Free Guide: Redcar and Cleveland Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council · Unitary authority · North East
Data covering 2017 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£1.0bn
Transactions
155,118
Suppliers
2,378
Key Takeaways
- £1.03 billion in recorded spend across 155,118 transactions from 2017 to 2026
- 2,378 identified suppliers with an unconcentrated HHI of 125, the top 5 taking just 17.6%
- 26.4% of matched spend goes to health and social work, the dominant sector by far
A billion pounds through the books, and counting
Redcar and Cleveland is a unitary authority in Tees Valley, part of the TVCA combined authority, serving around 137,000 people across 94.6 square miles. For a council of that size, the spending volumes are worth paying attention to. Our data covers £1.03 billion in recorded spend across 155,118 transactions, drawn from 96 source files spanning 2017 to 2026. That is a deep and long-running dataset. On the contracts side, we hold 133 published contracts worth a combined £10.1 million, plus 60 tenders valued at £172 million. The gap between contract values and tender values is striking. It suggests much of the higher-value procurement flows through tender notices rather than published contract awards in the data we hold. If you are tracking upcoming opportunities here, the tender pipeline looks considerably larger than the recorded contract base.
Who's getting paid, and how spread out is it?
Across the 2,378 identified suppliers in our dataset, the spending is widely distributed. The HHI sits at just 125, which is very low, and the top five suppliers account for only 17.6% of matched spend. Even the top ten take just 28.7%. No single supplier dominates this council's wallet. The biggest recipient we have tracked is Nu Offices for Redcar Limited at £24 million, a real estate firm. Behind them, Liberata UK (professional services) has received £18.6 million and Comfort Call (health and social care) £16.7 million. Sector-wise, health and social work is the clear leader at 26.4% of matched spend across 242 suppliers. Education follows at 11.9%, then construction at 10.8%. Professional and technical services sit at 9.0% with the most suppliers of any sector at 283. That breadth across professional services is worth noting for anyone in that space.
How open is the front door?
The formal procurement data we hold for Redcar and Cleveland is thin on contract method detail. Of the contracts where method is recorded, there is an even split: one direct award and one open tender, with a median contract value of around £5 million. That is too small a sample to draw firm conclusions about procurement preferences. But the wider picture tells you more. With 60 tenders on record worth £172 million, there is a pipeline of openly advertised work flowing through this council. The data is sourced from both Find a Tender and the council's own website, so you are seeing both above-threshold EU or UK-regime notices and locally published opportunities. Average transaction size across all 155,118 payment records works out to roughly £6,660, which points to a mix of large contracts and a long tail of smaller, routine payments. Whether this council favours incumbents or genuinely tests the market on bigger deals is hard to say from the contract data alone.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NU OFFICES FOR REDCAR LIMITED | £24,047,938 |
| 2 | LIBERATA UK LIMITED | £18,619,644 |
| 3 | COMFORT CALL LIMITED | £16,714,084 |
| 4 | TARMAC TRADING LIMITED | £16,651,114 |
| 5 | NORTH EAST AUTISM SOCIETY | £16,483,004 |
| 6 | SUEZ RECYCLING AND RECOVERY UK LTD | £13,736,193 |
| 7 | CYGNET FAMILY LAW LIMITED | £12,190,120 |
| 8 | WE ARE WITH YOU | £11,319,802 |
| 9 | BJP HOME SUPPORT LIMITED | £10,527,866 |
| 10 | SANCTUARY CARE LIMITED | £10,514,325 |
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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.
