Free Guide: Hertsmere Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Hertsmere Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · East of England
Data covering 2017 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£31.6m
Transactions
1,890
Suppliers
184
Key Takeaways
- £31.6 million in recorded spend across 1,890 transactions from 2017 to 2026
- 44.8% of matched spend goes to construction, with 33 identified suppliers in that sector
- 186 matched suppliers across 19 sectors, with an unconcentrated HHI of 707
A compact borough with £31.6 million on the books
Hertsmere is a small non-metropolitan district in Hertfordshire, covering 39 square miles with a population of around 105,000. Our dataset covers £31.6 million in recorded spend across 1,890 transactions, drawn from 56 source files and spanning 2017 to 2026. That works out to roughly £300 per resident in tracked spending, which tells you this is a borough-scale buyer, not a county-level one. The data comes from hertsmere.gov.uk and Find a Tender, collected through to late November 2025. On the tender side, we hold 8 tenders worth a combined £14.5 million and 5 published contracts. If you're used to working with larger unitary authorities, it's a different scale of operation. But £31.6 million over nearly a decade still means regular procurement activity, and the transaction count suggests plenty of smaller-value work flowing through.
Construction dominates, but it's not a one-supplier game
Across the 186 suppliers we've matched to company records, construction firms take the biggest slice. The sector accounts for 44.8% of recorded spend, with 33 identified suppliers sharing £8.5 million. Alcema Ltd sits at the top of the table with £3 million, followed by Mears New Homes at £2.2 million. Three of the top five suppliers by spend are in construction. Manufacturing comes second at 16.5%, driven largely by Dennis Eagle's £2.2 million, likely fleet or waste vehicle purchases. Professional services and IT both sit around 6.7% each. One name that catches the eye is Elstree Film Studios at £807,000, a reminder of the borough's unusual local economy. Despite construction's dominance, concentration is moderate. The HHI score is 707, which is low. The top five suppliers account for 52% of matched spend, and the top ten for 68.6%. No single supplier has a stranglehold here.
What does the tender pipeline actually look like?
Hertsmere's formal procurement records in our dataset include 8 tenders with a combined value of £14.5 million and 5 published contracts. The contract records don't carry value data, and there's no method distribution breakdown available in our dataset. So you won't find a neat split between open tenders and direct awards here. What you can read from the transaction data is that the council runs a steady flow of lower-value purchases. With 1,890 transactions against £31.6 million, the average transaction sits around £16,700. That points to a lot of routine, operational spending rather than large capital programmes. The 8 tenders we do hold suggest bigger projects come through periodically, averaging around £1.8 million each. If you're tracking opportunities at Hertsmere, the Find a Tender listings are where the larger contracts surface, while the regular spend data gives you a clearer picture of ongoing supplier relationships and recurring needs.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALCEMA LTD | £3,025,525 |
| 2 | MEARS NEW HOMES LIMITED | £2,240,610 |
| 3 | DENNIS EAGLE LIMITED | £2,236,281 |
| 4 | DLA PIPER UK LLP | £1,500,000 |
| 5 | SOUTH HERTFORDSHIRE DEVELOPMENTS LTD | £840,026 |
| 6 | ELSTREE FILM STUDIOS LIMITED | £806,951 |
| 7 | GLENMAN CORPORATION LIMITED | £696,494 |
| 8 | THE NATIONAL ENERGY FOUNDATION | £546,281 |
| 9 | L. D. PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED | £545,733 |
| 10 | HERTFORDSHIRE BUILDING CONTROL LIMITED | £544,426 |
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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.
