Free Guide: Rotherham Spending & Supplier Profile
A free spending & supplier guide for Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council · Metropolitan district · Yorkshire and The Humber
Data covering 2014 to 2026
Recorded Spend
£223.5m
Transactions
83,664
Suppliers
1,753
Key Takeaways
- £223.5 million in recorded spend across 83,664 transactions from 1,829 matched suppliers
- 24% of matched spend goes to health and social work, with construction and admin services close behind
- HHI of 180 and top-5 share of just 24% point to a wide-open supplier base
How big a buyer is Rotherham?
Rotherham is a metropolitan borough of around 265,000 people in South Yorkshire, and the spending records we hold paint a picture of a busy procurement operation. Our data covers £223.5 million across 83,664 transactions, drawn from 21 source files and spanning 2014 to 2026. That volume of transaction data, collected from www.rotherham.gov.uk and Find a Tender, gives you a solid base to work with when sizing up this market. On the contracts side, we hold one published contract record through formal channels. The tender pipeline is more active, with 118 tenders worth a combined £642 million. If you're looking at Rotherham as a prospect, the transaction data alone tells you this council is spending consistently and across a broad range of categories. It is not a council that buys from a handful of suppliers and calls it a day.
Where does the money actually go?
Health and social work is the biggest sector by spend among the 1,829 suppliers we've matched, pulling in £43.2 million, or 24% of the recorded total. Construction follows at £31.9 million (17.7%), then admin and support services at £30.3 million (16.8%). Professional and technical activities account for another 11.2%. So the top four sectors capture roughly 70% of spend between them. At the supplier level, Transform Schools (Rotherham) Limited sits at the top with £10.2 million, followed by A M Developments at £8.1 million and Mears Limited at £8 million. But concentration is low. The HHI is just 180, which is firmly unconcentrated, and the top five suppliers account for only 24% of recorded spend. With 1,753 identified suppliers across 21 sectors, this is a broad market. Rotherham spreads its money around rather than relying on a tight core of contractors.
How open is the front door?
We hold one published contract record through formal procurement channels, a direct award worth £350,000. The tender data tells a fuller story, with 118 tenders published worth £642 million collectively. That gap between one contract record and 118 tenders is a reflection of different data sources and their coverage windows rather than anything unusual about how Rotherham buys. Based on what we can see in the transaction data, the council works with a very large pool of suppliers. Having 1,753 unique identified suppliers across 83,664 transactions suggests Rotherham is not funnelling work to a small group. The low concentration scores back that up. For anyone trying to understand procurement routes in, the tender pipeline is the better indicator here, and at 118 published opportunities it gives you a reasonable window into what this council takes to market.
| # | Supplier | Spend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TRANSFORM SCHOOLS (ROTHERHAM) LIMITED | £10,201,018 |
| 2 | A M DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED | £8,070,126 |
| 3 | MEARS LIMITED | £7,997,444 |
| 4 | EQUANS REGENERATION LIMITED | £6,955,892 |
| 5 | FORTEM SOLUTIONS LIMITED | £5,181,997 |
| 6 | WATES CONSTRUCTION LIMITED | £5,071,789 |
| 7 | MBAS SOUTH YORKSHIRE LTD | £4,253,743 |
| 8 | DC PROJECTS (ROTHERHAM) LIMITED | £3,825,723 |
| 9 | MATRIX SCM LIMITED | £3,642,916 |
| 10 | VOYAGE 1 LIMITED | £3,630,654 |
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