Free Guide: Gravesham Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Gravesham Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · South East
Data covering 2019 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£174.1m
Transactions
18,842
Suppliers
959
Key Takeaways
- £174 million in recorded spend across 18,842 transactions from 2019 to 2026
- 959 identified suppliers, with the top 5 accounting for 59.8% of matched spend
- Construction dominates at 32.6% of spend, spread across 95 identified suppliers
A borough-sized council with a big spend footprint
Gravesham is a non-metropolitan district in Kent, population around 107,000, covering 38.2 square miles. For a council of that size, the recorded spend is striking. Our data shows £174 million across 18,842 transactions, drawn from 34 source files and spanning 2019 to 2026. That works out at roughly £9,200 per transaction on average, though the spread will be wide. We've matched 963 suppliers against Companies House records across those payment runs. On the formal contracting side, we hold 2 published contracts worth a combined £1 million, plus 3 tenders valued at £800,000. The bulk of what you can learn about Gravesham's buying behaviour sits in the payment data rather than the contract register. If you're looking at this council, the transaction-level spend is where the real picture emerges. It tells you who's getting paid, how often, and in what volumes.
Who's getting the money, and why is a law firm top of the list?
The biggest name in the spend data is Trowers & Hamlins LLP at £44 million, which is a major law firm. That's a quarter of all recorded spend flowing to one supplier, and it likely reflects large-scale legal work around regeneration or property transactions rather than routine advisory fees. Rosherville Property Development follows at £21.2 million. Construction is the dominant sector among identified suppliers at 32.6% of matched spend, with 95 firms picking up work. Ridge Construction (£5.9 million), Mulalley & Co (£3.5 million), and Oakwood Building Contractors (£2.4 million) all feature in the top ten. The top 5 suppliers account for 59.8% of matched spend, but the HHI sits at 1,495, which is unconcentrated. That combination, high top-5 share but moderate HHI, suggests a few large relationships sitting alongside a long tail of smaller suppliers. Gravesham also holds memberships with Fusion21 and the South East Consortium.
How open is the front door?
The formal procurement records we hold for Gravesham show 2 published contracts worth a combined £1 million. The one with method data on record was awarded through a limited (direct award) route. Three tenders worth a combined £800,000 also sit in the pipeline. Where this council's spending patterns become clearest is in the payment data. With 18,842 transactions across 959 identified suppliers, there is a wide supplier base receiving regular payments. Professional and technical services account for 7.7% of spend across 128 firms, while IT and communications takes 3.5% across 113 suppliers. Those are busy categories with plenty of firms in the mix. The consortium memberships with Fusion21 and the South East Consortium may also route procurement activity outside the council's own contract register. For anyone tracking how Gravesham engages its supply chain, the transaction records offer the fullest view of who is being paid and how spending is distributed across sectors.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TROWERS & HAMLINS LLP | £44,037,849 |
| 2 | ROSHERVILLE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED | £21,153,266 |
| 3 | RIDGE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £5,870,870 |
| 4 | MULALLEY & CO. LIMITED | £3,462,523 |
| 5 | HUWS GRAY LIMITED | £2,506,300 |
| 6 | OAKWOOD BUILDING CONTRACTORS LIMITED | £2,411,796 |
| 7 | AXIS EUROPE LIMITED | £2,346,883 |
| 8 | NINA CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £2,251,656 |
| 9 | PARAMOUNT PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED | £1,894,727 |
| 10 | REEF ESTATES REGEN LIMITED | £1,721,389 |
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