Free Guide: Oxfordshire Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Oxfordshire County Council · County · South East
Data covering 2019 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£5.8bn
Transactions
1,052,313
Suppliers
4,415
Key Takeaways
- £5.8 billion in recorded spend across over 1 million transactions since 2019
- 4,511 matched suppliers with an unconcentrated HHI of 88, spreading spend widely
- 36% of matched spend goes to health and social work, the dominant sector
£5.8 billion and counting: how big a buyer is Oxfordshire?
Oxfordshire is a large county council serving nearly 697,000 people across just over 1,005 square miles, and the spending data matches that scale. Our dataset covers £5.8 billion in recorded spend across 1,052,313 transactions, drawn from 97 source files and spanning 2019 to 2026. That is a serious volume of purchasing activity. On the contracts side, we've tracked 113 published contracts worth a combined £45.8 million, alongside 162 tenders with a total value of £1.48 billion. The gap between those two figures is worth noting. The tender pipeline alone dwarfs recorded contract values by a factor of thirty, which suggests a lot of large-scale procurement activity flowing through formal tender notices. Data is sourced from Find a Tender and the council's own site, collected up to November 2025. For a county council in the South East, Oxfordshire is a buyer you would expect to see publishing at this volume.
Health dominates, but who's actually getting paid?
Of the 4,511 suppliers we've matched, the top five account for 15.4% of recorded spend, and the top ten for 23.3%. With an HHI of just 88, this is an unconcentrated market. Spend is spread across a wide supplier base. Comensura leads with £130 million in recorded spend, operating as an agency staffing intermediary. Skanska follows at £112 million, then Viridor Oxfordshire at £93 million for waste services. Health and social work is the dominant sector by a wide margin, taking 36.1% of matched spend across 913 identified suppliers. Construction sits at 10.7%, professional services at 9.9%, and education at 9.7%. If you're in health or social care, this council is spending heavily there, with providers like The Brandon Trust, Style Acre, Millbrook Healthcare, and Turning Point all appearing in the top ten. Transport also features, with Stagecoach pulling in over £50 million.
Only four contracts on record, so how is Oxfordshire actually buying?
Here is where the data gets thin. We hold just four published contracts for Oxfordshire, three above threshold and one below. Of those four, three were direct awards and only one went through open tender. The median contract value sits at £364,406. That is a tiny window into a council spending billions, so be cautious about drawing broad conclusions from it. The tender pipeline tells a fuller story: 162 published tenders worth £1.48 billion point to active procurement, even if the matched contract records are sparse. The contrast between the volume of tender notices and the small number of recorded contracts likely reflects how and where Oxfordshire publishes its award data rather than a preference for closed procurement. With over a million payment transactions in our dataset, the spending is clearly happening. The contract-level picture just has not filled in to the same degree yet.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | COMENSURA LIMITED | £129,945,128 |
| 2 | SKANSKA CONSTRUCTION UK LIMITED | £112,462,668 |
| 3 | VIRIDOR OXFORDSHIRE LIMITED | £92,742,751 |
| 4 | THE BRANDON TRUST | £65,442,641 |
| 5 | THE GALLERY TRUST | £52,155,774 |
| 6 | STAGECOACH SERVICES LIMITED | £50,634,488 |
| 7 | STYLE ACRE | £47,174,752 |
| 8 | MILLBROOK HEALTHCARE LTD | £47,093,493 |
| 9 | TURNING POINT (SERVICES) LIMITED | £46,780,743 |
| 10 | BALFOUR BEATTY PLC | £41,201,232 |
About Us
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.
