Free Guide: Halton Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Halton Borough Council · Unitary authority · North West
Data covering 2011 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£2.4bn
Transactions
794,631
Suppliers
4,990
Key Takeaways
- £2.4 billion in recorded spend across nearly 795,000 transactions since 2011
- 5,234 matched suppliers spread across 22 sectors with an unconcentrated HHI of 255
- Health and social work accounts for 26.3% of identified spend, the largest single sector
£2.4 billion from a borough of 130,000 people?
Halton is a compact unitary authority, just 30.5 square miles on the north bank of the Mersey, with a population of around 130,000. But the spending records we hold tell a story of a busy buyer. Our dataset covers £2.4 billion in recorded spend across nearly 795,000 payment transactions, drawn from 111 source files and spanning 2011 to 2026. That volume puts Halton well above what you might expect for a borough its size. We've also tracked 154 published contracts worth a combined £3.1 million and 118 tenders valued at close to £200 million. The data comes from three sources including Halton's own transparency portal and Find a Tender, collected through to December 2025. For a small unitary, there is a lot of purchasing activity to dig into here, and the long time range gives you a decent window into how spending patterns have evolved.
Who's getting the biggest share of Halton's spend?
Health and social care dominates. Of the spend we've matched to identified suppliers, human health and social work activities account for 26.3%, with 503 suppliers sharing £317 million. The Haven Housing Trust sits at the top of the supplier list with £142 million in recorded spend, followed by Integrated Community Care Ltd at £59 million. Construction is another major category at 12.3%, with Balvac Limited (£50 million) and Wates Construction (£27 million) among the top ten. Administrative and support services take 12.8%, spread across firms like Matrix SCM and two HTP group companies. Across all the data, we've matched 5,234 suppliers spanning 22 sectors. Concentration is low, with an HHI of 255 and the top five suppliers accounting for 28.1% of spend. The top ten take 39.2%. That spread suggests Halton works with a wide supplier base rather than funnelling spend through a handful of providers.
Why is the formal contract data so thin?
Here is where the picture gets interesting. While the payment transaction data is rich, the formal procurement record is sparse. We hold just one published contract notice, an above-threshold open tender valued at £3.1 million. The tender pipeline is fuller at 118 notices worth £200 million, so there is clearly procurement activity happening. But the gap between tender volume and published contract notices is wide. Halton is a member of the Procure Plus Holdings consortium, which may account for some procurement running through framework routes that don't always generate individual contract notices. The median contract value sits at £3.1 million, though with only one contract on record that figure is not very meaningful. If you're looking at Halton, the payment data and tender notices will tell you far more than the contract register about what this council actually buys and from whom.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE HAVEN HOUSING TRUST | £142,467,504 |
| 2 | INTEGRATED COMMUNITY CARE LTD | £58,856,704 |
| 3 | BALVAC LIMITED | £49,637,505 |
| 4 | TARMAC TRADING LIMITED | £43,749,855 |
| 5 | MATRIX SCM LIMITED | £43,227,214 |
| 6 | PREMIER CARE LIMITED | £40,619,861 |
| 7 | HTP GRANGE LIMITED | £37,655,005 |
| 8 | WATES CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £26,865,631 |
| 9 | KCG HOUSING ASSOCIATION LTD | £14,744,260 |
| 10 | HTP LEP LIMITED | £14,740,663 |
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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.
