The order book looks diversified.
The date says otherwise.
The clean answer is not a credit view. It is a public-record correction. Cogent Skills Services Ltd is the borrower anchor: company 07806185. The public MOD DNO trail first looks broader because several notices carry the Cogent name. The company number changes the read.
14 pages · published 7 July 2026 · every figure traces to a named public record
What the public record shows.
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/030745-2026
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/044863-2026
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/044877-2026
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/044880-2026
Each finding in the briefing traces to a named public record — a notice ID, a filing, a register entry — so you can check any line yourself. The full read, with sources, is in the PDF.
What the public record doesn't settle.
The accounts and charge register explain why this belongs in a lending file. The 2024 filed accounts show debtor-backed invoice discounting with Close Brothers; the charge register shows one outstanding Close Brothers charge. That does not make a credit call. It says the order-book support should be read at the right legal-entity and framework/date level before the committee relies on it.
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