Free Guide: Havant Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Havant Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · South East
Data covering 2017 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£391.5m
Transactions
34,629
Suppliers
882
Key Takeaways
- £391.5 million in recorded spend across 34,629 transactions since 2017
- Two suppliers account for over 48% of matched spend between them
- 11 open tenders worth £15 million, with no published contract records
£391 million from a borough of 126,000 people?
Havant is a non-metropolitan district in Hampshire covering just 21.6 square miles with a population of around 126,000. For a borough council of that size, the recorded spend is striking. Our data covers £391.5 million across 34,629 transactions, drawn from 89 source files spanning 2017 to 2026. We've matched 884 suppliers to company records across those transactions. That volume of spend puts Havant well above what you might expect from a district authority, and it points to some large outsourcing arrangements driving the numbers up. The data comes from Havant's own published payment records and Find a Tender notices, collected through to late November 2025. If you're screening South East councils for procurement activity, Havant has a surprisingly deep transaction history to work with.
Two suppliers dominate, and it's not even close
Norse South East and Hampshire County Cars together account for around £189 million of matched spend, roughly 48% of the total between them. Norse South East alone sits at £98.7 million, which is consistent with a large outsourced services contract, likely covering facilities or environmental services. Hampshire County Cars at £90.2 million suggests a major transport arrangement. After those two, spend drops sharply. G Real Estate comes in third at £5.2 million, followed by Capita at £3.5 million and Idox at £2.1 million. The top five account for 77.2% of recorded spend, and the top ten push that to 80.9%. The HHI score is 2,686, which is highly concentrated. By sector, admin and support services take 40.8% of spend and transportation takes 35.2%, so those two categories alone cover three-quarters of everything we've tracked across 882 identified suppliers.
Where are the published contracts?
Here's something that stands out. Our dataset holds zero published contract records for Havant. What we do have is 11 tenders worth a combined £15 million sourced from Find a Tender. Without contract records, there's no breakdown of procurement methods, no median contract value, and no way to assess the split between open competition and direct awards from that data alone. The payment transactions tell us money is flowing, and flowing heavily to a small number of suppliers, but the formal contracting trail is thin in what's been published. For bid managers, this means the tender pipeline from Find a Tender is your main forward-looking signal. Those 11 tenders at £15 million give you something to work with, but you won't find a back catalogue of awarded contracts to study. The concentration data from payment records suggests long-running supplier relationships are the norm here.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NORSE SOUTH EAST LIMITED | £98,737,568 |
| 2 | HAMPSHIRE COUNTY CARS LIMITED | £90,223,548 |
| 3 | G REAL ESTATE LIMITED | £5,207,518 |
| 4 | CAPITA BUSINESS SERVICES LTD | £3,535,726 |
| 5 | IDOX SOFTWARE LTD | £2,071,364 |
| 6 | ABP MAINTENANCE LTD | £2,042,488 |
| 7 | FI REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED | £1,957,302 |
| 8 | NPOWER LIMITED | £1,936,710 |
| 9 | AON UK LIMITED | £1,815,935 |
| 10 | IMMIGRANT CITIZENS ADVICE CIC | £1,791,373 |
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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.
