts Finder, will not appear. This page describes contracts published by public bodies and is not affiliated with The Financial Times Limited.