Free Guide: Pendle Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Pendle Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · North West
Data covering 2012 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£178.3m
Transactions
77,863
Suppliers
2,047
Key Takeaways
- £178 million in recorded spend across nearly 78,000 transactions since 2017
- 48.2% of matched spend goes to just five suppliers, led by Liberata
- 15 tenders worth £6.85 million published, with professional services dominating spend
How much does Pendle actually spend?
Pendle is a small borough council in Lancashire, population around 92,000, covering 65.3 square miles. But the spending records tell a story of steady procurement activity. Our data shows £178.3 million in recorded spend across 77,863 transactions, drawn from 168 source files and spanning 2017 to the present. For a non-metropolitan district of this size, that is a decent volume of transactional data to work with. We have matched 2,083 suppliers to company records across 22 sectors. Spending data comes from two main sources: the council's own site and Find a Tender. Contract records are lighter, with 7 published contracts worth a combined £129,216 and 15 tenders valued at £6.85 million. The transactional data is where the real picture sits for Pendle, and it covers a solid eight-year window that gives you enough history to spot patterns.
Liberata takes over a quarter of matched spend on its own
One supplier dominates here. Liberata UK Limited, the outsourced services provider, accounts for £31.8 million of matched spend. That is almost 18% of the £178 million recorded spend total, though it represents a larger share of the spend we have matched to identified suppliers. Pendle Leisure Limited follows at £12 million, then Lancashire County Care at £5.7 million. Across the identified suppliers we have tracked, the top five account for 48.2% of spend, and the top ten for 56.7%. The HHI score is 947, which is unconcentrated, so while Liberata is a big presence, the remaining spend fans out across a broad base. Professional and technical services lead the sector breakdown at 33.4% of spend (£38.1 million across 211 suppliers). After a 15.8% unclassified bucket, construction is the next identified sector at 11.3%, with health and social work at 6.7%. Wholesale and retail trade pulls in 6.4% but has the highest supplier count at 388.
Where are the open competitions?
This is where the picture gets thin. Of the contracts we hold for Pendle, there is just one recorded procurement, and it was a direct award worth £129,216. No above-threshold contracts appear in our records. On the tender side there is more to look at, with 15 published tenders valued at £6.85 million collectively. That pipeline suggests the council does run competitive processes, though the contract publication trail is sparse. Most of Pendle's procurement story, based on what we can see, plays out in the transactional spend data rather than in formal contract notices. The single direct award does not tell you much about procurement culture on its own. But the gap between the tender pipeline and published contract records is common for smaller district councils. For bid managers, the transactional data and tender notices are likely to be more useful signals than the contract register here.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LIBERATA UK LIMITED | £31,750,587 |
| 2 | PENDLE LEISURE LIMITED | £11,972,422 |
| 3 | LANCASHIRE COUNTY CARE LTD | £5,729,208 |
| 4 | GUNNERCOOKE LLP | £3,242,421 |
| 5 | GO PLANNER LIMITED | £2,367,740 |
| 6 | PR RECRUITMENT SERVICES LIMITED | £2,309,741 |
| 7 | BARNOLDSWICK TOWN F C LIMITED | £2,253,635 |
| 8 | D M LANDSCAPES AND GROUNDWORKS LTD | £1,878,918 |
| 9 | MARCHBRIDGE BUILDERS LIMITED | £1,823,081 |
| 10 | FUELMATE LIMITED | £1,491,393 |
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