Free Guide: Broadland Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Broadland District Council · Non-metropolitan district · East of England
Data covering 2018 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£242.9m
Transactions
27,228
Suppliers
998
Key Takeaways
- £242.9 million in recorded spend across 27,228 transactions from 2018 to 2026
- 56.4% of matched spend goes to just five suppliers, led by Veolia
- 1,003 matched suppliers across 22 sectors, with professional services taking 45% of spend
A quarter-billion in spend from a district council?
Broadland is a non-metropolitan district in Norfolk, population around 132,000, covering 213 square miles. Not the kind of council you'd expect to be pushing serious money out the door. But our data shows £242.9 million in recorded spend across 27,228 transactions, drawn from 67 source files and spanning 2018 to 2026. That is a busy procurement operation for a district authority. The data comes from two main sources: the council's own South Norfolk and Broadland site and Find a Tender. It is worth remembering that Broadland shares services with South Norfolk Council, which likely inflates the combined spend figures beyond what you'd expect from a standalone district. If you're looking at this council, that shared-services arrangement is important context. The transaction volume alone, averaging over 3,400 payments a year, points to a council that buys frequently and across a wide range of categories.
Veolia dominates, but the supplier base is broad
Across the spending records we hold, we've matched 1,003 suppliers to Companies House records. The top five account for 56.4% of matched spend, and the top ten take 68.6%. That looks top-heavy, and it partly is. Veolia Environmental Services sits at number one with £26.2 million, more than six times the second-placed supplier, Aran Insulation at £4.2 million. Howes Percival LLP, a law firm, comes third at £3.8 million. The HHI score is 1,445, which is unconcentrated. So while Veolia pulls away at the top, spending is otherwise fairly spread. Professional, scientific and technical services is the dominant sector at 45.3% of matched spend across 132 identified suppliers. Construction follows at 15.7% with 116 suppliers. Admin and support sits at 6.9% and IT at 5.4%, while wholesale and retail comes in at 3.7%. The long tail here is real: 22 sectors are represented in the data.
Where are the published contracts?
The contract data here is sparse compared to the payments record. Our dataset holds 3 contracts for Broadland, none with published values. On the tender side, we've tracked 5 tenders worth a combined £1.1 million. There is no procurement method breakdown available from the contract data. That means you cannot easily assess from this dataset alone how Broadland splits work between open competition and direct awards. The bulk of the intelligence here sits in the payments data, those 27,228 transactions, rather than in structured contract notices. For a bid manager, the practical takeaway is that the payments data tells you who is actually getting paid and how much, even where formal contract records are sparse. The five tenders we hold are modest in value. Whether the council routes most procurement through frameworks, shared-services agreements with South Norfolk, or other channels is a question the current data does not answer.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES GROUP (UK) LIMITED | £26,165,297 |
| 2 | ARAN INSULATION LIMITED | £4,206,724 |
| 3 | HOWES PERCIVAL LLP | £3,757,750 |
| 4 | NORFOLK ENVIRONMENTAL CREDITS LIMITED | £3,656,900 |
| 5 | WILLMOTT DIXON LIMITED | £3,231,755 |
| 6 | SAFFRON HOUSING TRUST LIMITED | £2,276,329 |
| 7 | NORSE ENVIRONMENTAL WASTE SERVICES LIMITED | £2,122,015 |
| 8 | A P NEWS LIMITED | £1,866,546 |
| 9 | WORKPLACE CREATIONS LIMITED | £1,700,983 |
| 10 | WILLMOTT DIXON CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £939,703 |
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