Guidance
Cabinet Office Mutuals Support
Information and activities on support for public service mutuals administered under the Cabinet Office.
Applies to England
These opportunities were under the Cabinet Office Mutuals Support Programme 1. Please contact the DCMS Mutuals Team for information on current support for public service mutuals.
Mutuals Support Programme 1: Awarded Contracts
| Recipient | Support required | Contract award value (excl. VAT) | Awarded supplier | Contracts Finder notice link | Contracts Finder award link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3BM | Legal | £55,853 | Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP | - | Contract award |
| Youth First | Business planning, tendering and governance | £10,000 | Social Purpose Business Partners | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Hazlitt Arts Centre | Legal and governance, tender support | £18,927 | Bates, Wells & Braithwate LLP working with Mutual Ventures | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Buckinghamshire County Council Children’s Services | Business planning, governance, change management and stakeholder management support | £78,250 | Mutual Ventures with BWB and Buzzacott | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Spiral Health CIC | Business development, investment readiness and marketing support | £44,750 | Make It Happen Consultancy | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Resolving Chaos | Business development and marketing support | £64,838 | GVA Grimley Holdings | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| West Midlands Kickstart Partnership | Business planning and governance support | £27,448 | Mutual Ventures | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Epic CIC, London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | Governance advice and legal | £26,750 | Trowers and Hamlins | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Leading Lives | Organisational design and identification of ICT requirements | £49,796 | Mutual Ventures | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| People 2 People | Commercial assessment and business planning | £18,180 | TPP Law | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Aspire Sussex Ltd | Financial and commercial training, Marketing and comms | £64,500 | Mouchel with SCA Group and Turning Point | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Gloucestershire County Council | Business Planning | £19,950 | Mutual Ventures | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Accession, London Borough of Ealing | Governance, business planning support and transition support | £51,977 | Mutual Ventures | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Cleveland Fire Service | Legal advice and support | £76,750 | Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Oldham City Council | Business planning support and market assessment | £46,455 | Mouchel with SCA Group and Turning Point | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Somerset Skills and Learning | Business planning and options appraisal | £45,436 | Mutual Ventures | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| DfT – Vehicle Certification Agency | Business assessment | £64,757 | Consulting Stream Ltd | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Explore, York City Council | Business planning and legal advice | £83,934 | Mutual Ventures with Bates Wells and Braithwaite, and Buzzacott | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Knowsley Council | Business Planning, Ownership, legal and governance structures, Transition planning | £93,770 | Public Service Mutuals with the Co-operative | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Let’s Go Global, Trafford Council | Business planning | £18,050 | Make It Happen Consultancy working with Hempsons Solicitors, Moore and Smalley and Bread Media | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Rushey Green, Lewisham Council | Legal and Governance, Business Planning support and, transition planning | £37,201 | Bates, Wells and Braithwaite LLP working with Mutual Ventures | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | Training in business and commercial skills | £22,400 | Mutual Ventures working with Bates, Wells and Braithwaite LLP, Happy Ltd, Social AdVentures and SEUK | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Sensing Change, Suffolk Council | Governance, Business Planning and Financial Modelling and Transition planning | £23,055 | TPP Law | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Sea View Centre, Poole Borough Council | Governance, Business Planning and Financial Modelling, Transition Planning and legal documentation | £27,258 | Prospects working with Field Fisher Waterhouse and Howells & Co Accountancy Practice | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| ML Community Enterprise Limited, London Borough of Lambeth | Legal and Governance, Business Planning and Finance and Market Analysis | £31,639 | Mutual Ventures working with Bates, Wells and Braithwaite and Matters & Co | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| West Mercia Probation Trust | Support for the Potential PSM to become “competition ready” (as a prime contractor or sub-contractor) in proposed national competitions for rehabilitation services | £80,415 | Mouchel with SCA Group | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Dorset, Devon & Cornwall Probation Trusts | Support for the potential PSM to become “competition ready” (as a prime contractor or sub-contractor) in proposed national competitions for rehabilitation services | £89,550 | Red Quadrant | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Innovo (Cumbria, Merseyside & Lancashire Probation Trusts) | Support for the Potential PSM to become “competition ready” (as a prime contractor or sub-contractor) in proposed national competitions for rehabilitation services | £97,900 | PA Consulting with Winkworth Sherwood Solicitors | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| RISE (London Probation Trust) | Support for the Potential PSM to become “competition ready” (as a prime contractor or sub-contractor) in proposed national competitions for rehabilitation services | £75,600 | Social Pioneers with Inspire2Enterprise, TDP Development, Wrigleys Solicitors | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Kent, Surrey & Sussex (Probation Trusts) | Support for the Potential PSM to become “competition ready” (as a prime contractor or sub-contractor) in proposed national competitions for rehabilitation services | £84,275 | Anthony Collins | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Essex (Probation Trust) | Support for the Potential PSM to become “competition ready” (as a prime contractor or sub-contractor) in proposed national competitions for rehabilitation services | £79,950 | Stepping Out with Anthony Collins, Blue Star Human Resources, No Nonsense Communications, Resonance | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| REACH (Leicestershire and Rutland Probation Trusts) | Support for the Potential PSM to become “competition ready” (as a prime contractor or sub-contractor) in proposed national competitions for rehabilitation services | £59,950 | Mutual Ventures with Bates Wells and Braithwaite, Social Finance, Enlightened HR, Buzzacott | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Adult Social Care Services, Rochdale Council | Legal and governance, business planning and financial modelling support and, transition planning | £45,864 | Mutual Ventures working with Bates Wells and Braithwaite, Buzzacott and Enlightened HR | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Community Equipment Loan and Warden Call/Telecare services, City of York Council | Legal and governance, business planning and financial modelling support and, transition planning and implementation | £43,705 | Bates Wells and Braithwaite working with Mutual Ventures, Matter & Co and Buzzacott HR | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Brightstripe - Cultural Health | Business planning and marketing strategy | £20,000 | Asset Based Finance and Leasing (ABFL) | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| West Yorkshire Probation Trust | Support for the Potential PSM to become “competition ready” (as a prime contractor or sub-contractor, as relevant) in proposed national competitions for rehabilitation services | £99,000 | PA Consulting | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Adult Social Care (North Tyneside) | Business planning and finance, legal and governance support and staff engagement | £32,625 | Blandy and Blandy LLP working with Almond Tree Strategic Consulting ltd, Asset Based Finance and Leasing Ltd, Crowe Clark Whitehall LLP and CPB projects Ltd | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Investing in Children | Business strategy and market analysis support, communications and marketing and, support to develop measures around social impact | £27,000 | Sustainable Enterprise Strategies working with Communications Co-op, UHY Torgersens and, Sunderland Care Home Associates | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Planning Portal | Identify a private partner and agree the terms of the partnership | £19,500 | High Growth Knowledge Company ltd working with Roxburgh Milkins LLP, Probert legal and Milsted Langdon | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| City Catering Services (Southampton City Council) | Business planning and finance, legal and governance and transition | £53,980 | BWB working with Mutual Ventures | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Coventry Education and Learning Service (Coventry City Council) | Business planning and finance, governance options, governance and board development, transition support and stakeholder engagement | £52,553 | Mutual Ventures working with Bates Wells and Braithwaite, Buzzacott and Enlightened HR | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Lambeth Youth and Play | Business planning and finance, legal and governance and transition | £62,995 | SM with CO-Op working with FPM, DWF and MC2 | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| West Sussex Music Trust | Business planning and marketing | £30,661 | Mutual Ventures working with Matter & CO, BWB and Buzzacott | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Plymouth Adult and Community Learning Service | Legal and Financial | £39,961 | BWB working with Mutual Ventures | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Croydon School Support Services | Legal, governance and financial | £52,550 | Browne Jacobson | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Milton Keynes Parks | Business Planning, Legal and Governance | £25,000 | Stepping Out | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Momentis CIC | Support the Potential PSM to spin-out of its Parent Body as a standalone entity, with the ETE and DAAT contracts and, to support the Potential PSM within the PSM JV, and protect its interests, throughout the TR competition and subsequent mobilisation | £87,788 | Bates Wells Braithwaite working with Mutual Ventures, Buzzacott and Matter & Co | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Innovo | Support the Potential PSM within the PSM JV, and protect its interests, throughout the TR competition and subsequent mobilisation | £60,000 | PA Consulting | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Delta Rehabilitation Ltd | Support the Potential PSM within the PSM JV, and protect its interests, throughout the TR competition and subsequent mobilisation | £68,250 | Mutual Ventures working with Winkworth Sherwood and Clarent Commerce | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Resolutions | Support the Potential PSM within the PSM JV, and protect its interests, throughout the TR competition and subsequent mobilisation | £55,150 | Carley Consult working with Wilkin Chapman LLP, Community Justice Consultancy Ltd,Care Plus Group Ltd and, Social Justice Solutions Ltd | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| RISE | Support the Potential PSM, and protect its interests, throughout the TR competition and subsequent mobilisation | £75,000 | Red Quadrant working with Browne Jacobson | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Greater Manchester and Cheshire (Probation Trust) | Support the Potential PSM within the PSM JV, and protecting its interests, throughout the TR competition and subsequent mobilisation | £42,410 | Red Quadrant | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Co:here | Support the Potential PSM within the PSM JV, and protect its interests, throughout the TR competition and subsequent mobilisation | £72,000 | Anthony Collins working with ExCell, Cooperative and Mutual Solutions, Mutuo, FPM and ClearlySo | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Achieving for Children (Kingston Council and Richmond Council) | Legal advice, Financial Planning and Business Development, Staff Engagement and Transition Planning | £105,605 | Mutual Ventures working with BWB, Matter&Co and, Happy | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Portland Centre for Integrative Medicine | Business Plan development, legal and governance and transition support | £46,630 | BWB working with PA consulting Group and Matter and Co | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Services for Adults with Complex Needs (Salford City Council) | Legal and Governance and Business Planning and Financial Modelling | £46,250 | Stepping Out working with Anthony Collins Solicitors | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Catalyst (Warrington Borough Council) | Transition Support | £48,925 | Anthony Collins working with Mazars, Stepping Out, Blue Star Human Resources and No Nonsense Marketing and PR | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Independence Matters (Norfolk County Council) | Business and Financial planning, Legal, Governance and Staff Engagement, Branding and Marketing and Contract Readiness | £69,513 | Stepping Out working with Anthony Collins, Blue Star Human Resources, No Nonsense Marketing and PR and Ensors | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Leisure and Culture services (Wandsworth Borough Council) | Business planning and financial modelling, legal and governance and transition | £79,351 | Winkworth Sherwood working with Mutual Ventures and Buzzacott | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Middlesborough Community Learning | Business and financial planning, legal and governance and transition | £35,000 | Ward Hadaway working with Baker Tilley and Jump | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Schools Management Information Service (London Borough of Sutton) | Legal and governance, business planning and financial modelling and transition | £51,875 | Mutual Ventures working with Sandwell Inspired Partnership Services and Winkworth Sherwood | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Sports Partnership Herefordshire and Worcestershire (Worcester City Council) | Transition Support | £27,000 | MetaValue working with Horton Partners, AdviseInc, Highway Insurance and Inserv Ltd | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Dorset Arts Development Company (Dorset County Council) | Business planning and financial modelling support, governance, operating models support and transition support | £30,715 | Bates Wells Braithwaite working with Counter Culture and Matter & Co | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Croydon School Support Services | Marketing | £34,800 | Radero | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Adult learning disability services (Leeds City Council) | Transition support including commercial and legal | £47,880 | Geldards LLP working work Asset Based Finance and Leasing LTD and Grenville Page Consulting LTD | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Building Control Services (Elmbridge Borough Council) | Legal and governance, business planning and financial modelling support, transition support | £37,950 | Mutual Ventures working with Winkworth Sherwood | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Torbay Youth Trust | Legal and governance, business planning and financial modelling, stakeholder engagement support and transition | £34,863 | MetaValue | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Wandsworth Adult Social Care | Consultancy support including legal | £54,540 | Mutual Ventures working with Winckworth Sherwood | ||
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| Devon Youth Service | Legal and governance, business planning and financial modelling, stakeholder engagement support and transition | £29,900 | Mutual Ventures | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Dudley Lifelong Services | Legal and governance, business planning and financial modelling, stakeholder engagement support and transition | £42,463 | MetaValue | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| The Language Shop | Legal and governance, business planning and financial modelling | £20,000 | MetaValue | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Ourspace | Legal and governance, business planning and financial modelling | £23,750 | BWB | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Oldham Youth Service | Legal and governance, business planning and financial modelling | £34,937.5 | Make it happen | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Somerset Skills & Learning | Legal and governance, business planning and financial modelling | £38,578 | BWB | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
| Thurrock Youth Trust | Legal and governance, business planning and financial modelling | £27,775 | BWB | Contract Notice | Contract Award |
Mutuals Support Programme 1: Challenge Prize Results
In 2015 Cabinet Office launched the Mutuals Support Programme Challenge Prize to develop new models for the support infrastructure for public service mutuals. It invited competitors to design and test a transformational model which could really drive growth and the sustainability of the public service mutual sector.
The Challenge Prize was an exercise in open policy-making, and provided an invaluable opportunity to collaborate with a range of innovators to explore a range of models for future support for the mutuals sector.
It received a strong response at the first stage with a number of radical proposals for supporting the mutuals sector to scale and be more resilient. From these, three proposals were selected for the second stage of the competition. Each shortlisted competitor received seed funding to support an intensive period of collaboration and co-design in the run up to the final submission deadline.
Following careful evaluation we were pleased to award the prize jointly to the following organisations.
- a partnership led by Albion Group CIC (itself a consortium of three successful public service mutuals: Provide, Your Healthcare and Medway Community Healthcare) with Stepping Out
- a partnership between Hempsons and Social and Sustainable Capital
- a partnership led by Baxendale, Bates Wells Braithwaite London LLP, Social Investment Business and Bridges Ventures.
The ideas that the Challenge Prize generated helped to inform a wider dialogue about how mutuals support could be structured to help foster thriving, innovative and above all successful public service mutuals.
Published 25 September 2014