Free Guide: North East Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for North East Combined Authority · Combined authority · North East
Data covering 2015 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£711.0m
Transactions
8,269
Suppliers
526
Key Takeaways
- £711 million in recorded spend across 8,269 transactions spanning 2015 to 2026
- Transportation and storage accounts for 54.7% of matched spend, with TT2 Limited the top supplier at £74.4 million
- 529 matched suppliers identified across 20 sectors, but the top 5 account for 65.1% of spend
£711 million over a decade: what does that tell you?
North East Combined Authority covers a population of 1.16 million across nearly 992 square miles, and our data shows £711 million in recorded spend across 8,269 transactions from 2015 to 2026. That is drawn from 60 source files collected from the authority's own site and Find a Tender. For a combined authority, the spending profile is distinctive. This is not a council buying paper clips and IT support in equal measure. The spend is heavily shaped by the authority's transport remit, which comes through clearly in the numbers. We have tracked 4 published contracts and 11 tenders alongside the payment records. If you are looking at this authority as a potential customer, the transaction volume alone tells you there is regular purchasing activity, but the composition of that spend matters more than the headline figure. It is concentrated in a few specific areas, which the sector breakdown makes plain.
Transport dominates, and it is not even close
Of the 529 suppliers we have matched to Companies House records, the top 5 account for 65.1% of recorded spend. TT2 Limited, the Tyne Tunnel operator, leads with £74.4 million. Behind them sit Northumberland County Rugby Ltd at £22 million and A J Transport Ltd at £20.5 million. Three of the top five suppliers are in transportation and storage, with the other two in education. As a sector, transportation takes 54.7% of all matched spend through just 14 identified suppliers. Education is the second largest sector at 24.9%, spread across 92 suppliers. Professional and technical services and admin support together make up around 8.4%, with 178 suppliers between them. The HHI score is 1,430, which is unconcentrated, but that top-5 share of 65.1% tells a different story. A handful of large transport operators pull a lot of weight. Outside transport and education, the spend fragments quickly across many smaller suppliers.
How does the procurement pipeline actually look?
Based on the records we hold, North East Combined Authority has published 11 tenders and 4 contracts. The payment data carries the real weight here, with 8,269 individual transactions forming the core of what we can see. Contract-level data does not include method breakdowns in our current dataset for this authority, so the procurement route picture has to come from the tender notices rather than a full contracts register. With 11 tenders on record, the formal pipeline is thin relative to the spend volume. That gap between transaction activity and published procurement notices is common with combined authorities, which often procure through constituent councils or framework agreements. If you are tracking live opportunities, the Find a Tender notices are your starting point, but the payment records give you a clearer view of who is actually getting paid and how often. Regular payments to the same transport operators suggest long-running arrangements rather than frequent retendering.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TT2 LIMITED | £74,421,710 |
| 2 | NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY RUGBY LTD | £22,045,566 |
| 3 | A J TRANSPORT LTD | £20,458,455 |
| 4 | GO NORTH EAST LIMITED | £13,564,569 |
| 5 | NEWCASTLE COLLEGE LTD | £12,845,309 |
| 6 | ARRIVA NORTHUMBRIA LIMITED | £5,933,303 |
| 7 | BEDE COLLEGE DURHAM | £4,513,879 |
| 8 | TYNE COLLEGE | £4,097,764 |
| 9 | STAGECOACH SERVICES LIMITED | £3,999,742 |
| 10 | FW CAPITAL LIMITED | £3,000,000 |
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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.
