Clients & frameworks·6 clients

Clients & frameworks

Six clients, six different definitions of "compliant" — and rates that only make sense once you know which

Charge, 12 months
£28.4m
104,640 shifts filled
Gross margin
18.9%
−1.4pt on last year
Framework suspensions
1
6 weeks · 340 shifts lost
Rate cards out of date
2
Billing at old rates

What each client actually requires

The same worker is compliant for one and short for the next

ClientBasisDocumentsEligible poolShifts, 12mChargeMarginStanding
Ravensworth NHS TrustAcute · 3 sites Framework1138420,856£8.9m16.2% Watch — audit Feb
Ashfield Community TrustCommunity nursing Framework13621,940£0.9m17.8% Under-supplying
Larkhill Care Group14 homes Direct861216,394£4.8m21.4% Strong
St Editha's HospitalPrivate, surgical Direct126916£0.6m24.1% Cannot supply
Bellhouse ConstructionCommercial Direct72884,805£1.9m19.6% Strong
Draycott HomesHousebuilding Direct72143,428£1.3m20.8% Strong
The two highest-margin clients are the two Wrenmark cannot supply. St Editha's pays 24.1% and has six eligible workers; Ashfield pays 17.8% and has sixty-two. Both gaps are two documents wide.

The gap analysis nobody runs

How many more workers would qualify for each client, per document added

ClientAdd thisWorkers who would qualifyExtra shifts a yearExtra margin
St Editha's HospitalTheatre competency sign-off+34+1,120£72,400
Ashfield Community TrustLone working + driving check+188+2,600£118,600
Ravensworth NHS TrustComplete employment gap records+96+1,840£61,200
Bellhouse ConstructionConfined space ticket+22+410£15,800
Marchwood CivilsStreetworks accreditation+31+640£24,900
£292,900 of margin sits behind five training courses. Wrenmark has never seen this table because it needs the client standards and the worker files in the same place.

Ravensworth — audit history

The client that suspended Wrenmark in February

  • Routine audit — 20 files sampled
    3 Feb 2026 · 6 failed
  • 47 shifts credited
    Workers already paid · £9,306 written off
  • Suspended from the framework
    11 Feb – 25 Mar · 340 shifts of volume lost
  • Remediation plan accepted
    18 Mar · monthly evidence for six months
  • Monthly evidence due
    1 Sep · month five of six
  • Return to routine auditing
    October, if all six months are clean
Volume has not recovered. Wrenmark filled 66% of Ravensworth requests before the suspension and 66% after — but the trust now sends fewer requests, because it built the habit of ringing someone else first.