Free Guide: Burnley Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Burnley Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · North West
Data covering 2022 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£134.6m
Transactions
11,649
Suppliers
781
Key Takeaways
- £134.6 million in recorded spend across 11,649 transactions from 2022 to 2026
- 44.7% of matched spend goes to construction, with four construction firms in the top ten
- All 10 procurement-method contracts were awarded through open competition
How much is Burnley actually spending?
Burnley is a borough council covering 42.9 square miles in Lancashire with a population of around 89,000. It is not a huge authority, but the spending records tell an interesting story. Our data tracks £134.6 million in recorded spend across 11,649 transactions from 2022 to 2026, drawn from 26 source files collected from burnley.gov.uk and Find a Tender. That works out at roughly £33.7 million a year. On the contracts side, we hold 18 published contracts worth a combined £5.6 million, alongside 24 tenders valued at £39.1 million. For a non-metropolitan district of this size, that volume of transactional data gives you a reasonable picture of where the money flows. We have matched 793 suppliers across these records, spread over 21 sector categories. If you are scoping this council as a potential customer, the transaction-level data is where most of the detail sits.
Construction dominates, but who's actually winning?
Construction takes the largest share by some distance. Of the spend we have matched to identified suppliers, 44.7% goes to construction firms, totalling £32.1 million across 113 suppliers. Maple Grove Developments sits at the top with £12.4 million, followed by Barnfield Investment Properties at £9.8 million and Historic Property Restoration at £2.6 million. That is two construction firms in the top five, and four in the top ten overall. Professional and technical services come second at 20.7%, with Liberata UK pulling in nearly £12 million, likely reflecting outsourced corporate services. Admin and support sits at 8.3%, with Adept Corporate Services accounting for most of that at £4.7 million. The HHI score is 858, which is unconcentrated, and the top five suppliers account for 58.6% of matched spend. So while a few names appear repeatedly, spend is spread across 781 identified suppliers. The market is not locked up.
Is this council easy to compete for?
Based on the procurement records we hold, every single one of the 10 contracts with method data attached was awarded through open process. That is a 100% open rate, which is unusual. No direct awards, no restricted procedures in the data we can see. The median contract value sits at £76,195, with six contracts falling below threshold and four above. If you are looking at the tender pipeline, there are 24 tenders on record worth £39.1 million combined, which suggests a steady flow of opportunities being advertised. Burnley does not appear to use consortium arrangements based on our current data. For a smaller district council, the combination of open procurement and a reasonable spread of suppliers across sectors paints a picture of a council that puts work out to market rather than relying on standing arrangements. Whether that pattern holds for future procurement cycles is the open question.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAPLE GROVE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED | £12,437,142 |
| 2 | LIBERATA UK LIMITED | £11,979,778 |
| 3 | BARNFIELD INVESTMENT PROPERTIES LIMITED | £9,782,466 |
| 4 | ADEPT CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | £4,719,658 |
| 5 | BEACHCROFT LTD | £3,196,923 |
| 6 | HISTORIC PROPERTY RESTORATION LIMITED | £2,642,145 |
| 7 | EDF ENERGY LIMITED | £1,812,768 |
| 8 | ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED | £915,797 |
| 9 | R F M RENOVATIONS LTD. | £617,774 |
| 10 | STANNAH LIFT SERVICES LIMITED | £594,323 |
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