Free Guide: Amber Valley Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Amber Valley Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · East Midlands
Data covering 2011 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£1.2bn
Transactions
36,260
Suppliers
936
Key Takeaways
- £1.19 billion in recorded spend across 36,260 transactions since 2011
- 938 matched suppliers with the top 5 accounting for 62% of identified spend
- 5 tenders worth £457,000 published, with zero formal contracts in our dataset
How big a buyer is Amber Valley?
Bigger than you might expect for a non-metropolitan district of 129,000 people in Derbyshire. Our data shows £1.19 billion in recorded spend across 36,260 transactions, drawn from 105 source files spanning 2011 to 2026. That works out to roughly £80 million a year on average, though actual annual figures will vary. The spending records come from two council domains and Find a Tender, collected through to December 2025. For a borough covering just over 102 square miles in the East Midlands, this is a council with steady, ongoing purchasing activity. We have matched 938 suppliers to Companies House records across the dataset, giving you a reasonable view of where the money flows. If you are sizing up Amber Valley as a prospect, the volume of transactions alone tells you this council buys regularly and from a wide supplier base.
Two sectors quietly dominate the spend
Arts, entertainment and recreation takes the largest share of identified spend at 25.5%, driven largely by DC Projects (Amber Valley) Limited, which sits at the top of the supplier list with £33.4 million. Financial and insurance activities runs a close second at 24.9%, with Veolia ES (UK) Limited (£19.3 million) and Barclays Bank (£14.1 million) accounting for most of that. Between them, those two sectors take half the matched spend. After that, waste management (9.9%), construction (8.2%) and professional services (7.5%) round out the picture. Construction has the widest supplier base with 121 identified firms, suggesting more open competition there. The HHI score is 984, which is unconcentrated. But the top 5 suppliers still account for 62.1% of matched spend, so while no single supplier dominates, a handful of large relationships shape the overall numbers. The top 10 take 68.5%.
Where are the formal contracts?
This is the unusual part. Our dataset holds zero published contracts for Amber Valley, and just 5 tenders worth a combined £457,000. All the spending intelligence here comes from payment transaction data rather than contract notices. That means you will not find procurement method breakdowns or contract size profiles in our records for this council. What you can see is the sheer volume of transactional activity: 36,260 payments to 936 identified suppliers across 21 sectors over 15 years. The absence of contract data in our records does not mean Amber Valley avoids formal procurement. Many district councils publish contracts through county-level or regional portals that feed into different datasets. For bid managers, the transaction data still tells you who is getting paid, how much, and in which sectors. You just will not get the tender pipeline view you would for councils with fuller contract publishing.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DC PROJECTS (AMBER VALLEY) LIMITED | £33,355,107 |
| 2 | VEOLIA ES (UK) LIMITED | £19,270,459 |
| 3 | BARCLAYS BANK PLC | £14,095,201 |
| 4 | AMBER VALLEY NORSE LIMITED | £13,174,975 |
| 5 | SOUTH WORLD ENTERPRISES LIMITED | £7,426,248 |
| 6 | BEVAN BRITTAN LLP | £2,477,154 |
| 7 | WESTVILLE LIMITED | £2,309,020 |
| 8 | BELPER LEISURE CENTRE LIMITED | £1,641,086 |
| 9 | P J LILLEY LTD. | £1,368,451 |
| 10 | SUSTAINABLE BUILDING SERVICES (UK) LIMITED | £1,259,372 |
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CouncilLedger brings together spending records, contract awards, and tender notices from over 400 UK local authorities into one procurement intelligence platform. Our data covers 16 years of transactions, collected directly from council transparency publications and government procurement platforms. Search suppliers, track spending trends, discover tender opportunities, and monitor the contracts that matter to your business.
