Free Guide: East Staffordshire Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for East Staffordshire Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · West Midlands
Data covering 2010 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£282.2m
Transactions
53,341
Suppliers
2,309
Key Takeaways
- £282 million in recorded spend across 53,341 transactions since 2010
- 2,317 matched suppliers with real estate taking 24% of spend
- 26 tenders worth £20.7 million against 14 published contracts
A borough council spending £282 million over 16 years
East Staffordshire is a non-metropolitan district in the West Midlands, covering 149.4 square miles with a population of around 121,000. It sits in Staffordshire, outside any combined authority. Our dataset covers £282.2 million in recorded spend across 53,341 transactions, drawn from 58 source files and spanning 2010 to 2026. That works out to roughly £17.6 million a year on average, though spending will not be evenly distributed across that window. The data comes from two sources: the council's own transparency pages and Find a Tender. For a borough council of this size, that transaction volume gives you a decent read on purchasing patterns, even if not every pound will be captured here. The spend-per-transaction average sits around £5,300, which points to a mix of high-value contracts and a long tail of smaller operational payments running through the books.
One supplier dominates, but the market isn't locked up
Dove Housing Ltd tops the supplier list with £43.4 million in recorded spend, accounting for a large chunk of the real estate category that takes 24.3% of total spend. Individual Ltd follows at £17.3 million, then Biffa Waste Services and idverde both sit near £9.7 million each. Comensura rounds out the top five at £6 million. Between them, those five account for 43.8% of matched spend. But the HHI score is 663, which is low. Across the 2,317 suppliers we've matched, spending is reasonably spread out once you get past the top names. Administrative and support services pulls in 13.4% of spend across 192 suppliers, while professional and technical services draws 9% from 274 suppliers. Construction sits at 6.2% with 170 identified suppliers. If you're in waste management, that sector shows £13.8 million flowing through just 30 suppliers, so fewer firms are sharing a bigger pot there.
Where are the tenders?
This is where the picture gets interesting. We hold 26 tenders worth a combined £20.7 million and 14 published contracts, though those contracts carry no recorded value in our data. The council hasn't published a breakdown by procurement method that we've captured, so there's no split between open competition and direct awards to report here. What we can say is that the tender pipeline is active. £20.7 million across 26 opportunities gives a mean tender value around £795,000, which suggests a mix of mid-range service contracts and some larger pieces of work. The absence of contract values makes it harder to assess what the council actually commits versus what goes out to market. For anyone tracking this council, the tender feed from Find a Tender is the clearer signal of upcoming work. The gap between 26 tenders and 14 contracts is also worth watching over time to see whether more procurement activity surfaces in the published data.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DOVE HOUSING LTD | £43,409,972 |
| 2 | INDIVIDUAL LTD | £17,283,645 |
| 3 | BIFFA WASTE SERVICES LIMITED | £9,751,067 |
| 4 | IDVERDE LIMITED | £9,738,228 |
| 5 | COMENSURA LIMITED | £6,049,503 |
| 6 | SPORTS AND LEISURE MANAGEMENT LTD | £5,578,055 |
| 7 | MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY (UK) LIMITED | £5,253,015 |
| 8 | THE LANDSCAPE GROUP LIMITED | £4,304,497 |
| 9 | DENNIS EAGLE LIMITED | £3,520,458 |
| 10 | B & K BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED | £3,113,785 |
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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.
