Free Guide: Broxbourne Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Broxbourne Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · East of England
Data covering 2019 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£11.2m
Transactions
3,636
Suppliers
172
Key Takeaways
- £11.2 million in recorded spend across 3,636 transactions from 2019 to 2026
- 68% of matched spend goes to real estate activities, dominated by one supplier
- 9 tenders worth £10.7 million signal upcoming opportunities in the pipeline
How big a buyer is Broxbourne?
Broxbourne is a compact borough council covering just 19.7 square miles in Hertfordshire, with a population around 97,600. Our data shows £11.2 million in recorded spend across 3,636 transactions, drawn from six source files spanning 2019 to 2026. For a non-metropolitan district of this size, that is a decent volume of purchasing activity to work with. We have matched 176 suppliers across those transactions, spread over 20 sector categories. The spending is drawn from broxbourne.gov.uk and Find a Tender, collected through to November 2025. One thing to note: the transaction count is healthy. We hold 1 published contract worth £100,000, alongside 9 tenders valued at £10.7 million. Most purchasing activity here flows through regular transactions rather than formal contract awards. That pattern is common with smaller district councils.
One supplier towers over the rest
The spending here is heavily concentrated around a single supplier. Best Limited, a real estate firm, accounts for £6.7 million of the £11.2 million we have tracked. That is roughly 60% of all recorded spend going to one company. The HHI sits at 4,280, which is highly concentrated, and the top five identified suppliers account for 74.7% of matched spend. Beyond Best Limited, the next largest suppliers are Bureau Veritas UK (£359,000, professional services), EA Housing (£272,000, admin and support), and Gavin Jones Group (£178,000). Real estate activities as a sector take 68% of all matched spend, with professional and technical services a distant second at 7.2%. If you are looking at sectors outside real estate, the spend fragments quickly. Admin and support, IT and comms, and construction each sit between 2% and 6.4%. Across 172 identified suppliers, most are picking up relatively small amounts of work.
What does the tender pipeline actually look like?
On procurement method, we hold one published contract, awarded through an open procedure and valued at £100,000, sitting below the procurement threshold. With a single published contract on record, the method picture is straightforward: open procedure, below threshold. But the tender pipeline tells a more interesting story. Nine tenders worth a combined £10.7 million are in our records, which is a meaningful forward pipeline relative to the overall spend. That ratio suggests upcoming work could be worth watching. The median contract value across what we hold is £100,000. For a borough council of this size, Broxbourne's published procurement activity runs lean. Most of the spending we can see flows through regular purchase orders rather than formal contract awards. Whether that reflects limited publishing or a genuine preference for transactional buying over structured contracts is hard to say from the data alone.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BEST LIMITED | £6,653,930 |
| 2 | BUREAU VERITAS UK LIMITED | £359,405 |
| 3 | EA HOUSING LTD | £272,175 |
| 4 | GAVIN JONES GROUP LIMITED | £177,526 |
| 5 | DEMOCRACY COUNTS LIMITED | £172,749 |
| 6 | STEF & PHILIPS LIMITED | £161,743 |
| 7 | WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (UK) LLP | £149,118 |
| 8 | NICHOLLS & SONS LTD | £137,432 |
| 9 | PAUL HOLMAN ASSOCIATES LTD. | £120,000 |
| 10 | GREENE KING BREWING AND RETAILING LIMITED | £80,469 |
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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.
