Free Guide: Elmbridge Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Elmbridge Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · South East
Data covering 2020 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£104.2m
Transactions
23,885
Suppliers
712
Key Takeaways
- £104 million recorded spend across 23,885 transactions from 2020 to 2026
- 712 identified suppliers with an unconcentrated HHI of 167, top five holding 20.6%
- 17 tenders worth £608 million signal a strong forward pipeline of opportunities
£104 million from a borough of 137,000, how does that break down?
Elmbridge Borough Council sits in Surrey, covering 36.7 square miles with a population of around 137,000. Our dataset covers £104.2 million in recorded spend across 23,885 transactions, drawn from 26 source files published between 2020 and 2026. That works out at roughly £760 per resident in tracked spending, which gives you a sense of the buying activity flowing through this non-metropolitan district. On the contracts side, we hold 2 published contracts worth a combined £233,714. But the tender pipeline tells a different story: 17 tenders with a total value of £607.9 million. For a district council, that volume of tendered work is worth paying attention to. The data comes from elmbridge.gov.uk and Find a Tender, collected through to November 2025, so you're looking at a reasonably current picture of how this council spends.
Who's getting paid, and is anyone dominating?
Short answer: no one is dominating. The HHI sits at just 167, which is very low, and the top five identified suppliers account for only 20.6% of recorded spend. Across the 726 matched suppliers in our data, spending is spread wide. Corrigenda Limited tops the list at £3.1 million, followed by Glendale Countryside at £2.2 million and Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance Brokers at £2.2 million. Construction leads the sector breakdown at 18.7% of spend (£10 million across 59 suppliers), with professional services close behind at 14.3% (£7.7 million across 105 suppliers). IT and communications takes 9.5%. What stands out is the sheer number of suppliers in professional services, 105 firms sharing £7.7 million. That's a crowded field. By contrast, financial and insurance services pulls £2.8 million through just 12 suppliers, a much more concentrated pocket within an otherwise open market.
Is there a clear route in through procurement?
With 2 published contracts in our records, both awarded through open procedure, the formal contract record is slim but consistent. One sat above the procurement threshold, one below, and the median contract value was £116,857. The real action is in the tender pipeline. Those 17 tenders totalling £607.9 million suggest Elmbridge runs sizeable procurements when it does go to market. And both recorded contracts used open competition rather than direct award, which is a positive signal if you prefer a level playing field. The council spreads its spending across 21 sectors and 712 identified suppliers, so this is not a buyer that funnels everything through a handful of incumbents. Looking at the data, the tender pipeline is where the larger opportunities appear. The transaction data confirms steady buying activity, but the formal procurement route is where the bigger-value work tends to surface.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CORRIGENDA LIMITED | £3,103,761 |
| 2 | GLENDALE COUNTRYSIDE LIMITED | £2,203,905 |
| 3 | ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED | £2,179,058 |
| 4 | DAVITT JONES BOULD LIMITED | £1,881,565 |
| 5 | NSL LIMITED | £1,689,141 |
| 6 | SOFTCAT PLC | £1,645,386 |
| 7 | PARAGON ASRA HOUSING LIMITED | £1,269,269 |
| 8 | NICHOLS MARCY DAWSON LLP | £1,182,770 |
| 9 | GALLOWAY HUGHES LLP | £1,170,000 |
| 10 | HOWELL & CO SOLICITORS LLP | £946,236 |
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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.
