Free Guide: Rossendale Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Rossendale Borough Council · Non-metropolitan district · North West
Data covering 2011 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£129.7m
Transactions
131,231
Suppliers
968
Key Takeaways
- £129.7 million in recorded spend across over 131,000 transactions since 2011
- 968 identified suppliers, with the top five accounting for 42.2% of matched spend
- 15 tenders worth £2.1 million tracked, split between open and direct procurement routes
How much does Rossendale actually spend?
For a borough of around 71,000 people in Lancashire, Rossendale pushes a fair amount of money through the door. Our data covers £129.7 million in recorded spend across more than 131,000 transactions, drawn from 40 source files and spanning 2011 to 2026. That works out to roughly £8.6 million a year on average, though actual annual figures will vary. We've matched 1,004 suppliers across those records, spread over 21 sector categories. On the contract side, we hold 10 published contracts worth a combined £480,223 and 15 tenders valued at £2.1 million. Rossendale is a non-metropolitan district without a combined authority, so it sits outside any devolution deal. If you're scoping borough-level councils in the North West, it's a smaller buyer compared to the unitaries, but the transaction volume tells you there is a steady churn of purchasing activity running through this council.
Capita and construction firms dominate the supplier list
Capita Business Services sits at the top of our matched spend data with £14.0 million, which is a large chunk for a council this size. Behind Capita, the picture is heavily construction-weighted. Lancashire County Care follows at £8.2 million, but three of the next four spots belong to construction firms: Barnfield Investment Properties (£4.8 million), Rosslee Construction (£3.8 million), and Kaycliffe Ltd (£2.5 million). Across all identified suppliers, construction and IT/comms run almost neck and neck, each taking around 23% of recorded spend. Health and social work comes in third at 12%. The top five suppliers account for 42.2% of matched spend, and the top ten take 52.7%. But the HHI score is just 523, which is low. That gap between top-supplier concentration and overall market fragmentation suggests a long tail of smaller suppliers picking up the rest. Based on what we can see, this is not a market locked up by a handful of firms.
Small contracts and a mixed procurement approach
Of the five contracts where we have procurement method data, two were direct awards, two went through open competition, and one used a limited procedure. The median contract value sits at £57,225, so most of what's being published falls below the public procurement threshold, which checks out since four of the five are classified as below-threshold. Only one above-threshold contract appears in our records. On the tender side, 15 opportunities worth £2.1 million have been published through Find a Tender and the council's own site. That's not a huge pipeline, but for a district council of this size it's a reasonable flow. The mix of open and direct routes is fairly even in the data we hold, so there's no overwhelming lean towards either approach. If you're tracking Rossendale for upcoming work, the tender values suggest most opportunities will be in the low-to-mid five figures rather than large-scale programmes.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAPITA BUSINESS SERVICES LTD | £13,950,442 |
| 2 | LANCASHIRE COUNTY CARE LTD | £8,170,077 |
| 3 | BARNFIELD INVESTMENT PROPERTIES LIMITED | £4,783,967 |
| 4 | ROSSLEE CONSTRUCTION LTD | £3,753,670 |
| 5 | DENNIS EAGLE LIMITED | £3,209,987 |
| 6 | KAYCLIFFE LTD | £2,462,784 |
| 7 | RAPID RECRUIT LIMITED | £2,422,254 |
| 8 | ROSSENDALE LEISURE TRUST LIMITED | £1,440,712 |
| 9 | KABERRY CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £1,163,051 |
| 10 | CALICO HOUSING LTD | £964,179 |
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