The Supply Register Ltd.

What The Supply Register Ltd. does

The Supply Register Ltd. is a UK-based managed service provider specialising in education recruitment, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Keele, Staffordshire. The company operates a 'bank-first' staffing model for Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs), schools, and Further Education colleges, drawing on an internal pool of pre-vetted teachers, teaching assistants, and support staff before escalating unfilled demand to its Preferred Agency Panel of 500+ agencies across England and Wales. The Supply Register claims to serve over 1,000 UK education locations and partner with 50+ education groups, including L.E.A.D. Academy Trust, NCG, Greenwood Academies Trust, Dixons Academies Trust, Beckfoot Trust, Wellspring Academy Trust, and Education Partnership North East.

The company's core technology is the proprietary tsr365 platform, a cloud-based recruitment management system with three role-segregated portals — client, agency, and worker — covering candidate profiling, compliance and DBS tracking, timesheet submission and approval, invoicing, job alerts, and payslip access. The platform underpins standardised agency rates and a bank-first fulfilment sequence that the company states reduces recruitment costs for clients by up to 20%. Sub-brand 'FurtherEd' extends the same model into the Further Education college segment. The company holds APSCo Compliance+ accreditation (100% compliance) and Cyber Essentials certification, providing a regulatory and safeguarding baseline required for education procurement.

The Supply Register's revenue model is primarily a managed-service spread on gross staffing billings, with education providers paying standardised rates and the company capturing margin between worker pay and client charge, with no upfront costs, management fees, or licence charges to clients. Adjacent revenue streams include £65 DBS check transaction fees processed through the platform and £100/£80 referral voucher rewards (cost items rather than revenue). Go-to-market combines enterprise field sales through six regional Partnership Management teams (North West, West Midlands, East Midlands, Yorkshire, South West, London), direct candidate acquisition via the job-search portal and refer-a-friend programme, and a channel-partner motion through the Preferred Agency Panel. Two funding rounds from Future Planet Capital (2019 and 2021) have been disclosed, with no further external capital rounds referenced in available materials.

Name

The Supply Register Ltd.

Legal name

The Supply Register Ltd.

Website

https://supplyregister.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Supply Register is a UK education recruitment managed service provider founded in 2016, serving over 1,000 school locations and 50+ Multi-Academy Trusts and Further Education college groups through its proprietary tsr365 platform and bank-first staffing model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Recruitment Services

SIC

Services-Help Supply Services (7363)

akta.pro primary industry

Procurement Platforms, Catalogs & Contract Purchasing (Co-ops, GPOs, eProcurement) (EDAEAIAO)

Keywords

• Education recruitment services
• Managed staffing solutions
• Supply teacher placement
• Academy trust recruiting
• Further education staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

Keele

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Managed Staffing Service for Education Providers: Fully managed recruitment service for schools, trusts, and further education establishments. Revenue generated from margin on staffing placements. Schools pay standardised rates; The Supply Register earns from the spread. No upfront costs, management fees, or license charges to education providers.
2. DBS Check Processing: Online DBS check payment processing for candidates at £65 per check.
3. Referral Rewards: £100 vouchers for teacher referrals, £80 for support staff referrals, paid after referee completes 15 days of work.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Supply Register is an education recruitment managed service provider connecting schools, Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs), and Further Education colleges with vetted teachers, teaching assistants, and support staff. It operates a 'bank-first' staffing approach backed by its proprietary tsr365 platform (with separate client, agency, and worker portals) and dedicated Regional Partnership Management teams covering England and Wales, reducing recruitment costs by up to 20% while ensuring APSCo Compliance+ standards.

Product overview

The Supply Register operates as an education recruitment managed service provider combining its proprietary tsr365 technology platform with dedicated regional Partnership Management teams. The core offering connects schools, Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs), and further education establishments with vetted education professionals through a 'bank first' staffing approach. The tsr365 platform serves as the unified operational layer, providing web-based portals for schools (client), agency partners, and candidates (workers) to manage the full recruitment lifecycle including job posting, candidate matching, compliance verification, timesheet submission, and invoicing. FurtherEd extends the same model specifically for further education colleges. The company also maintains internal staff/talent banks as the primary candidate source, with preferred agency partners used as a secondary fulfilment channel.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• tsr365: Custom-built technology platform for streamlining staffing, recruitment, timesheets, and candidate management for education providers, candidates, and agency partners.

Products and services

• tsr365 Platform A custom-built, web-based recruitment management platform with separate portals for education clients, preferred agency partners, and candidates/workers, used to manage job requests, candidate vetting, timesheet submission/approval, invoice processing, job alerts, and payslip access.
• The Supply Register Managed Recruitment Service A managed education recruitment service for schools, Multi-Academy Trusts, and Further Education establishments, providing vetted supply teachers, teaching assistants, and support staff through a bank-first model that reduces recruitment costs by up to 20%.
• FurtherEd A dedicated managed recruitment service for Further Education colleges, providing staffing for lecturers, support staff, and operational personnel across college groups such as NCG and Education Partnership North East.
• Staff Bank / Talent Bank A pre-vetted pool of compliant teachers, teaching assistants, and support staff that education providers draw from before engaging external agency partners, enabling faster placements and reduced recruitment costs.
• DBS Check Processing Service An online DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check payment processing service for education candidates at £65 per check.
• Refer-a-Friend Programme A candidate referral programme offering £100 vouchers for successful teacher referrals and £80 vouchers for successful support staff referrals, paid after the referee completes 15 days of work.
• Preferred Agency Panel A preferred supplier panel of 500+ education recruitment agencies that gain access to Multi-Academy Trusts and college groups across England and Wales, with standardised rates and free registration.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduce recruitment costs by up to 20% through bank-first approach
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• The National CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership provides candidates with access to hundreds of online courses meeting statutory training requirements, including videos, webinars, lesson plans, policy examples, and TED talks for professional development.
• Greenwood Academies TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of 50+ education groups served. Greenwood operates 36 academies across East Midlands (Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire, Leicester City, Northamptonshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire, Central Bedfordshire) with approximately 17,000 pupils.
• L.E.A.D. Academy TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFlagship partner with 1,500 colleagues serving 11,500 pupils across multiple primary and secondary schools. L.E.A.D. stands for Lead, Empower, Achieve, Drive principles.
• NCGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the UK's largest college groups including Carlisle College, Kidderminster College, Lewisham College, Newcastle College, Newcastle Sixth Form College, Southwark College, and West Lancashire College.
• Wellspring Academy TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVibrant community of 31 academies across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Dedicated to transforming lives through high-quality education with focus on social equity.
• Beckfoot TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamily of secondary, primary, and special schools across Bradford District. Educating over 7,000 students with mission of 'Creating Remarkable Schools where no child is left behind.'
• Dixons Academies TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of primary, secondary, all-through, and sixth-form schools focused on transforming education in disadvantaged areas of northern England. Serving 14,000 students, aiming for 20,000 by 2025.
• Preferred Agency Partners (500+)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGrowing network of agency partners on preferred supplier lists. Agencies gain access to MAT and college vacancies across England and Wales with standardised rates and competition on quality.
• Abbey Multi Academy TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChurch of England Trust bringing together eight primary and secondary academies across Leeds. Committed to 'life in all its fullness' (John 10:10) with focus on partnership, education, nurture, and empowerment.
• Education Partnership North EastcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTop-performing college group in the North East including Sunderland College, Northumberland College, Hartlepool Sixth Form College, and EPNE Training. Rated Outstanding across all areas in latest Ofsted inspection (2024).

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Teaching Personnel: One of the UK's largest education recruitment agencies, supplying teachers, teaching assistants, and support staff to schools, MATs, and FE colleges. Closely comparable to TSR in vertical focus, target customer (UK schools and trusts), and supply-led staffing model, though operating at much larger scale.
• Protocol Education: UK-based education recruitment specialist placing teachers, teaching assistants, and SEND staff into schools and academies nationwide. Directly comparable in customer segment (primary, secondary, MATs) and core service (supply staffing), with a strong regional branch network paralleling TSR's regional partnership teams.
• Affinity Workforce: UK education staffing MSP formed from the merger of Celsian Education and EduStaff, offering managed service solutions, PSLs, and technology-enabled workforce management to MATs and schools. Directly comparable to TSR's MSP model, bank-first approach, and PSL curation, competing head-to-head on MAT procurement frameworks.
• Career Teachers: UK education recruitment agency supplying primary, secondary, and SEN teachers as well as support staff to schools across England. Comparable to TSR in target customer and core service, though operates a more traditional agency model rather than TSR's MSP/PSL structure.
• MCG Education: UK recruitment firm with dedicated education division placing teachers, support staff, and FE lecturers into schools, MATs, and colleges. Comparable to TSR in customer mix and supply model, often competing on similar MAT and FE college frameworks.
• Spencer Clarke Group: UK recruitment agency with a strong education and public-sector vertical, supplying teaching, support, and operational staff to schools, MATs, and local authorities. Comparable to TSR in education focus and customer profile, competing on similar supply-led placement contracts.

Broad incumbents

• Reed Education: The education division of Reed, one of the UK's largest generalist recruitment firms, placing teachers and support staff into schools and FE colleges. Overlaps with TSR on customer segment and staffing service but operates within a much broader portfolio of non-education recruitment verticals.
• Hays Education: Education division of Hays plc, a global recruitment group, placing teachers, lecturers, and support staff into UK schools, colleges, and universities. Comparable in target segment but operates as part of a large diversified recruiter with significantly greater resources and international footprint.

Emerging players

• Zen Educate: Tech-enabled marketplace that connects schools directly with teachers and support staff, cutting out traditional agencies. Comparable to TSR on education vertical and UK schools customer base, but with a disruptive disintermediation model that could pressure TSR's margin spread over time.
• Opogo: Tech-driven UK education staffing platform connecting schools with vetted teachers and support staff through an app-based experience. Comparable to TSR on vertical and target customer but pursues a leaner marketplace model that competes on speed and cost rather than full MSP management.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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