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Debt advice contracts

UK public sector · 61 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
61
Last 12 months
Median contract
£360k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£64.6m
57 of 59 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
53
Suppliers
64

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most debt advice contracts took 16% of them (10 of 61).
  • The median contract, £360k, is 28% above the median across social care contracts (£281k).
  • North East had the most contracts: 7, or 12% of the total.

Who buys debt advice

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1CADENT GAS LIMITED2 contracts
  2. 2Salford City Council2 contracts
  3. 3Belfast City Council2 contracts
  4. 4Renfrewshire Council2 contracts
  5. 5Surrey County Council2 contracts
  6. 6Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council2 contracts
  7. 7Torridge District Council2 contracts
  8. 8NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership2 contracts
  9. 9Mid Ulster District Council1 contract
  10. 10Southampton City Council1 contract

Top debt advice contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Citizens Advice Manchester2 contracts
  2. 2Citizens Advice Northumberland2 contracts
  3. 3​​Citizens Advice Swansea Neath Port Talbot2 contracts
  4. 4NAVIGATE2 contracts
  5. 5Surrey Welfare Rights Unit2 contracts
  6. 6SOUTH TYRONE EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME1 contract
  7. 7SOUTHAMPTON VOLUNTARY SERVICES1 contract
  8. 8Citizens Advice Solihull Bureau1 contract
  9. 9Auriga Services1 contract
  10. 10G4S1 contract

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

3Q4 2025*16Q1 202625Q2 202617Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 46 · Wales 7 · Northern Ireland 5 · Scotland 3

North East7North West6East of England6Wales6Yorkshire and The Humber5West Midlands5South East5South West5Northern Ireland5London3Scotland3East Midlands2UK-wide or not stated3

What is included

Free advice and information for residents: welfare rights advice, benefit checks, form-filling and appeals support that maximise income; debt advice and money guidance; and generalist advice covering money, benefits, debt, housing and other problems, including information and advice for older people or about care and support, delivered face to face, by phone and online.

  • Independent general advice for residents
  • Generalist welfare benefits, debt and housing advice contracts
  • Information and advice for older people
  • Information and support about technology enabled care
  • Welfare rights advice
  • Community outreach welfare rights services
  • Benefit checks and appeals support
  • Community-based debt advice
  • Money advice services
  • Specialist information and money advice

What is not included

  • Housing options and homelessness advice (soc.house.housing-options-advice)
  • Mental health information and advice (soc.supp.community-mental-health-support)
  • Direct payment advice (soc.supp.direct-payment-support)
  • Asylum support advice (soc.asylum.asylum-seeker-welfare-and-outreach)
  • Local crisis grants (soc.prev.local-welfare-assistance)
  • Energy and fuel poverty advice (csl.energy.home-energy-advice)
  • Immigration and legal advice and solicitor-led representation (another industry: legal)

Often bought by the same buyers