Free Guide: Boston Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Boston Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · East Midlands
Data covering 2021 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£61.3m
Transactions
9,354
Suppliers
537
Key Takeaways
- £61.3 million in recorded spend across 9,354 transactions from 2021 to 2026
- 542 matched suppliers but one firm accounts for nearly 19% of tracked spend
- 17 tenders worth £13.4 million suggest an active pipeline for a district council
How much does a small Lincolnshire district actually spend?
More than you might expect. Boston Borough Council covers a population of around 70,800 across 140 square miles of south Lincolnshire, and our data shows £61.3 million in recorded spend across 9,354 transactions from 2021 to 2026. That is built from 43 source files collected from boston.gov.uk and Find a Tender. For a non-metropolitan district, the transaction volume is steady rather than lumpy, spread across five years of payment records. On the contracts side, we hold 8 published contracts worth a combined £465,000, alongside 17 tenders valued at £13.4 million. If you are scanning for district councils with active procurement pipelines in the East Midlands, Boston has one. The spend is real and recurring, even if the council itself is modest in size compared to county or unitary authorities nearby.
One supplier dominates, but the long tail is wide
Public Sector Partnership Services Ltd sits at the top with £11.5 million in recorded spend, accounting for roughly 19% of the total we have tracked. That single relationship pushes the HHI to 1,463, which still falls in the unconcentrated range. After that, spend drops sharply. State Street Bank and Trust Company comes in at £1.5 million, followed by Specialist Fleet Services at £1.2 million and Comensura at £1.1 million. The top five identified suppliers account for 51.6% of tracked spend, and the top ten for 59.7%. Beyond those names, our data covers 537 unique suppliers across 20 sectors. Professional, scientific and technical services draws the most suppliers at 88, while public administration takes the largest spend share at 37.2% on just two suppliers. Construction firms (46 suppliers, 8.2% of spend) and admin support services (53 suppliers, 9.9%) round out the busier categories.
Is the tender pipeline open enough to be interesting?
Of the 3 contracts where we can see the procurement method, 2 were awarded through open competition and 1 was a direct award. The tender data tells a fuller story: 17 tenders worth £13.4 million across the period, with a median contract value of £100,000. One contract sits above threshold, two below. For a district council of this size, that volume of published tenders suggests Boston is putting work out to market rather than keeping everything in-house or on frameworks. The mix of above and below threshold contracts means there are routes in at different scales. And with 537 suppliers already in the spending records, the council clearly works with a broad base of providers. Whether that breadth translates into genuine competition or just a fragmented tail of small payments is a question worth digging into on a category-by-category basis.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNERSHIP SERVICES LTD | £11,496,620 |
| 2 | STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY | £1,469,216 |
| 3 | SPECIALIST FLEET SERVICES LIMITED | £1,228,168 |
| 4 | COMENSURA LIMITED | £1,085,283 |
| 5 | CHESTNUT HOMES LIMITED | £701,904 |
| 6 | PARKWOOD LEISURE LIMITED | £530,712 |
| 7 | UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN ACADEMY TRUST | £527,579 |
| 8 | HERITAGE TRUST OF LINCOLNSHIRE | £517,870 |
| 9 | HEREFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | £472,684 |
| 10 | FOUNDATIONS AND BUILDINGS LIMITED | £453,964 |
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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.
