The Open University

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Who leads it

No current officers are listed at Companies House.

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

• Framework Contract Lot 3 Buyer: COLLEGE OF POLICING LIMITED £187,500 2026-08-26 Source: Find a Tender

  All services under Lot 3 - Technical Expertise of COP29_2024 Framework for Centre for Police Productivity Evaluation Partners

  Framework
• Social Worker Integrated Degree Buyer: Kirklees Council £30,000 2026-01-30 CPV 80000000 Source: Contracts Finder

  Contract awarded via the Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation (YPO) Apprenticeships and Associated Training Framework (1086) The contract will commence on 02/02/26 and will end on 31/07/27 or such later date to enable an Apprentice to conc…
• Social Worker Integrated Degree Buyer: Kirklees Council £72,000 2026-01-30 CPV 80000000 Source: Contracts Finder

  1086 Apprenticeships and Associated Training Framework Delivery of 3 x Social Worker PGDip This Contract shall commence on: 2nd February 2026 and is due to expire on: 31st January 2029 or such later date to enable an Apprentice to concl…
• Med Ed HEE Funded - CPD Courses 26/27 The Open University Buyer: Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

  Med Ed HEE Funded - CPD Courses 26/27 The Open University Staff Training Courses

About

Incorporated

01/01/1981

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Open University on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

• Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £2,515,976 (20 grants)
• Ministry of Justice · £835,000
• St Paul's Schools Foundation · £220,000
• John Ellerman Foundation · £149,190
• The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington · £90,000

Most recent

• John Ellerman Foundation £149,1902024-03-28
• St Paul's Schools Foundation £220,0002023-11-30
• The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington £90,0002020-04-28
• Ministry of Justice £835,0002019-04-01
• Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £48,3272017-11-15

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (Open Government Licence v3.0), where this organisation is recorded as the buyer. Suppliers are matched to a Governance Register company or charity page at confidence 0.7 or higher; below that they are shown by name only.

Top suppliers

• Churchill Contract Services · £6,229,602
• SOFTCAT PLC · £5,220,142
• Softcat PLC · £1,737,805
• Academia Limited · £1,632,643 (2 contracts)
• The Nursery Research and Planning Limited · £904,000

Most recent

• Renewal of Estates Management Software Licenses (Planon) Supplier: Academia Limited£298,1552026-07-22
• Palo Alto 5250 Renewal Supplier: KHIPU Networks Ltd£225,5532026-07-09
• Cloudflare Advanced Application Security Services Supplier: Cloudflare, Inc.£555,9862026-07-07
• VMWare Virtual Servers Supplier: Softcat PLC£1,737,8052026-06-18
• SafeZone - Lone Worker App Supplier: CriticalArc Ltd£199,7282026-05-19

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.