Free Guide: North Kesteven Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for North Kesteven District Council · Non-metropolitan district · East Midlands
Data covering 2011 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£171.8m
Transactions
32,384
Suppliers
1,252
Key Takeaways
- £172 million in recorded spend across 32,384 transactions since 2011
- 59% of matched spend goes to construction, dominated by seven firms
- 10 tenders worth £79 million are tracked alongside 19 published contracts
How big a buyer is North Kesteven?
For a non-metropolitan district of around 118,000 people spread across 356 square miles of Lincolnshire, North Kesteven moves a fair amount of money. Our dataset covers £172 million in recorded spend across 32,384 transactions, drawn from 14 source files and spanning 2011 to 2026. That works out at roughly £11.5 million a year on average, though the actual annual figure will vary. We've matched 1,282 suppliers to company records, spread across 22 sectors. The council publishes through its own site and the procontract platform, and we've also picked up tenders from Find a Tender. On the contract side, we hold 19 published contracts. Separately, 10 tenders are on file with a combined value of £79 million, which gives you a sense of the pipeline. This is a district council, not a county, so the spending profile reflects that tier of responsibility: housing, waste, leisure, and local infrastructure rather than schools or social care.
Construction runs the show here
Construction dominates North Kesteven's spending profile. Across the spending records we hold, 59% of matched spend, roughly £65 million, sits in the construction sector. That is an unusually heavy tilt towards a single category. Lindum Group tops the table at £18.8 million, followed by Equans Regeneration at £10.8 million and Smith Construction (Heckington) at £10.1 million. Seven of the top ten identified suppliers are construction firms. The top five account for 43.7% of recorded spend, and the top ten take 55.1%. But the HHI sits at 549, which is unconcentrated, so the money is not locked up with one or two players. It is spread across 134 construction suppliers in total. Outside construction, the picture is fragmented. Wholesale and retail, IT, admin services, and professional services each sit between about 4% and 5%. None of those categories has a dominant supplier in the way construction does.
What does the procurement route look like?
The contract records carry less detail than the payment data. Of the 19 contracts we hold for North Kesteven, none carry procurement method classifications in our records, so we cannot break down open tenders versus direct awards from the contract data alone. The 10 tenders on file, worth a combined £79 million, give a better window into upcoming and recent opportunities. Those tenders are sourced from Find a Tender and the council's procontract portal, which is where the council posts new notices. While the contract records lack value data and method breakdowns, the council does publish actively, with data stretching back to 2011 and the latest collection from December 2025. For anyone looking at this council, the tender pipeline and the procontract portal are where the actionable detail sits right now.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LINDUM GROUP LIMITED | £18,792,838 |
| 2 | EQUANS REGENERATION LIMITED | £10,758,326 |
| 3 | SMITH CONSTRUCTION (HECKINGTON) LIMITED | £10,137,970 |
| 4 | D. BROWN (BUILDING CONTRACTORS) LIMITED | £4,948,411 |
| 5 | SOUTH WEST MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED | £3,579,334 |
| 6 | IAN WILLIAMS LIMITED | £3,409,224 |
| 7 | GLL COMPANY LIMITED | £2,901,312 |
| 8 | DENNIS EAGLE LIMITED | £2,415,386 |
| 9 | LINCS INSPIRE LIMITED | £2,249,943 |
| 10 | NOVUS PROPERTY SOLUTIONS LIMITED | £1,605,507 |
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