Free Guide: Gedling Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Gedling Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · East Midlands
Data covering 2016 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£89.8m
Transactions
18,853
Suppliers
1,011
Key Takeaways
- £89.8 million in recorded spend across nearly 19,000 transactions since 2016
- 1,011 identified suppliers with an unconcentrated HHI of 283, spreading spend widely
- 23 tenders worth £613,000 published, with admin services and construction leading sectors
How big a buyer is Gedling?
Gedling Borough Council sits in Nottinghamshire, covering 46.3 square miles and a population of around 118,000. It is a non-metropolitan district, so you are looking at a mid-tier local authority rather than a major unitary. But the spending data tells a decent story. Our dataset covers £89.8 million in recorded spend across 18,853 transactions, drawn from 46 source files and spanning 2016 to 2026. That works out to a steady flow of purchasing activity over a full decade. On the contracts side, we hold 1 published contract notice worth £40,000 and 23 tenders valued at £613,000. The transaction-level data is where the real depth sits here. With over 1,017 matched suppliers in the records, there is a broad base of commercial relationships running through this council's books. If you are scoping Gedling, the payment stream data will give you more to work with than the formal contract notices alone.
A county cricket club tops the supplier list?
Yes, you read that right. Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club leads among identified suppliers with £5.8 million in recorded spend. That likely reflects a venue or leisure partnership rather than cricket bat procurement. Frontline Recruitment Nottingham follows at £2.7 million, then Civica UK at £1.6 million for IT services. Aon UK (£1 million) and Zurich Insurance (£697,000) round out the top five. Together those five account for 27.4% of matched spend, while the top ten take 35.1%. The HHI score is just 283, which is low. Spend is spread across 1,011 identified suppliers, so no single firm dominates the picture. Among classified sectors, administrative and support services lead at 15.4% of matched spend, followed by construction at 13.1% and IT at 11.9%. Construction has 119 firms on the supplier list, one of the highest counts across sectors, pointing to a competitive field.
Where are the formal tenders?
Gedling's formal procurement notices tell only part of the story. We hold 1 published contract, valued at £40,000 and classified below threshold, with its procurement method listed as unknown. The tender pipeline is busier, with 23 notices worth £613,000 sourced from Find a Tender Service and the council's own website. The median contract value of £40,000 suggests that much of Gedling's buying falls below the thresholds that trigger formal open competition. For a borough council of this size, that is not unusual. A lot of the spending will flow through purchase orders, call-off contracts, and frameworks rather than standalone procurements. The transaction data, covering nearly 19,000 payments, paints a fuller picture of where the money actually goes. If you are tracking opportunities here, watching the tender feed is sensible, but the payment data shows a much wider spread of commercial activity than the formal notices alone would suggest.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB LIMITED | £5,844,687 |
| 2 | FRONTLINE RECRUITMENT NOTTINGHAM LIMITED | £2,660,564 |
| 3 | CIVICA UK LIMITED | £1,601,348 |
| 4 | AON UK LIMITED | £1,025,427 |
| 5 | ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY | £697,477 |
| 6 | PRINT IMAGE NETWORK LTD | £675,325 |
| 7 | PERRYS EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED | £671,705 |
| 8 | NOTTINGHAM CITY COURIERS LIMITED | £667,215 |
| 9 | CARLTON ACADEMY TRUST | £660,974 |
| 10 | T GRANT & SON LIMITED | £637,888 |
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