Federal contractor · LONDON

FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED(THE)

FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED(THE) received $1.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 13 awards (+2.2% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $14.1M. Its largest customer was Office of the Secretary ($445.6K).

Obligations · FY2026
$1.5M
New awards
13
Sole-source
83%
Single offer
9.1%
UEI
MS65WL9QL8F5
Parent company
NIKKEI INC.
Other than small businessForeign-owned
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

Part of the CQ-ROLL CALL, INC company family: 3 registered entities, $3.5M in FY2026 together. See the family

  1. CQ-ROLL CALL, INCWASHINGTON, DC · Family page
    $1.4M
  2. THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT, NA, INCORPORATEDNEW YORK, NY
    $529.8K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 850.5KFY2017
  2. 974KFY2018
  3. 1.1MFY2019
  4. 1.6MFY2020
  5. 1.3MFY2021
  6. 1.6MFY2022
  7. 2MFY2023
  8. 1.7MFY2024
  9. 1.5MFY2025
  10. 1.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Office of the Secretary$445.6K29%
    3 awards
  2. Securities and Exchange Commission$228.1K15%
    1 awards
  3. Departmental Offices$203K13%
    1 awards
  4. Department of State$160.9K11%
    2 awards
  5. Executive Office of the President$140.2K9.2%
    1 awards
  6. Agricultural Research Service$117.9K7.8%
    1 awards
  7. U.S. International Development Finance Corporation$87.5K5.8%
    1 awards
  8. Export-Import Bank of the United States$58.8K3.9%
    1 awards
  9. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency$52.7K3.5%
    1 awards
  10. Department of the Navy$21.5K1.4%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$854.5K56%
  2. Research & development$294K19%
  3. Other equipment & supplies$205.4K14%
  4. Professional services$162.4K11%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia, DC$1.3M87%
  2. Prince George's County, MD$117.9K7.8%
  3. Abroad$58.8K3.9%
  4. Newport County, RI$21.5K1.4%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition92%
    US 39% · $1.4M
  • Sole-source awards83%
    US 30% · $1.3M
  • Single-offer competitions9.1%
    US 8.7% · $138.7K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Office of the Secretary$445.6K
    Department of Commerce · 3 awards
  2. Export-Import Bank of the United States$58.8K
    Export-Import Bank of the United States · 1 awards
  3. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency$52.7K
    Department of the Treasury · 1 awards
  4. Department of State$22.1K
    Department of State · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. DOS SUBSCRIPTION TO FT.COM$1.3M
    Department of State· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Nov 30, 2021 – Feb 5, 2026· 19AQMM22C0029
  2. FINANCIAL TIMES SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE TREASURY LIBRARY/DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES POP: 1/2/24 TO 1/1/25 PLUS FOUR (4) 12-MONTH OPTION PERIODS$580.3K
    Departmental Offices· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Dec 27, 2023 – Apr 13, 2026· 2032H324C00007
  3. DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION TO THE FINANCIAL TIMES.$443.4K
    Securities and Exchange Commission· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Aug 21, 2025 – Aug 20, 2026· 50310225P0025
  4. SUBSCRIPTION$297.5K
    Executive Office of the President· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jul 31, 2025 – Jul 16, 2026· 11316025P0004OAS
  5. ONLINE DATABASE$294K
    Office of the Secretary· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Apr 3, 2026 – Jun 8, 2026· 1331L526C13OS0007
  6. FINANCIAL TIMES DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION$169.8K
    U.S. International Development Finance Corporation· District of Columbia, DC· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 9, 2025 – Aug 19, 2026· 77344425P0009
  7. FDI MARKETS DATABASE$132.3K
    Office of the Secretary· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Mar 31, 2026 – Jun 16, 2026· 1331L526C13500008
  8. RENEWAL OF THE FINANCIAL TIMES FT PROFESSIONAL ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION FOR ACCESS BY ALL USDA USERS FROM 07/01/2026 - 06/30/2027 FOR ACCOUNT CODE 10020971. COR/TPOC/IPP APPROVER IS [name removed], [phone removed], [email removed]$117.9K
    Agricultural Research Service· Prince George's County, MD· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 29, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026· 1232SA26P0903

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

3 companies · $389.1K reported

  1. DAI GLOBAL LLC$245.9K
    BETHESDA, MD · 1 subaward · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
  2. BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$103.7K
    MCLEAN, VA · 2 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. AGILE DEFENSE, LLC$39.5K
    RESTON, VA · 1 subaward · Computer systems design and related services

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 123 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. POLITICO, LLC$10.2M−28% in FY2026
    ARLINGTON, VA · 11% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveOffice of the Secretary · Other information servicesEnergy · Other information servicesBureau of the Fiscal Service · Other information services+7 more
  2. OCLC, INC$7.8M−24% in FY2026
    DUBLIN, OH · 8.9% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Other information servicesNavy · Web search portals, libraries, archives, and other information servicesState · Other information services+8 more
  3. DOW JONES & COMPANY, INC.$2.5M−25% in FY2026
    NEW YORK, NY · 4 entities · 6.5% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveExecutive Office of the President · Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishersOffice of the Secretary · Other information servicesEnergy · Other information services+6 more

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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.