Research and analysis

Public procurement through VCSEs, 2019/20 to 2023/24

Analysis of public sector procurement with voluntary and community organisations and social enterprises (VCSEs), covering the period April 2019 to March 2024.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• Published: 28 November 2025
• Last updated: 27 July 2026 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Public procurement through VCSEs, 2019/20 to 2023/24 (summary report)

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Public procurement through VCSEs, 2019/20 to 2023/24 (full report)

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This is the second analysis of the public procurement market for voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSEs) organisations by procurement data specialists Tussell, following their first report in 2022.

The report analyses contracts awarded and invoices paid to VCSEs by the public sector in England. It addresses key questions on the total value and share of procurement going directly to VCSEs, what part of the public sector this revenue is coming from, the nature of the VCSE organisations involved, the type of contracts won by VCSEs and a deep dive into eight specific ‘people services’ sectors.

The new report provides updated data for the period April 2019 to March 2024, as well as building on the original methodology through improvements in the identification of VCSEs within key procurement datasets.

Published 28 November 2025

Last updated 27 July 2026 — Show all updates

1. 27 July 2026

   An error in an underlying dataset was identified, leading to a revision of statistics derived from contracts data - this includes a reduction in the value of contracts won in 2020/21 from £5.3bn to £4.6bn, and the overall value of contracts won for the period reduced from £24.4bn to £23.7bn. Revisions have also been made to "Sector 9 - No people services sector".

2. 28 November 2025

   First published.