Free Guide: Fylde Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Fylde Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · North West
Data covering 2017 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£76.0m
Transactions
17,612
Suppliers
637
Key Takeaways
- £76 million in recorded spend across 17,612 transactions since 2017
- 51% of matched spend goes to construction, dominated by one joint venture
- 16 tenders worth £31.2 million published, with 637 identified suppliers on the books
How much does this small borough actually spend?
Fylde is a compact non-metropolitan district in Lancashire, covering 64 square miles with a population of around 81,000. But the spending records tell a story of a council that punches above its weight in certain areas. Our data covers £76 million in recorded spend across 17,612 transactions, drawn from 60 source files and spanning 2017 to 2026. That works out at roughly £4,300 per transaction on average, though the range is wide. We have matched 646 suppliers in the dataset, spread across 21 sectors. On the tenders side, Fylde has published 16 tenders worth a combined £31.2 million, and our records include 20 contracts. The data comes from two sources: the council's own site at new.fylde.gov.uk and Find a Tender. For a borough council of this size, the transaction volume is steady and consistent across the period.
Construction eats half the budget, and one supplier leads by a mile
Construction dominates here. Of the spend we've matched to sectors, 51.2% goes to construction firms, totalling £24.6 million across 87 identified suppliers. That is an unusually heavy tilt towards a single sector. VBA Joint Venture Limited sits at the top with £17.9 million in recorded spend, which is more than five times the next largest supplier, Masterstaff Limited at £3.1 million. Five of the top ten suppliers are construction firms. Administrative services comes in second at 9.5%, followed by wholesale and retail at 7.1%. The HHI score is 1,486, which falls just inside the unconcentrated range, though VBA Joint Venture's dominance pulls it higher than you might expect from a supplier base of 637. The top five suppliers account for 52% of matched spend, and the top ten for 60.7%. Outside construction, the spend is fairly fragmented, with 99 professional services suppliers sharing just 4.3% of matched spend between them.
What does the tender pipeline look like?
Fylde's 16 published tenders are collectively worth £31.2 million, so there are some sizeable opportunities coming through when they do appear. Our contract records don't include procurement method breakdowns for this council, so it is hard to say from the data how much goes through open competition versus direct award. What we can see is the supplier picture. With 637 identified suppliers across the transaction data, Fylde works with a broad range of providers relative to its size. Professional, scientific and technical activities has the highest supplier count at 99, despite accounting for only 4.3% of spend. Construction, by contrast, has 87 suppliers but captures over half the money. If you are looking at Fylde, the question is whether construction spending stays at this level or whether VBA Joint Venture's large share reflects a specific capital programme that has now wound down.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | VBA JOINT VENTURE LIMITED | £17,904,228 |
| 2 | MASTERSTAFF LIMITED | £3,143,016 |
| 3 | LANCASHIRE COUNTY CARE LTD | £1,666,056 |
| 4 | DENNIS EAGLE LIMITED | £1,272,424 |
| 5 | DANFO (UK) LIMITED | £992,271 |
| 6 | WILLIAM PYE LIMITED | £948,680 |
| 7 | ALBGAS CONSTRUCTION LTD | £874,083 |
| 8 | ERIC WRIGHT CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED | £833,091 |
| 9 | FYLDE COAST YMCA | £771,269 |
| 10 | D. PARKINSON LTD | £758,257 |
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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.
