Free Guide: Melton Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Melton Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · East Midlands
Data covering 2016 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£32.4m
Transactions
24,493
Suppliers
895
Key Takeaways
- £32.4 million in recorded spend across 24,493 transactions since 2016
- 41.3% of matched spend goes to construction, with 78 identified suppliers
- 11 tenders worth £11.2 million recorded, all contracts awarded through open process
How much does a small borough actually spend?
Melton Borough Council serves around 51,400 people across 186 square miles of rural Leicestershire. It is a non-metropolitan district, so its remit is narrower than a county or unitary authority. But the spending adds up. Our dataset covers £32.4 million in recorded spend across 24,493 transactions, drawn from 172 source files and spanning 2016 to 2026. That works out at roughly £630 per resident in tracked payments, which gives you a sense of scale. We have matched 901 suppliers to Companies House records across those transactions. Contract records show 5 published contracts worth a combined £12.6 million, and 11 tenders valued at £11.2 million. For a borough this size, the purchasing activity is steady rather than heavy. If you are looking at Melton, you are looking at a council that buys regularly but in modest volumes compared to upper-tier authorities.
Construction dominates, but the supplier base is broad
Construction is the clear front-runner in the spending data. Of the matched spend we hold, 41.3% flows to construction firms, with 78 identified suppliers sharing £29.4 million. Foster Property Maintenance leads the pack at £12.4 million, followed by Axis Europe at £5.7 million and Morgan Sindall at £3.6 million. Waste management takes second place at 14.3% of spend, almost entirely through Biffa Waste Services at £8.9 million. Beyond those two sectors, spending fragments quickly. Administrative services, professional and technical activities, and IT each sit between 4% and 6%. The top five suppliers account for 47.3% of tracked spend, and the HHI score is 619, which is low. Despite a few large relationships at the top, the supplier base across 895 identified companies is more spread out than you might expect from a council this size. That said, the top two suppliers alone pull in over £21 million between them.
Open tenders only, but not many of them
Based on the procurement records we hold, Melton keeps things straightforward. Both recorded contract awards came through open process, with no direct awards or restricted procedures in the data. The median contract value sits at £6.3 million, which reflects the small number of published contracts rather than a preference for large deals. On the tender side, 11 opportunities worth £11.2 million have been published, all sourced from Find a Tender and Melton's own website. For a bid manager, the pipeline here is thin but real. You are not going to see a steady flow of new opportunities each quarter. When contracts do come up, though, they appear to go through competitive routes. All recorded contracts sit above threshold, so there is no below-threshold data to assess how the council handles smaller purchases. The transaction data tells a fuller story of day-to-day buying, but formal procurement opportunities at Melton are infrequent.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FOSTER PROPERTY MAINTENANCE LIMITED | £12,425,000 |
| 2 | BIFFA WASTE SERVICES LIMITED | £8,906,421 |
| 3 | AXIS EUROPE LIMITED | £5,686,720 |
| 4 | MORGAN SINDALL LIMITED | £3,636,630 |
| 5 | LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY CARE LIMITED | £3,047,524 |
| 6 | MATTHEWS & TANNERT LIMITED | £2,257,115 |
| 7 | PURCHASE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £1,911,329 |
| 8 | GRAHAM HOLMES ASTRASEAL LIMITED | £1,601,470 |
| 9 | ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY LTD | £1,316,466 |
| 10 | MELTON MOWBRAY BID COMPANY LIMITED | £1,233,887 |
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