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Company description
OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Royal Charter Company”. Incorporated on 1 January 1981; registered for 45 years. This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 14 procurement records.
This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE)
- Company number
- RC000391
- Company type
- Royal Charter Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- NO ACCOUNTS FILED
- Mortgage charges
- 0 total · 0 outstanding · 0 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
Not suppliedNext accounts due
Not suppliedLast statement made up to
Not suppliedNext statement due
15 January 2017BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Social Worker Integrated Degree
Kirklees Council · ocds-b5fd17-76a0dc4f-da29-46d7-8e9a-d741affb7478
- Supplier named in award
- The Open University
- Award value
- £30,000
- Contract period
- 2 February 2026 – 31 July 2027
- Published
- 25 June 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 80000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-76a0dc4f-da29-46d7-8e9a-d741affb7478-2026-06-25T10:37:17+01:00
Social Worker Integrated Degree
Kirklees Council · ocds-b5fd17-d2f0e9bd-0bf5-40f1-a848-ff508a24dac8
- Supplier named in award
- The Open University
- Award value
- £72,000
- Contract period
- 2 February 2026 – 31 January 2029
- Published
- 25 June 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 80000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-d2f0e9bd-0bf5-40f1-a848-ff508a24dac8-2026-06-25T10:37:04+01:00
001086 Apprenticeships Round 7
Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation · ocds-b5fd17-df6b7d48-4e1e-4c32-9b4f-23d6d8258de4
- Supplier named in award
- The Open University
- Award value
- £10,000,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 August 2023 – 31 July 2027
- Published
- 2 April 2025
- Procedure
- Other - Light Touch Regime (LTR)
- Main CPV
- 80000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-df6b7d48-4e1e-4c32-9b4f-23d6d8258de4-2025-04-02T12:47:11+01:00
Apprenticeship Levy
Torbay Council · ocds-b5fd17-6a794704-076a-44ab-aae3-b447d35e4688
- Supplier named in award
- Open University
- Award value
- £115,000
- Contract period
- 1 January 2023 – 31 December 2023
- Published
- 20 December 2023
- Procedure
- Other - Awarded via Framework Crown Commercial
- Main CPV
- 80000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-6a794704-076a-44ab-aae3-b447d35e4688-2023-12-20T10:36:18Z
1x Apprenticeship Placement - Digital and Technology Solutions Professional(Integrated Degree) (Level 6) (ST0119)
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES · ocds-b5fd17-acb03821-036d-487c-87f4-9a96d18dd1a0
- Supplier named in award
- The Open University
- Award value
- £25,000
- Contract period
- 1 September 2022 – 31 August 2027
- Published
- 8 July 2022
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 80000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-acb03821-036d-487c-87f4-9a96d18dd1a0-2022-07-08T14:14:25+01:00
BA (Hons) Social Work Apprenticeship
Torbay Council · ocds-b5fd17-08734acc-68ef-4cbb-85be-f10723721794
- Supplier named in award
- The Open University
- Award value
- £85,976
- Contract period
- 1 October 2021 – 1 April 2024
- Published
- 19 August 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 80000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-08734acc-68ef-4cbb-85be-f10723721794-2021-08-19T17:05:26+01:00
NHS NOE CPC - Employee Development Services - AWARD
North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) · ocds-b5fd17-ceebc439-7451-418a-9dd5-0c1acf0220aa
- Supplier named in award
- The Open University
- Award value
- £100,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2025
- Published
- 30 November 2021
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 80000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-ceebc439-7451-418a-9dd5-0c1acf0220aa-2021-11-30T13:18:21Z
Somerset County Council Apprenticeship Services
Somerset County Council · ocds-b5fd17-1f7ccddd-3304-4c4a-ac4f-4ea54ab2be6b
- Supplier named in award
- The Open University
- Award value
- £1,400,000
- Contract period
- 18 June 2021 – 30 June 2023
- Published
- 5 July 2021
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 80000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-1f7ccddd-3304-4c4a-ac4f-4ea54ab2be6b-2021-07-05T12:18:45+01:00
Social Worker Degree Apprenticeship for Somerset County Council
Somerset County Council · ocds-b5fd17-bcc85b80-3557-49bf-b964-f178caae0511
- Supplier named in award
- The Open University
- Award value
- £276,000
- Contract period
- 1 February 2021 – 31 January 2024
- Published
- 15 July 2020
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 80000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-bcc85b80-3557-49bf-b964-f178caae0511-2020-07-15T10:39:32+01:00
Procurement of Engineering Training
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · ocds-b5fd17-464894b5-54f8-426e-9123-3b69ac121bf5
- Supplier named in award
- The Open University
- Award value
- £218,132
- Contract period
- 6 August 2020 – 30 September 2026
- Published
- 21 October 2020
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 80000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-464894b5-54f8-426e-9123-3b69ac121bf5-2020-10-21T13:52:36+01:00
Social Work Degree
Torbay Council · ocds-b5fd17-f987d621-4903-41d7-ac72-9ddb29c22f4b
- Supplier named in award
- The Open University
- Award value
- £54,216
- Contract period
- 1 April 2020 – 31 March 2023
- Published
- 21 July 2021
- Procedure
- Other - Request to Waive Contract Procedures and Financial Regulations
- Main CPV
- 80000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-f987d621-4903-41d7-ac72-9ddb29c22f4b-2021-07-21T12:27:24+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
04 Ownership and control
People with significant control
No PSC entry for this company was present in the imported snapshot.
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
05 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
06 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
07 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
08 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Framework Contract Lot 3
COLLEGE OF POLICING LIMITED · updated 10 September 2026
- Tender value
- £10,000,000
- Awards
- 12
Med Ed HEE Funded - CPD Courses 26/27 The Open University
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust · updated 29 June 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Library Management System
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY · updated 9 July 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
09 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
10 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
No SIC code was supplied in this bulk record.
11 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
3 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
12 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
13 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.