Free Guide: Havering Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for London Borough of Havering · London borough · London
Data covering 2010 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£3.2bn
Transactions
969,067
Suppliers
5,460
Key Takeaways
- £3.2 billion in recorded spend across nearly 970,000 transactions since 2010
- 5,460 identified suppliers with an unconcentrated market, HHI of just 97
- 53 tenders worth over £2 billion signal a large active pipeline
£3.2 billion and counting: how big a buyer is Havering?
Havering is a serious buyer. Our dataset covers £3.2 billion in recorded spend across nearly 970,000 transactions, drawn from 163 source files spanning 2010 to 2026. For an outer London borough of around 261,000 people, that is a heavy volume of purchasing activity. The data comes from two sources: Find a Tender and the council's own website, collected through to December 2025. On the contract side, we have tracked 34 published contracts worth a combined £383,000, which looks modest against the transaction spend. But there are also 53 tenders on record with a combined value north of £2 billion, so the formal procurement pipeline tells a different story. The gap between contract and tender values suggests much of Havering's buying flows through larger framework-style arrangements rather than neatly packaged standalone contracts. If you are sizing up this council, the transaction data is where the real picture sits.
Who's getting paid, and is the market wide open?
Across the 5,460 suppliers we have matched, spending is remarkably spread out. The HHI score sits at just 97, which is about as unconcentrated as you will see. The top five suppliers account for only 14.2% of recorded spend, and the top ten for 19.8%. Matrix SCM leads with £96.3 million, followed by Mears Limited at £27.6 million and Serco at £19.2 million. That top supplier list is dominated by staffing and administrative services firms, which tells you something about how Havering operates. Health and social work is the biggest sector by spend at £340 million (27%), with 755 suppliers in that space alone. Admin and support services follow at £234 million (18.6%), then education at £193 million (15.3%). Construction accounts for 7.7% across 371 suppliers. The supplier base is broad, and no single company has a stranglehold on any category based on what we can see.
How does Havering actually buy things?
This is where the data gets thin. Of the formal contracts we have tracked, only two appear in our procurement method breakdown, and both were limited procedures. The median contract value across those sits at around £191,650. With 53 tenders on record worth a combined £2.1 billion, the formal pipeline is clearly active, but contract-level detail is sparse in our dataset. What we can see in the transaction data paints a fuller picture. Nearly 970,000 individual payment records suggest Havering runs a high-volume, lower-value purchasing operation alongside its bigger procurements. The staffing-heavy supplier list supports this. Matrix SCM, Adecco, and Comensura are all agency or managed-service providers, pointing to a council that routes a lot of its workforce spend through intermediaries. For anyone looking at Havering's procurement habits, the tender pipeline and transaction patterns are more informative than the limited contract records we hold.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MATRIX SCM LIMITED | £96,267,458 |
| 2 | MEARS LIMITED | £27,576,070 |
| 3 | SERCO LIMITED | £19,220,549 |
| 4 | ADECCO UK LIMITED | £18,672,323 |
| 5 | COMENSURA LIMITED | £17,190,202 |
| 6 | HOMESTEAD CARE SERVICE LIMITED | £16,150,260 |
| 7 | WOODFORD CHILDREN'S HOME LIMITED | £15,713,543 |
| 8 | LODGE GROUP CARE UK LIMITED | £13,909,080 |
| 9 | ANGLIAN WINDOWS LIMITED | £12,553,360 |
| 10 | BARLEYCROFT CARE HOME LTD | £12,256,862 |
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