Free Guide: Fenland Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Fenland District Council · Non-metropolitan district · East of England
Data covering 2018 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£167.9m
Transactions
25,234
Suppliers
1,791
Key Takeaways
- £167.9 million in recorded spend across 25,234 transactions from 2018 to 2026
- 1,791 identified suppliers spread across 22 sectors with an unconcentrated HHI of 306
- 23 tenders worth £1.47 million published alongside 22 tracked contracts
How big a buyer is Fenland?
Fenland is a non-metropolitan district in Cambridgeshire with a population of around 102,000, covering 211 square miles of largely rural, low-lying fen country. Our dataset covers £167.9 million in recorded spend across 25,234 transactions, drawn from 168 source files collected between 2018 and 2026. That works out to a steady rhythm of purchasing rather than a few massive capital projects. We have tracked 22 published contracts and 23 tenders valued at £1.47 million. For a district council of this size, the transaction volume is healthy. The data comes from two sources: Fenland's own website and Find a Tender. With 3,316 matched supplier records in our data, there is a decent base to work from when mapping who this council buys from and how often. If you are looking at Fenland as a target market, the spend history gives you eight years of purchasing behaviour to assess.
Where does the money go, and who gets it?
Construction dominates. Across the spending records we hold, construction firms account for 19.5% of matched spend at £30.7 million, supplied by 199 identified companies. Real estate activities sit second at 14.4% (£22.7 million), with FY Housing Association alone pulling in £19.6 million. That single supplier relationship is striking. Cambridgeshire County Homes follows at £11.4 million, reinforcing how housing and property shape Fenland's spending profile. Wholesale and retail trade takes 12% of spend across 298 suppliers, the broadest supplier base of any sector. Below the top three sectors, administrative services, professional services, and IT each sit between 6% and 8%. The market is not concentrated overall. An HHI of 306 is low, and the top five suppliers account for 32.1% of recorded spend, with the top ten at 42.9%. Spend is spread across 1,791 identified suppliers, so no single firm or small group controls the market based on what we can see.
How does Fenland actually buy things?
The procurement data tells a different story. Our data includes 22 contracts and 23 tenders, but the contracts carry no recorded value and there is no breakdown of procurement method available in the dataset. So we cannot tell you how much goes through open competition versus direct award. What we can say is that the 23 tenders we have tracked are worth a combined £1.47 million, which is modest relative to £167.9 million in transaction-level spend. That ratio tells you most of Fenland's purchasing activity sits at a scale that does not always trigger formal tender publication. For a district council, that is not unusual. Much of the day-to-day spend flows through existing frameworks, call-off contracts, and lower-value purchase orders. The 25,234 individual transactions across eight years give you a granular view of spending patterns, and the transaction data is where the real detail sits.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FY HOUSING ASSOCIATION | £19,598,836 |
| 2 | CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY HOMES LIMITED | £11,371,134 |
| 3 | COVENTRY BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED | £8,000,000 |
| 4 | TIVOLI GROUP LIMITED | £6,770,618 |
| 5 | COMENSURA LIMITED | £4,902,420 |
| 6 | FENLAND FUTURE LIMITED | £3,900,000 |
| 7 | AON UK LIMITED | £3,634,469 |
| 8 | DENNIS EAGLE LIMITED | £3,538,458 |
| 9 | PACE FUELCARE LIMITED | £2,961,848 |
| 10 | THE FERRY PROJECT | £2,951,271 |
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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.
