Free Guide: Richmond upon Thames Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for London Borough of Richmond upon Thames · London borough · London
Data covering 2019 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£1.9bn
Transactions
158,442
Suppliers
2,674
Key Takeaways
- £1.9 billion in recorded spend across 158,442 transactions from 2019 to 2026
- 2,674 identified suppliers with an unconcentrated HHI of 243, meaning spend is widely spread
- 77 tenders worth £506 million in the pipeline, but only 4 published contracts so far
£1.9 billion and counting, but where's the contract data?
Richmond upon Thames is a serious buyer. Our dataset covers £1.9 billion in recorded spend across 158,442 transactions, drawn from 97 source files published between 2019 and 2026. For a London borough of around 198,000 people spread over 22 square miles, that is a healthy spending volume. But here is the odd thing. While the transaction data is deep, the published contract register is thin. We have tracked just 33 contracts worth a combined £666,588, a tiny fraction of overall spend. The tender pipeline tells a different story: 77 tenders with a combined value of £506 million. That gap between tender value and published contract value is striking. It likely means Richmond publishes its spending data more consistently than its contract awards, so the transaction records give you the better picture of what is actually flowing through this council.
Health and housing dominate, but nobody owns this market
Of the 2,674 suppliers we have identified, no single company dominates. The HHI sits at just 243, which is very low, and the top five suppliers account for only 29.5% of recorded spend. Social Housing Partnership leads at £86.7 million, followed by Serco at £46.7 million and FM Conway at £44.8 million. Care UK rounds out the top four at £44.1 million. The sector mix is broad. Health and social work takes the largest share at 22.3% of matched spend, with 351 suppliers active in that space. Real estate follows at 14.2%, construction at 11.6%, and professional services at 9.8%. Education accounts for 8.7%. If you are looking at this council, you are looking at a buyer that spreads its money around. The top ten suppliers take just 40% of spend between them, which is low for a London borough based on what we can see.
All four published contracts were direct awards. Is that the full picture?
Richmond's contract register, at least what has been published, shows just 4 contracts. Every one of them was a direct award. Two sit above threshold, two below, with a median contract value of £155,500. That looks unusual on the surface, but context matters. The tender data tells us there are 77 opportunities worth over £506 million in the pipeline, so competitive procurement is clearly happening. The contract register simply has not caught up. This means bid managers should pay closer attention to the tender feed than the contract register when tracking this council. The spending data, with its 158,442 transactions, fills in more of the picture than the formal contract records do. Richmond collects data from four source domains including its cabinet papers and Find a Tender notices, so there are multiple entry points to watch for upcoming work.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOCIAL HOUSING PARTNERSHIP LIMITED | £86,700,818 |
| 2 | SERCO LIMITED | £46,683,702 |
| 3 | F M CONWAY LIMITED | £44,765,970 |
| 4 | CARE UK COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS LTD | £44,143,117 |
| 5 | TRANSPORT TRADING LIMITED | £31,120,856 |
| 6 | REDBURN OPERATIONAL SERVICES LTD | £22,850,886 |
| 7 | GRETTON PRIMARY SCHOOL | £22,440,030 |
| 8 | SITE RESPONSE SERVICES LIMITED | £18,716,649 |
| 9 | METROPOLITAN HOUSING TRUST LIMITED | £14,353,431 |
| 10 | SUPPORT FOR LIVING LIMITED | £12,536,072 |
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